Man Mailed Himself Home

In the 1960s, Australian athlete Reg Spiers mailed himself home from London to Australia in a wooden crate to make it back for his daughter's birthday. During the journey, he endured delays, extreme heat, and even found himself flipped upside down in Bombay. Once in Perth, he broke out of a storage shed, hitched a ride, and finally made it home.

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