Originally Posted by
GUWonder
1. Andre the Giant died in 1993. You might not have noticed, but unless the bear had a ticket in first class, the space available in which to cram the bear is noticeably less than the space of a 1993 flight.
2. the bear is 9 feet, Andre was only 7.
Originally Posted by
GUWonder
The giant teddy bear had a ticketed seat, according to some articles. Doesn't the "9 foot teddy" get shipped in boxes whose biggest dimension is smaller than 9 feet? Compressing a stuffed animal isn't all that hard to do, and in some ways it easier to do than to try to compress a newly cut Christmas tree if unfamiliar with the methods to make it simple.
The bears arrive at CostCo in boxes about the size of a large refrigerator. Several have been crammed in each box and when the straps around the box are cut, they pop open with a fair bit of force. Actually compressing a stuffed animal
and keeping it compressed requires equipment that wouldn't make it past the TSA, especially when you consider that the equipment would need to be larger than a checked bag, and no article I saw mentioned that the YouTuber had such equipment, but feel free to make up whatever you like.
Originally Posted by zebranz
Sorry but don't believe you- I has seen many passengers bigger fit in seats! Usually a seat and a half....
You're claiming you've seen passengers more than 9 feet tall and 3 feet wide at the shoulder fit in airline seats? :roll eyes: Does the Guinness Book of Records know about them?