A great story about a guy who airmailed himself from the UK to Australia as he didn't have money for a ticket.
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In the mid-1960s, Australian athlete Reg Spiers found himself stranded in London with no money to buy a plane ticket home. Desperate to get back to Australia in time for his daughter's birthday, he decided to post himself in a wooden crate.
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Spiers had survived three days travelling in the wooden crate. But he still faced the challenge of getting out of the airport. Fortunately, his luck continued.
"There were some tools in there so I just cut a hole in the wall and got out.
"There was no security. I put on a suit out of my bag so I looked cool, jumped through the window, walked out on to the street and thumbed a ride into town. Simple as that."
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http://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-31700049