25 Strangest Cargo Ever Carried By Plane, Train or Automobile
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 28 ม.ค. 2025
- For many reasons, cargo has been transported back and forth across the world for centuries. Much of the items carried are crucial or at the very least useful for everyday life. In our modern world, we've grown accustomed to using and consuming many items not native to our own country.
The same goes for countries around the world. In a single day, you might wear clothing from one country, eat food from another, and use electronics built in yet another nation. We don't really think twice about this anymore.
Among these many items, however, we have discovered some that are bizarre, strange, highly valuable, or just plain weird. Read on to discover a list of the 25 strangest cargo ever carried by plane, train, automobile (or wagon train).
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When I was in the Army, we had several guys send LIVE grenades home by mail. Also, one motor pool guy gradually sent an entire jeep home by mail, one piece at a time.
Your comment reads like a plot from M*A*A*H
The strangest thing I've ever shipped was brisket with all the BBQ trimmings. It was more a relay among friends and family than anything else. I had just gotten out of the hospital and couldn't do much but my family helped me cook everything, pack it all up, and loaded it up to drive it 100 miles to give it to another family member, who gave it to a family friend... And on and on, until it got to one of my buddy's wedding. Their caterer disappeared with their money and we all jumped in on providing enough food for the reception. Everything was still hot when they got it!
#12 At my high school we have a floral class and among one of the bundles was a large spider. We always were told to be careful when opening a box due to things like that.
In 1985 I worked in air freight we shipped an entire Popeyes restaurant to Japan.
Thanks for another interesting list. I love you guys
Tristan deserves a raise
Thanks Mike
I think Tristan needs a mic *nodnods*
Great list, guys!!! What about the ammonium nitrate shipment that blew up near Galveston in 1947? Before the explosion, the water near the ship was boiling. It blew the freaking anchor 1.6 miles away (inland) and you can go see that today! Can you imagine if we had modern CCTV recordings of THAT??? Keep up the good work!
One can be amazed by some things on aircraft. I've sat next to some of those people.
#16 is interesting because when I worked for UPS as a ramp agent, I was clearing out a can and that same company logo was on several boxes. I picked up one of their boxes to retape it and the damn fish tried to nip through the bag and escape. Needless to say, he’s not lying they really ship them lol
I never shipped anything weird, but this list made me think about the 1995 movie Operation Dumbo Drop.
One of my friends who work in a hospital told me that they often ship human poop (feces) between the hospital and specialized labs using regular postal services such as UPS and CanadaPost. But they have special packaging.
So far, the most interesting air freighting story/accident that I've read about happened as a thirty-year-old four-engine (propeller) Globemaster took off from Mexico City (around 1978) bound for Miami, Fl. with a cargo of 20 horses, and about 20+ people. The passengers (including some women) were equine riding performers scheduled for a horse show in Miami. On takeoff one of the very large and powerful engines made a loud bang, frightening the horses. The equines became very aggitated, runing to the back of the cargo plane. This changed the balance (know as 'trim') of the aricraft, making it tail-heavy. Plane stalled, crashed, hit a restaurant. Death toll was all but one horse, most of the passengers (the pilots, both US, survived), and enough people in the restaurant to = 44 dead. Asi la vida, that's just the way it went, and a very sad story, to say the least.
Ok I had popcorn 🍿 sent to me in a package 📦‼️NOTHING WAS BROKEN‼️
I'm with Tristan about the house and everything to do with the spiders.
Nothing a flamethrower and napalm could not sort out.
The fabulous blue Hope Diamond was sent to the Smithsonian via USPS.
That's a scary thought considering how many packages they lose/deliver to the wrong address
Imagine flying in 1st class as a passenger and sitting next to a horse.
Better than sitting next to some people. I have only known a few horses that were assholes.
I would be the happiest person
When I was in eastern Washington administering my late aunt's estate, there was no way to take home all the family pictures, books, etc. I found in her house, as members of my family had been living in that house since the 1930s and my late aunt passed away in 2012. So, I mailed a lot of the pictures, etc. back to my husband, including a box full of dirty laundry I didn't have room for in my car. I drive a Geo Metro hatchback (then and now) and managed to fit two suitcases, a storage bin containing a desktop computer, a laptop computer, an antique piano stool, two bins of fabric, a box of family pictures, a large litter pan, cat food and kitty litter, a quilt (my aunt was a quilter), and a dog carrier large enough to hold a cocker spaniel which contained my late aunt's big tux cat, who I had adopted. Max the cat was a good travel companion, except that he snored loud enough to drown out the sound of my car's engine.
I sent a homemade meal to a friend, who was having hard time. Comfort food to the rescue :)
an air fairy= an airy :) have fun with that pun, Mike :3
Scorpions hide in luggage, unused purses and even shoes. It's very easy for one of them to get onto a plane. Considering most major carriers fly into sky harbor airport (phoenix, az) there are probably hundreds on planes that go unnoticed.
The wealthy people of the valley of the sun live in the most infested parts if town, the sides of the mountains.
I got stung by a scorpion in my garage, on my pinky toe. My mom was stung when a new chair came with a scorpions.
Sky harbor is also close to the river bottom and they like that part of town.
Actually shoes are a favorite place for scorpions to hide. That's why you always check by "tapping them out" before putting them on if you are in anywhere remotely hot. That said we even have scorpions in England (yellow tail) but they dont grow above 2 inches and have a sting that is apparently not as bad as a bee.
Mkes total sense to me. Thanks for the comments, M M and Gordon !
Yes shoes are a common place. I only wear flip flops anymore so I dont look. We have a barrier on all doors, windows and gaps in the frame of the house. It doesn't stop all of them but it does most.
When I was stung I was told to ice it and elevate it. I had to drive to town to pick up my son from school so that ment I had to borrow my moms car. Mine is a manual transmission and it was my shifting foot. So I duct taped a cold pack on my toe stuck my foot out the door/window and drove to town. It hurt for 48 hours on the dot and then just stopped. When I first got stung it felt like when I was electrocuted. It came in waves of hot pain
I used to work for a parcel delivery company, I have delivered tropical fish in plastic bags within a cardboard box, someone's ashes and honeybees which I had to keep in the cab and keep them moist by putting a small amount of water on the gauge
Here is one for your list.
In the mid 80s, the Royal Airforce flew one of my company's Rock Crusher Machines (Multi-ton machine that was 10 foot by 20 foot by 11feet) with several tons of parts, From Toronto to South Hampton, because it had to meet a Royal Navy Supply ship going to Ascencion Island, which is a Royal Navy/Airforce base served only military supply ships. They used it to expand the runways there.
I sent my ex's mothers ashes through the mail to a family member in Texas.
My best friend's mom was sent to a special crematorium, flew back to Phoenix, AZ, the flew to Michigan! She traveled more in death than she did in life. Lol
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Octopi or Octopuses are the pluralized names but. Great video though!!
This reminds me of a story i read about firefighters finding a diver in full gear in the woods like 10 miles from the nearest body of water. Come to find out the guy was diving in the lake that they were using to get water for the aircraft to fight the forest fire. He was scooped up because well, not like they could see him in the water and then dropped onto the fire.
That's out of CSI.
I remember that episode, buti could have sworn i had heard of it before then. Could be wrong lol
It was in a couple books before that, so thats probably where i had read it.
@@bmtx2plus2 that may be where CSI got the idea from.
Can you do top 25 helicopters? I am an aviationbro here... I wanna give a shoutout to the CH47 Chinook as it is the current fastest helicopter in the Army... for now. RiP 58s
Going back to the banana one, in Australia, it’s not completely uncommon to find snakes amongst the bananas. They are generally grown in tropical areas of Australia where there are lots of snakes and pythons. I have friends in retail and my sister is an Environmental Officer, all of which have been called on to remove snakes from places of retail. Frogs are sometimes found in the pre-packaged salads as well.
BONUS FACT: My sister once found an Eastern Brown Snake in her sock drawer (second most deadly snake in the world). She called for her husband, who opened up the drawer and said “Yep, that’s a snake” before closing the drawer and promptly going back to bed, leaving his wife, my sister, to remove the snake and return it to its natural habitat.
Several years back, people would load horses, cows, large 4 legged domesticated critters with diamonds, emeralds, opals. They weren't scanned for metals at that time. Fill one end and wait for it to empty at the other.
So those expensive baubles that you like might just come out of the crap!
The smaller a scorpion is the more deadly. A 4 inch one might only make you feel like you have the stomach flu. I deal with scorpions, spiders, desert critters all the time.
What like the Yellowtail which is small and has a sting not as bad as a bee? LMAO.
Not a B-52 but damn I almost forgot how pretty tye B-1 Lancer is.
People used to be allowed to ship their kids all over the country. With the right amount of postage, your child could be off to visit their aunt and uncle in Arkansas, assuming you trusted the mail carriers with your child’s safety.
MIKE WHY DONT YOU DO A LIST(25 things ABOUT YOURSELF)that people don't know... THAT would be an AWESOME list .. Who agrees with me?????????
Maybe one day.
How hard is it to find a B-52 picture? Why use a B-1 when taking about a plane that has been photographed for 50 years?
Sears Roebuck used to ship chicks and ducklings by rail by USPS. As well as cars, motorcycles, and houses. Fish delivery: In WW2, the Russians tried air delivery of troops---sans parachutes; just fly low over snow. Didn't work. Nuclear weapons have been lost in air crashes a number of times. Two were dropped over Seymour Johnson AFB; one was recovered, the other went almost 100 feet into the ground (the safety worked for both) and was deemed not worth the danger of retrieving, so it is still there, with a road sign pointing out the location
How the frick do you smuggle 26 gerbils without anyone hearing them? Gerbils are noisy as Hell!
The TV show "Shipping Wars" showed a lot of crazy things being shipped
While I didn't ever ship a whole lot of things, the craziest thing I ever saw shipped was a truck full of steel dinosaurs. we tried to follow it to see where it was going but lost sight of it after it turned in to a junk yard
You talked about the b52 while the b1 was being shown. It's ok though, the bone is a sexy bomber.
During the facts about Russia, it wouldn't be Russia, it would be the Soviet Union.
Depends on context. EG Russia was part of the Soviet Union. Same as for example Scotland and Great Britain.
Ok thank you.
#24 - Here's a piece of trivia, in the United States, it is legal for a bee keeper, that is hauling his/her own bees, to drive a tractor trailer without experience, training or possessing a commercial driver's license.
A regular driver's license is all he/she is required to carry.
Mike you've lost weight, to many roller coasters?
What's with all the ads? boys
I work at an international airport as a ramp agent and you’d be surprised on the odd things we get
Creutzfeldt-Jakob is pronounced "Croits-feldt" - "Yak-ub"
As documented in the now cancelled Border Security, Canada's Front Line, one woman brought a tiger's head back to Toronto with her.
Lucky for her, she had all the required permits to import this family heirloom.
Good stuff but #5 - space shuttle had several landing sites (see en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Space_Shuttle_landing_sites) and one launch site, Kennedy Space Center on Merritt Island, FL. So you got landings and launches reversed there.
Number 18 was used in the movie Goldfinger.
Before they distroyed the money I would take it
I shipped Helium filled balloons to my daughter for her birthday when she was in collage.
the Russians tried to put tanks on planes...the Americans fire artillery from planes.
The Americans tried a numberof times to put tanks on planes. The Sheridan was the last in a long line of them going back to WWII eg the M22 "Locust" en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M22_Locust
A bit off of the topic, but these comments remind me of the US using the C-47, aka DC-3 "Skytrain" cargo/pasenger airplane to shoot heavy automatic gun fire out of it's side doors at low altitude at Vietnemese soldiers on the ground. Those planes were called Puff, the Magic Dragon.
Gordon Lawrence I know. I was in the Infantry and with Armor units. I saw and read all about that stuff.
You can drop a tank from a plane...once.
I’m not a fan of airborne operations except for SOF.
phillip brady yes we did. And it is relevant because it is unusual cargo.
My wife is from Saigon. I know.
@@mikeashley9578 I didn't know it was quite that bad. I was under the impression it was only that bad with an extraction drop at low level because of the damage to the tracks. I was told that if you replaced the tracks you could do it again, but your version seems more likely given how much was spent on "sorting out" the Sheridan and it still being withdrawn from front line duties so fast.
I saw something similar to #5 on Mysteries of the Abandoned, it was actually in Ukraine. They were gonna build 3 airplanes (Antonov An-225) to carry their space shuttles from one part of the country to the launch pad. The 2nd partially built plane is still in a warehouse awaiting a purchaser so they can finish building it, although they've carried tanks and other large cargo. For the one that is complete the hourly rate is $30,000
Daily it would be oversize loads of ac coolers for buildings or oil rigs etc
Why are you talking about a B-52, while showing a photo of B-1B ??
both upper halves of a 305 V^ GMC truck engine, weighing 75# each. The mailman made the guy on the other end come to the post office to pick them up.
You only buy a 600 dollar blender with someone else's money.
US post office used to let people mail children.
Tristan's remark on Number 15 reminded me of the Boney M song 'Rasputin' :P
The Orca whale of Free Willy fame was flown on a USAF C17 from Portland OR to Iceland. It was later release into the wild.
The real question is eternal young body or a young mind?
You're not even joking about Brexit on number 20....it's sad, but true :S
Yeah, thanks for pointing this out. When I heard Mike say that, my first thought was: "That's correct !"
Air ferries between the UK and France became redundant & unnecessary once the "Chunnel" opened. It wasn't real relative even before that, obviously, since the marine ferries were, all things considered, much faster and cheaper, if for no other reason than you didn't have to wait so long for the next trip.
About that last last one the drinking from it gives you eternal youth that’s full of 💩 there’s no such thing
Side note the Irish currency was called PUNT , 💚💚
Because it rhymes with "bank manager".
After completion of a contract, our work crew flew back to San Francisco, California from Thule, Greenland…my coworker and I passed through customs together, he in front…the customs official opened co-workers suitcase and out rolled a 35 pound rock! (the only thing in the suitcase). The official questioned my coworker…Is this Greenland jade? Nope, was the quick reply. What is it then? "A rock!", blurted my coworker. Official, "A rock eh…is it a special or valuable rock?" Coworker, "Nope, just an ordinary rock". Official, "Why then‽ For what purpose‽" Coworker, "I wanted to show our secretary just how damn cold it is where we were…so I am bringing this rock home, putting it in my freezer over the weekend, and depositing on her desk Monday morning" Official turns his gaze to me…me head is bent…I am shaking it forelornely back and forth…visualize, facepalm! Official asks me, "Is any of this true‽"…I knod weakly in the affirmative… he chalksvour bags and mutters "Move on…Next."
There was 2 whales ups delivered. Theres a video about it i wouldve thought it was on this list
Alegria? Algeria maybe?
Hey Rocky watch me pull some squirrel pox out of my hat. Nothing up my sleeve......
Good for you Pete, very cool and funny.
Mr Krabbs sent himself and Spongebob, and another penny-pincher club member, through the mail.
Yeah, 'cause let's go eat some squirrel brains. Of course there are people who will eat anything, so there you go. (so gross!!!!)
Anyone want to buy STi seats?
Irish stimulus briquettes.
I knew about the bees
Easiest to send .most things by ship
UPS shipped A killer whale from Mexico to Oregon. Keiko from Free Whilly
Kilcoy globe foods just sent 100 ton of meat from Sydney to China in a boing 747
a few horror movies to the TH-camr Dead Meat
Ever watched “Boys from Brazil?”
The only thing that I wish never would have got brought to the United States is the Africanized bees I don't know if any of y'all have had an experience with them but I've had 2 and neither one was even close to Pleasant
Mealworms
I've sent my stories a few times...
Mike, what's up with your neck? You ok?
Nicole Thompson ?
@@anewspinonthings it looks red around the base like its irritated
I have psoriasis.
@@list25 ah got it. Thank you for your reply.
Can u stop the ghost voice please
I'm sorry...the what?
Did you say shit through the mail ?
The UK or great Britain has and is still going for nearly 1,000yrs and will continue post britxit from the EU. This is nearly 4 times longer than your country and will continue into the foreseeable future.
So stick to the facts and stop talking about things you know little or nothing about.
Really? Nope. Please learn some history or maths. Great Britain was formed in 1707. Wales was independent till 1284, and the UK was formed in 1801, and changed to "Great Britain and Northern Ireland" in 1922.
Say it with me: It. Was. A. Joke. Get a grip and a sense of humor!!! He's not an idiot and knows Great Britain still exists. Moron!!!
@@robrobb I suggest you read the posts before commenting on them.
Oh, Philip. Just a great piece of total garbage. Good work. Try thinking harder next time. A timing and fate would have it, I just met a female Brit who told me of her somewhat wealthy Brit husband who beat her up several times, one time bashing out some of her teeth. Guy's name = Henry. This guy reminds me of you.
@@gordonlawrence1448 My comment wasn't directed at you....was directed at the original poster.... ;-)
12:50 that sentence killed me