January 11th in Elvis History

It's January eleventh, and on this day in 1975… two teenage girls from Mississippi attempted one of the most bizarre stunts in Elvis Presley fan history. Nineteen-year-old Patsy Haynes and seventeen-year-old Areecia “Honeybee” Benson had themselves shipped to Graceland in a crate labeled “Russian Wolfhounds.” The REA Express delivery arrived at the gatehouse, where Elvis’s uncle Vester Presley, working as the gatekeeper, called up to the mansion to report the odd package. Told Elvis didn’t need any more dogs, Vester sent the crate back—only for handlers to discover the two girls hidden inside. Despite their creative scheme, the girls never got to see Elvis.