Seattle Man builds house on tree, refuses to come down

Earlier this afternoon, a man in Seattle decided to climb up a tree, throw apples at the surrounding medics, and otherwise refuse any attempt at aid. Twelve hours later, he is showing no signs of letting up. In fact, it looks like our Man in Tree has even begun to build himself a home.

In the initial hours, crews brought a crane to the scene to attempt to negotiate with the man, but to no avail, as he was “tossing small branches, orange peels, pine cones and other materials at rescuers and claimed to be armed with a knife.” He also apparently requested Camel Crush cigarettes.

After hours of refusing to come down, vigilante cosplayer Phoenix Jones decided that he just might have what ailed the man (in the tree).



Self-proclaimed citizen superhero “Phoenix Jones,” who has apparently dealt with Man in Tree before (in what capacity remains inconclusive) came bearing a sandwich, beer, and Newports for the man, demanding to be allowed to help. The cops, however, denied the man’s LARP request.

Man in Tree is nothing if not self-sufficient. As you can see in the video below, after spending a good fifteen minutes unsuccessfully trying to make himself comfortable, he decided to take destiny into his own hands.

He is breaking the branches keeping him from certain death (or at the very least, blinding pain) in order to build himself his very own tree bed.

Never seen this before...
Hope he comes down one day.