Jet Is Out of Fuel, Lend a Hand Please

This picture of a bunch of little people pulling a plane seems strange without context. Has the plane’s fuel run out? Is moving something this big even possible? Once you learn the backstory, though, it becomes odder.

This is actually from a Fox TV Special called “Man vs. Beast,” In this episode, 44 little people were racing against an elephant to determine which could pull the train McDonnell Douglas DC-10 airplane faster. The elephant won, but we applaud this human team for giving it their all. After all, the plane they were moving was much larger than the average private jet!