Be Very, Very Quiet
The story is amazing enough-- but adding the photo really drives it home. From the 29 July 2001 issue.
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(I highly recommend reading the story before scrolling down to see the photo. Really -- trust me!)
Sit On It!
It's not known whether Enrique Aquilar Canchola, 42, thought his disguise would work, but it definitely didn't. The Mexican national tried to cross the Mexico-U.S. border into San Ysidro, Calif., disguised as a car seat. A U.S. Immigration and Naturalization Service inspector discovered the unusual camouflage when he checked the back of a van when it tried to sneak Canchola over the border. (London Times) ...He agreed to it after learning immigrants are often treated like furniture.
OK, you read the story first, right?
Then only now you should scroll down to look at the photo:
![[Hold very, very still and no one will be able to see you.]](http://www.thisistrue.com/images/chaired.jpg) Enrique Aquilar Canchola, 42, photographed in the disguise he used to try -- unsuccessfully -- to sneak across the border from Mexico to the U.S. at the San Ysidro crossing, which can be seen in the background. (U.S. Immigration and Naturalization Service photo.) |