Tuesday, October 2, 2007

Oktoberfest Man Stuck in Chimney for 12 Hours

BERLIN Fri 28 - How's this for one of those days? A drunken German man actually got himself in trouble with law by being stuck in a friend's chimney for 12 hours! He claimed that he was trying to get into his friend's apartment so instead of using the front door, decided to take an alternate route.

After drinking heavily at the Munich's Oktoberfest Beer Festival, he decided to pay his friend a visit at 2am. Upon finding the apartment door shut, he began his adventure by climbing onto the nearest neighbor building then heading for what he thought was a gap between the two walls.

The result? A 98 feet slide down the chimney with his head first. At around 2pm, an 82 year old janitor finally heard his cries for help and contacted police who had to knocked a hole in the wall to finally liberated him. Lucky for the man, he had only suffered minor injuries and is being treated for hypothermia.

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