He was apprehended by airport police and taken to a hospital for “ingestion of rosary beads,” the affidavit says. Then the passenger was booked into the Chatham County jail.

But it turned out he was struggling because he believed a demonic spirit had invaded the cabin — and, at some point during the flight, began swallowing rosary beads to ward that spirit off.

Getty; United States District Court A plane passenger traveling from Savannah to Miami allegedly swallowed rosary beads and attacked flight attendants, according to court documents obtained by PEOPLE.