Article: HERE'S A TRICK: MAKE UPS SHIP A MAN IN A BOX TO VEGAS.(News)

Byline: Maureen Nolan Staff writer ; Staff writer Tom Leo contributed to this report.

Wade Whitcomb, a magician by trade, says he once had a dream he was being shipped somewhere in a box.

When his friend Ryan Breen asked him to pull off a publicity stunt to launch a Web site, Whitcomb knew what he wanted to do.

In November, they say, they shipped Whitcomb overnight by United Parcel Service Inc. from Syracuse to Las Vegas in a crate they built.

UPS says the odds that happened are slight. The company suspects a hoax.

Whitcomb, of North Syracuse, said he climbed into the crate with a change of clothes, some water, a box of ...

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