A man who shipped himself across America in an air cargo
crate to avoid paying a passenger fare was fined USD$1,500
and sentenced to 120 days of house arrest. Last September
the man, aged 25, filled out an air freight order that
charged his New York computer company for the shipping
costs, stuffed himself in a crate and sent his
5-foot-8-inch (173 cm) body in a box that was 42 inches
(107 cm) high, 36 inches (91 cm) wide and 15 inches deep
(38 cm). It was sent, without insurance, on a two-day
journey from the New York area to his parents’ home in a
Dallas suburb. He was discovered by a delivery man who
thought there was a corpse in the crate when he saw eyes
staring at him through slats in the box when he dropped it
off at McKinley’s parents’ home.

When the crate started to rattle and the apparent corpse
came to life, the delivery man called police, according to
a police report.

The USD$1,500 fine is more expensive than some airlines
charge a first class ticket from New York to Dallas.