Photo: US Coast Guard
A Florida man has chosen an alternative way to get to London. According to reports, Ray Baluchi was spotted off the coast of Georgia attempting to cross the Atlantic Ocean in a homemade hamster wheel. The Coast Guard spotted the man 70 nautical miles off the coast and told him it was not safe to be out there and to get on their boat. Ray told them he was going to London. Ray refused and told them he had a 12 inch knife and would kill himself if they tried to remove him. He also said he had a bomb that he'd use to blow the wheel up. Luckily there was no bomb, and after days of trying, they finally arrested him. Ray was picked up for obstruction of boarding and violation of a captain of the port order. Ray has tried to cross the ocean several times before, attempting to go to Puerto Rico, Bermuda, & New York. Each time his wheel was seized.