Turkish inmate escapes jail in cardboard box, Solid Snake approves

by Griffin McElroy { Nov 15th 2008 at 8:30PM }

We've all heard that life imitates art -- but we rarely hear of instances of life imitating video games (LARPing events notwithstanding). However, a certain 42-year-old Turkish citizen who recently decided to end his seven-year prison sentence prematurely must have been a sizable Metal Gear Solid fan -- using a five-foot by four-foot cardboard box set aside for stationary shipment, the Turk (whose name has yet to be revealed to the media) effectively mailed himself out of a German prison.

Police expect that the once-incarcerated man, who is still at large, had help both on the outside and the inside, though his fellow prisoners are remaining tight-lipped about his Solid Snake-esque evacuation. One of his accomplices reportedly spoke to authorities about the former inmate's other escape tactics -- one involved distracting his jailers with a bevy of nudie mags, while another required the man to wait for the prison's night guard to inexplicably announce his fatigue to his captivated audience.

Tags: cardboard-box, jailbreak, metal-gear-solid

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 2)

j.howlett @ Nov 15th 2008 8:40PM

Huh? what was that noise? just a box

zuburi @ Nov 15th 2008 9:18PM

Hyams @ Nov 15th 2008 9:23PM

I just think it's a shame that the inmate's name hasn't been revealed, otherwise there'd be a beautiful string of messages with his name elongated as people cry out to him, demanding to know what's wrong or asking him to respond.

BananaBoat @ Nov 16th 2008 12:13AM

This guy better keep a la-li-lu-le-low profile.

Zzzzzzzzzzzzing

Obie @ Nov 16th 2008 9:54AM

Inmate? INMATE? INMAAAAAATEEEEE!

colin @ Nov 16th 2008 11:17AM

lightning bolt!
lightning bolt!
lightning bolt!
lightning bolt!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=66FAkLLDrZY

Questworld @ Nov 17th 2008 11:19PM

99 seconds later, the internet forgot about this guy and went back to their routines.

SpydaKat 17 @ Nov 18th 2008 8:42PM

No name? NO NAME?! NO NAMMMMEEEEE!!!!!!

Albanian_Killa @ Nov 15th 2008 8:43PM

Metal Gear Solid 5 viral marketing?

Hashbrown Hunter @ Nov 16th 2008 6:51AM

What will Kojima think of next?

OMGOMG @ Nov 15th 2008 9:06PM

OMGOMG @ Nov 16th 2008 3:46PM

Let it be known that it was me with the first !

Bomberman65 @ Nov 15th 2008 9:09PM

OMG!! Is this actually true? If so its proof that hiding in a cardboard box actually works lol. But seriously this is hilarious. I love it.

The Aggie CEO @ Nov 15th 2008 9:10PM

ROFLMAO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

YO!!!

I'm fuckin DONE off this shit...........

ROFLMBAO!!!!!!!

Paviel @ Nov 16th 2008 12:23AM

ROFLMBAO?

What does the B stand for?

seirerman @ Nov 16th 2008 3:59AM

Big?

Chase @ Nov 16th 2008 5:15AM

*Baboon

The Aggie CEO @ Nov 17th 2008 7:54AM

BLACK

Young_Nastyman @ Nov 15th 2008 9:14PM

You like Castlevania, don't you?

Hyams @ Nov 15th 2008 9:14PM

I find that video of the NES Metal Gear to be remarkable.

I mean, the dude says, "I'M GETTING SLEEPY!!", whereas I was expecting a half hour discussion of what exactly that entailed. And the opening radio conversation barely lasted twenty seconds.

What is this concise abomination, and why does it has the Metal Gear name on it?

Donald @ Nov 15th 2008 9:51PM

In my day, inexplicable one-liners were the equivalent of 90-minute cut scenes.

Jon2309 @ Nov 15th 2008 9:22PM

The Orange Box.

I laughed.

Hyams @ Nov 15th 2008 9:28PM

Actually, MGS2 came out 6 years before The Orange Box, so, funnily enough, it's not actually a reference to that.

Moptimus Slime @ Nov 15th 2008 9:18PM

Naw, to be a true MGS escape, he'd have to fake his death using nothing but a bottle of ketchup and some rations.

Nytemare @ Nov 15th 2008 9:25PM

A box with "The Orange" on it...haha I get it...

Air @ Nov 15th 2008 9:37PM

I hope theres holes in that box or...

MOT @ Nov 15th 2008 9:40PM

This story isn't worthy of a Solid Snake reference. If he had crept out of prison in the box (through the prison door and gates, etc.) I would be impressed. But mailed himself? Didn't that happen a few years back?

DBuck_Eye @ Nov 15th 2008 10:07PM

And I thought America had the most incompetent justice system.

BigD145 @ Nov 15th 2008 10:14PM

America is really good about hanging onto inmates. A little too good. Very few inmates did more than just grow some plants or happen to have plant leaves on their person.

Skipjimroo @ Nov 16th 2008 8:05PM

And the American inmates are even really good at hanging on to each other.

All too frequently.

And roughly.

J.Goodwin @ Nov 15th 2008 10:13PM

Silly Germans, how can you use prisoners as slave labor to feed the prison industrial complex if you let them escape?

Rhamsey @ Nov 15th 2008 10:43PM

this guy wins the internet, and part of my hart...
in a straight way

Rhamsey @ Nov 15th 2008 10:49PM

yeah, i know i forgot the e. doesnt matter though, this guy is still awesome.

Alien Lord @ Nov 15th 2008 11:24PM

Damn I didn't think the Turks were so incompetent.

randomshagz @ Nov 16th 2008 1:43AM

Thats what happens when Mako Reactors destroy wildlife and outcast villages, people began to despise their work.

Trance Addix @ Nov 16th 2008 10:53AM

Damn Turks need to get their act together! And find a new leader.

Levi @ Nov 16th 2008 11:19PM

That's nobody's business but the Turks.

riggs @ Nov 15th 2008 11:30PM

!....huh? someone under there?

Blank-Mage @ Nov 15th 2008 11:44PM

It kinda bothers me that this man, whoever he is, is totally unaware that he won over a group of gamers from a distant country. He's a celebrity and he doesn't even know it.

KingTorres @ Nov 15th 2008 11:55PM

He'll know it when the sirens catch up with him :)

turk1923 @ Nov 16th 2008 8:28AM

Not just a distant country. All the Turkish gamers will get abreath of this news soon I'm sure. We're all online like you guys, not a stereotpyical Middle Eastern nation. We're the only western Muslim country.

Abuzar Baloach @ Nov 16th 2008 2:18PM

I'm from Pakistan. Many people here are connected.

You're stereotyping too.

Abuzar Baloach @ Nov 16th 2008 2:18PM

I'm from Pakistan. Many people here are connected.

You're stereotyping too.

vgxtremist @ Nov 16th 2008 2:49PM

You make a t-shirt and I will buy 10! Good thing I'm good with business!

CH3BURASHKA @ Nov 16th 2008 12:43AM

LOLZ F'IN UBER LEETZ.

Those Germans must feel pretty damn stupid (except for that one gamer, who actually appreciates the irony of the situation).

Popfrogs @ Nov 17th 2008 12:15PM

This guy was extra smart. He had 2 boxes to choose from, and he didn't pick the one marked No Place for Hideo.

StingerVI @ Nov 16th 2008 1:00AM

I'm guessing the guard's name is Johnny.

There is always a Johnny around every time somebody sneaks away from a jail or torture room in a trusty cardboard box.