Things were so much simpler in the 1960s. There were three channels on
television, a doctor could deliver a baby without removing the cigarette from
his mouth and a down-on-his-luck dad could successfully mail himself
halfway around the world. Plane ticket? What plane ticket?
In 1964, Reg Spears was a world champion javelin thrower, but the Australian
learned that didn't come with a lot of perks like, say, steady work or a
paycheck. He was stuck in the United Kingdom, desperate to get back to
Australia to see his young daughter on her birthday, but couldn't figure out
how he could ever afford the trip. During a night drinking with fellow javelin
thrower John McSorley, they got the idea that Spears could just ship himself
back, inside an oversized wooden box that he could build himself.
Like most ideas that happen over too many drinks, this one was terrible. But
it worked. Spears had been working in the cargo area of an airport, so he
knew a lot of insider information. The pair built a 5′ x 3′ x 2'6″ crate (the
maximum size that could be shipped), fitted with straps for him to hang on to
and designed to open at either end so he could get out and walk when he'd
been safely loaded inside the plane. He packed some provisions including
his passport, a change of clothes, canned spaghetti, bottled water and some
candy, climbed into the box and McSorely drove him to Heathrow airport
(Spears used the empty bottles and cans to pee in. We know you were
curious).
The trip was almost a disaster from the start, after heavy fog delayed flights
out of London for a full 24 hours. He was flown from London to Paris to
Bombay, where he was left on a tarmac in the hot sun (and upside down) for
hours before being loaded back onto yet another plane. After an unscheduled
fuel stop in Singapore, he made it to Perth, 63 hours and 13,000 miles from
Heathrow. The box was placed in a cargo shed, but Spears found some tools,
cut a hole in the wall and climbed out. He changed into his clean clothes,
pulled out his passport and walked out of the airport.
After hitchhiking from Perth to his home in Adelaide, he surprised his family.
The only mistake he made was forgetting to let McSorley know that he'd
arrived; McSorely called a reporter friend and there was a massive-for-the-
time media circus that picked up on Spears' story. The hardest part, he said,
was convincing his wife that he was telling the truth.
She didn't believe me. But then she thought about it and thought 'He must
have done it, how else did he get here?' So eventually she rode with it.
Spears is now 73 and still lives in Australia after spending several decades
(and a couple of prison stints) as a drug smuggler. Say what you want about
him, but the man knows how to pack. SOURCE--- http://www.news10.net/story/news/weird/2015/03/12/dad-cant-afford-plane-ticket-mails-himself-to-australia/70215446/

Wow, the guy try o. Tru love for #family

So serious!

yea... I trust our Nigerian brothers. It wont be long before they start pulling this type of stunt....