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A photo of the actual crate he stowed away in (his rescuer is in the crate): https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/976/media/images/82156000/jpg/_82156729_82064007.jpg
by modernerd 6y ago
A photo of the actual crate he stowed away in (his rescuer is in the crate):
https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/976/media/images/82156000/jpg/_82156729_82064007.jpg https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/976/media/images/82156000/jpg/...
From this 2015 article: https://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-32151053 https://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-32151053
It really helps to picture being stuck upside down in the thing. I thought, “surely you could gradually rotate yourself the right way up” before I saw the photo.
- kevinyun 6y agoThose photos do a great job illustrating what his situation looked like. Here's to hoping he finds his two friends after all these years!
- dageshi 6y agoI look at that and think "I would get cramp immediately and be in absolute agony".
- _Microft 6y agoDeveloping blood clots in the legs because of insufficient circulation is what I was afraid of when seeing the image.
- DonHopkins 6y agoI'd ship myself in a nice big coffin with lots of soft upholstery and leg room to stretch out. That way if the worst happened and I died en route, nobody'd suspect foul play.
- m463 6y agoWhen I was a kid we were playing around and I got zipped into a suitcase. I had to really "get small". I was completely fine for a while, until a little while in it was like a switch was flipped and I was "let me out omg let me out". I freaked out. then I was out and was fine. But I remember that extreme claustrophobia moment.