Mystery of the man who POSTED himself to Australia!

Posted by: admin , March 12, 2015

After nearly 50 years, it’s been revealed that Australian man Reg Spiers saved money on a plane ticket from London to Australia after he posted himself in a crate.
Reg says he and an accomplice built a 5-foot by 3-foot crate, fitted it with straps to keep him secure and arranged for it to be flown to Perth.
In addition to bringing his passport, Reg claims he equipped the crate with tins of spaghetti, fruit juice, fruit gums, biscuits and a chocolate bar to survive the 63-hour transit time.
Reg claims that he knew he was home when he heard Australian voices as the crate was taken to a warehouse.
Upon arrival, Reg claims he cut a hole in the wall to escape the warehouse and hitched a ride to Adelaide!
At the time, the media only became aware of the story because Reg failed to confirm his safe arrival in Australia, so his accomplice alerted the authorities.
Although there has been much debate about whether Reg really did pull off this feat, his subsequent life as a drug smuggler and fugitive lends some weight to his story.
Reg is now 73 and has co-written ‘Out of the Box, the Highs and Lows of a Champion Smuggler.