Man nearly kills himself in bizarre plan to surprise lover

, Sep 1: A man almost choked himself to death after he planned to surprise his girlfriend by packing himself inside a carton and got it couriered to the latter's address, a report by Bengali news channel

said. The courier service got delayed and the post was delivered three hours after the schedule. When the box reached its destination, the man inside was found nearly dead due to suffocation. The bizarre incident occurred in Chongqing city in southern

.

The man, Hu Seng, got himself packed inside the box and posted it. But the courier service providers made a blunder in delivering the parcel on time and found the actual address after three hours. The delay left the man inside the cramped box badly suffocated.

He said later that he did not try to break open the box for it could have spoilt his intention of surprising his girlfriend. The courier service officials said they did not know that the box contained an alive man and would have never allowed it, said the report. They said they use separate kinds of boxes even for transporting animals.

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