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2016/03/23 15:30:06
Subject: Man perched in top of tree in downtown Seattle for a full 24 hours, refusing to come down
Now, from that title you might not understand how that is news. Well, let's add some details. First, the tree is in downtown Seattle, outside of the Macy's building. Second the suspected homeless man is throwing stuff (branches, pine cones, etc.) down at pedestrians and traffic, so Stewart street has been closed for some time. Third, he hasn't come down to use the bathroom - nope, he's done his business right at the top of the tree and allowed gravity to keep his area clean.
Here's the story from local news.
And some Youtube clips.
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2016/03/23 15:34:21
Subject: Re:Man perched in top of tree in downtown Seattle for nearly 24 hours, refusing to come down
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2016/03/23 16:27:30
Subject: Man perched in top of tree in downtown Seattle for nearly 24 hours, refusing to come down
Mandorallen turned back toward the insolently sneering baron. 'My Lord,' The great knight said distantly, 'I find thy face apelike and thy form misshapen. Thy beard, moreover, is an offence against decency, resembling more closely the scabrous fur which doth decorate the hinder portion of a mongrel dog than a proper adornment for a human face. Is it possibly that thy mother, seized by some wild lechery, did dally at some time past with a randy goat?' - Mimbrate Knight Protector Mandorallen.
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2016/03/23 16:29:37
Subject: Man perched in top of tree in downtown Seattle for nearly 24 hours, refusing to come down
Saw this on Facebook yesterday. Interesting story.
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2016/03/23 17:00:22
Subject: Man perched in top of tree in downtown Seattle for nearly 24 hours, refusing to come down
-"Wait a minute.....who is that Frazz is talking to in the gallery? Hmmm something is going on here.....Oh.... it seems there is some dispute over video taping of some sort......Frazz is really upset now..........wait a minute......whats he go there.......is it? Can it be?....Frazz has just unleashed his hidden weiner dog from his mini bag, while quoting shakespeares "Let slip the dogs the war!!" GG
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2016/03/23 17:03:55
Subject: Re:Man perched in top of tree in downtown Seattle for nearly 24 hours, refusing to come down
I'm sure he was just pining over the presidential debates, but something else might be the root of this problem. We should discover what that is before we leaf this guy alone.
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2016/03/23 17:18:05
Subject: Man perched in top of tree in downtown Seattle for nearly 24 hours, refusing to come down
You people better stick to the subject before a Mod comes along and axes the whole thing.
-"Wait a minute.....who is that Frazz is talking to in the gallery? Hmmm something is going on here.....Oh.... it seems there is some dispute over video taping of some sort......Frazz is really upset now..........wait a minute......whats he go there.......is it? Can it be?....Frazz has just unleashed his hidden weiner dog from his mini bag, while quoting shakespeares "Let slip the dogs the war!!" GG
-"Don't mind Frazzled. He's just Dakka's crazy old dude locked in the attic. He's harmless. Mostly."
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2016/03/23 17:23:08
Subject: Man perched in top of tree in downtown Seattle for nearly 24 hours, refusing to come down
Time for the tranq darts and nets - same treatment for bears and hobos.
Wait, 24 hours? Feels like he could easily fall asleep and fall out of the tree. not to mention that he's got take a dump in full view of anyone who wants to look up.
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2016/03/23 18:05:40
Subject: Man perched in top of tree in downtown Seattle for nearly 24 hours, refusing to come down
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Mandorallen turned back toward the insolently sneering baron. 'My Lord,' The great knight said distantly, 'I find thy face apelike and thy form misshapen. Thy beard, moreover, is an offence against decency, resembling more closely the scabrous fur which doth decorate the hinder portion of a mongrel dog than a proper adornment for a human face. Is it possibly that thy mother, seized by some wild lechery, did dally at some time past with a randy goat?' - Mimbrate Knight Protector Mandorallen.
Excerpt from "Seeress of Kell", Book Five of The Malloreon series by David Eddings.
"You need not fear us, unless you are a dark heart, a vile one who preys on the innocent; I promise, you can’t hide forever in the empty darkness, for we will hunt you down like the animals you are, and pull you into the very bowels of hell." Iron - Within Temptation
2016/03/23 21:00:57
Subject: Man perched in top of tree in downtown Seattle for a full 24 hours, refusing to come down
After about 24 hours of rebuffing police negotiators, a man who climbed the tree outside the downtown Seattle Macy’s is back on the ground.
A man who climbed a more-than-80-foot tree outside the downtown Seattle Macy’s on Tuesday climbed down just before noon Wednesday, to cheers from a gathered crowd.
The unidentified man spent a few minutes sitting on the ground at the foot of the tree before medics loaded him onto a gurney and took him to Harborview Medical Center for an evaluation.
The man was perched near the top of the sequoia for more than 24 hours, keeping Seattle police negotiators in a holding pattern.
He even arranged branches torn from the top of the tree to sit and lay down on.
Seattle Police Det. Patrick Michaud said police did not consider climbing the tree or trying anything other than talking to get the man to come down.
“When you try to force somebody out of a situation like that, you risk knocking someone out of the tree,” Michaud said.
Police safety was also a concern, Michaud said.
“Initially, there were threats made toward officers and at one point the man mentioned he had a knife,” Michaud said.
The 28-year-old does not face charges at this time, Michaud said. “We’re more concerned about getting him the help he needs.”
It is not known whether the man has a history of mental-health issues. Officers are “not in a position to diagnose someone,” Michaud said.
A mental-health counselor was not on the scene, Michaud said. “We work on getting him to one.”
Police blocked off the area around the tree, closing Olive Way and Stewart Street between Fourth and Fifth avenues.
Onlookers expressed relief the man was safe and the disruption downtown was over.
“Now I can rest easy. I was thinking about him all night, worried about him and his experience up there,” said Theda Houck, who was running errands downtown. “I don’t have any idea what drove him up in the tree, but I hope he gets the help he needs … he had to be in a pretty bad place to pull a stunt like that. He was out there in the cold all night, the rain. I can’t imagine.”
Houck, who had also come downtown Tuesday, said she wondered about some of the people who had crowded the man as he appeared to go through mental-health crisis.
“I walked by yesterday and there was a woman who said she had been there from the beginning,” Houck said. “She said she was going to stay until the bitter end. I got the impression she wanted something bad to happen.”
John Lemke, a shuttle bus driver, said he was happy the man was OK, and happy to have the routes he usually drives undisturbed.
“It caused a lot of inconvenience, it cost a lot of money and he a damaged a tree nurtured since the ‘70s — Seattle’s Christmas tree. That’s the real crime,” he said.
Lemke said officials did the best they could to manage a difficult situation.
“They were at a stalemate. No matter they did, they’d be criticized. I think they handled it the only way they could — without injuries,” he said.
2016/03/24 00:22:02
Subject: Man perched in top of tree in downtown Seattle for a full 24 hours, refusing to come down
I applaud the police for this. It was a pain to shut the two roads down, but they showed restraint,waited for him to come down, and sent him to a hospital to has his physical and mental health checked. This wouldn't happen in Philly
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2016/03/24 01:45:26
Subject: Man perched in top of tree in downtown Seattle for a full 24 hours, refusing to come down
Inquisitor Lord Bane wrote: I applaud the police for this. It was a pain to shut the two roads down, but they showed restraint,waited for him to come down, and sent him to a hospital to has his physical and mental health checked. This wouldn't happen in Philly
Agreed.
The 28-year-old does not face charges at this time, Michaud said. “We’re more concerned about getting him the help he needs.”
Good on them.
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2016/03/24 02:03:41
Subject: Man perched in top of tree in downtown Seattle for a full 24 hours, refusing to come down
I'm just going to go out on a limb here and say it was his 5 min of fame
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2016/03/24 13:52:15
Subject: Man perched in top of tree in downtown Seattle for a full 24 hours, refusing to come down
notprop wrote: I hope the media don't bark on about his roots, I can't cedar public interest in that.
Still I think yew'll all agree, it's good that this poplar chap is safe but I'm stumped as to why hew did it?
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Someone should ax him why he decided to plant himself in that tree and leaf himself there all night. Was he nuts or something? Maybe he was just pining for that special someone...
At least his bark was worse than his bite.
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2016/03/26 06:19:22
Subject: Man perched in top of tree in downtown Seattle for a full 24 hours, refusing to come down
He moved into the tree to protest Seattle's skyrocketing rents. Right now, a 1-bedroom apartment is running $1500 a month on average.
He is a homeless individual, as it so happens, and has previously been seen sleeping on various couches and futons abandoned on the streets of Seattle's Capitol Hill district.
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2016/03/26 15:48:02
Subject: Man perched in top of tree in downtown Seattle for a full 24 hours, refusing to come down
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