SEATTLE (KCPQ) -- Several blocks around 4th Avenue and Stewart were closed after 11 a.m. Tuesday while officers negotiated with a man to come down from the top of an 80-foot sequoia next to the Macy's department store in downtown Seattle. As of early this morning, he was still up in the tree.
No one knows why he climbed up there -- or what he wants. When police officers and firefighters tried to talk to him to persuade him to come down, he yelled obscenities at them and tore branches off the top of the tree and threw them at the people below. But he also developed somewhat of a following by curious Seattleites, tourists and passers-by.
And if that wasn't bizarre enough, Seattle's "super hero" -- Phoenix Jones -- turned out late Tuesday night to try to help out. He tweeted that he would offer the #manintree a sandwich and a beer to entice him down.
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Anybody remember Ferret,from the old days at FR,and IIRC,he even posted here for a while before he either got tired of AKA's crap or was banned. He was/is a rabid environmentalist also,and was seriously injured during one tree sit when it was cut down with him still in it. I wonder if this is him? IIRC,he ever ran for a seat on the city council and got a lot of votes. Can't remember now if he was from Seattle or Portland,but definitely one of them.
#1: Fred Mertz To: sneakypete (#0)
He gave his own name out.
I thought of him when I saw this headline. Last thing he told me is that he's a she. Plus, she claimed to be an Army SF dude.
I've written her off as a loon.
Fred Mertz posted on 2016-03-23 17:02:42 Reply Private Reply
#2: Hondo68 To: sneakypete (#0)
Eugene, OR
Hondo68 posted on 2016-03-23 17:23:41 Reply Private Reply
#3: Fred Mertz To: hondo68 (#2)
Fred Mertz posted on 2016-03-23 17:26:27 Reply Private Reply
#4: misterwhite To: Fred Mertz (#1)
"Now listen carefully," he told the police. "I'm going to climb the tree and poke the hippie with the stick until he falls to the ground. The trained Chihuahua will then go right for his balls, and when the hippie instinctively crosses his hands in front to protect himself, you slap on the handcuffs."
"Got it", said the police. "But what's the shotgun for?"
"If I fall out of the tree before the gorilla", the man said, "shoot the Chihuahua."
(Variation of an old joke.)
misterwhite posted on 2016-03-23 17:33:46 Reply Private Reply
#5: sneakypete To: Fred Mertz (#1)
Yeah,and I'm an astronaut. There are damn few women with ugly "man face" like that.
He had a lot of family issues growing up. Especially with his mother. Personally,I think he is nuts,but harmless. To everyone but himself,anyhow.
sneakypete posted on 2016-03-23 19:49:08 Reply Private Reply