At Large Mar 23, 2016 at 10:19 am

After More Than 24 Hours, Seattle's #ManInTree Is Back On The Ground

Ana Sofia Knauf
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The greatest thing since #pizzaRat. TV producers should lobby to put cameras in Harborview since people seem to really enjoy this stuff.
tmplknght on March 23, 2016 at 10:33 AM Report this
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Man in Tree is a nice distraction from the shit show called the current political climate...and just yesterday an old friend reminded me that MIT looks a lot like Yukon Cornelius https://youtu.be/JgZiqmOzac4
oh lord.
snacktruck on March 23, 2016 at 10:39 AM Report this
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Now this is the coverage we deserve!
mrbombit on March 23, 2016 at 10:39 AM Report this
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A lot of times when a bear gets stuck in a tree in a residential neighborhood, they just leave it to its own devices and it climbs down eventually on its own and leaves. That's probably what they should have done with this guy last night. He probably wouldn't still be there.
Gern Blanston on March 23, 2016 at 10:53 AM Report this
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Didn't Phoenix Jones tell the cops, "I know this guy, he'll come down for a beer and a cigarette", and the cops told Jones to get lost?
originalcinner on March 23, 2016 at 10:59 AM Report this
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at least he stopped tearing up the tree. time for dehydration &/or hypothermia to do it's work.
Max Solomon on March 23, 2016 at 11:00 AM Report this
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@4: I read they gave him smokes.
Max Solomon on March 23, 2016 at 11:01 AM Report this
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Seriously, he's not a housecat. If he climbed up, he probably knows how to climb down. Is it illegal to climb on that particular tree?
Purple Violet on March 23, 2016 at 11:09 AM Report this
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@3, or they construct a net under the tree and dart them.
Sandiai on March 23, 2016 at 11:21 AM Report this
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a real fantastic of taxpayer dollars, media airtime, and everyone's brainpower to keep thinking about this.
grizzlebees on March 23, 2016 at 11:28 AM Report this
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@9: lighten up, francis. it can't all be muslim terror and electoral histrionics.
Max Solomon on March 23, 2016 at 12:28 PM Report this
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If the cops didn't make a huge circus out of this, how would they justify the overtime?
JonnoN on March 23, 2016 at 1:01 PM Report this
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He threw cones down, not pine cones. (it's a sequoia)

Reminds me of Squirrelman who lived in a treehouse on Eastlake...
Charlie Particle on March 23, 2016 at 2:19 PM Report this
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@11: So the cops should have just done nothing, no blocking traffic, or protecting pedestrians, just sit back and eat the proverbial donut, huh?
raindrop on March 23, 2016 at 2:54 PM Report this
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The tree in the middle of the road near The Bon? I wish he wouldn't've hurt it...
The Empty Yellow Houses of Fort Lawton on March 23, 2016 at 2:59 PM Report this
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Boy that escalated and tumbled quickly
yelahneb on March 23, 2016 at 3:02 PM Report this
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Mental illness is a big problem in the US. Obama care had not helped with this issue, and Hillary has no answer either.
dsine on March 23, 2016 at 3:24 PM Report this
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Would the Stranger PRETTY PLEASE WITH SUGAR ON TOP sponsor a contest to write the best short story about Man In Tree and how he came to be the man of mystery he is today? It should have really cool prizes, and we should get to read the best ones. Thank you.
GreenwoodSam on March 23, 2016 at 9:59 PM Report this
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@12, fuckin' a right! The NYT was lazy enough to call them pine cones, even though it's clearly a sequoia tree. Fir trees don't have pine cones. Cedar trees don't have pine cones. Etc.
GreenwoodSam on March 23, 2016 at 10:03 PM Report this
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Times like this, when the Great Collective flies into hysteria and I'm left only to wonder why, it becomes clear why I am unpopular.
breezely on March 23, 2016 at 11:25 PM Report this

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