As police hunt for a serial luggage thief who has targeted Denver International Airport for more than five months, Wyoming travelers are on alert while Cowboy State airports say their passengers shouldn’t fear their baggage will walk off.

Airports in Wyoming aren’t popular with baggage thieves, who usually prefer larger operations like DIA that offer more crowds, more luggage, and more opportunity — as the monthslong hunt for someone who keeps stealing bags 90 minutes south of Cheyenne shows, said Robert Siciliano, a cybersecurity expert and chief executive officer of Protect Now LLC.

“Think smaller airports versus larger international airports, sparsely populated regions have less (thefts)," Siciliano said in an email to the Cowboy State Daily.

Being small can have big advantages.

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