Does Kunta Kinte fit into this somehow?
That gives me an idea... anti gravity boots!! works like this... devise a large magnifying glass only instead of magnifying light it magnifies gravity from outer space and the pull from magnified outer space gravity counters the gravitational pull of earth. This gravity magnifier orbits the earth and the wearer of the special boots can direct the magnifier to wherever he happens to be and voila! he floats over cars, buildings and mountains... of course, if he’s not careful, he gets sucked into outer space and splats onto the magnifying device. But this could work, really!