People are obsessed with this man who climbed an 80-foot tree in downtown Seattle
A man has climbed to the top of a tree in the middle of the US city Seattle, and now the internet seems a bit obsessed with him – #ManInTree started trending and got over 17k mentions on Twitter in the first 6 hours.
But first a bit of background – here are some highlights:
VIDEO: Seattle #ManInTree has been up an 80-ft. Sequoia for 8+ hours – https://t.co/KDpaGUU46ohttps://t.co/fQtveKihhm
— KING 5 News (@KING5Seattle) March 23, 2016
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Seattle #ManInTree climbed a ways down, apparently for cigarettes, but returned to the top https://t.co/KDpaGUCteQ pic.twitter.com/r8Qak0M9Gi
— KING 5 News (@KING5Seattle) March 23, 2016
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Seattle's #ManInTree has done some significant pruning – https://t.co/KDpaGUCteQ pic.twitter.com/NnXgVb2x3Z
— KING 5 News (@KING5Seattle) March 22, 2016
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VIDEO: Seattle #ManInTree ran out of apples, so he is throwing pine cones and branches https://t.co/KDpaGUU46o –https://t.co/wPNAjvcSlk
— KING 5 News (@KING5Seattle) March 22, 2016
He appears to have his own Twitter account, so at least he’s a social-media savvy man in a tree. There is even a livestream of the ‘event’ (which may have ended by the time your read this).
There was also further “insight” into Seattle’s newest superhero, provided by the internet. Thanks internet!
#ManInTree now has drones around him (artist rendering) pic.twitter.com/EqEZAsA739
— Your Host (@YourHappyHost) March 23, 2016
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#ManInTree is now attempting to sleep. Or as most would call it "about to roll over and splatter himself all over the sidewalk below"
— Dave “Softy” Mahler (@Softykjr) March 23, 2016
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https://twitter.com/alexwarneke/status/712519338872410112
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#Seattle precincts reporting:#ManInTree beating Hillary.
— Chris Daniels (@ChrisDaniels_TV) March 23, 2016
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We rooted fir the #ManInTree to leaf, but he simply wood knot come down so we're branching out in the community, cone-tinuing our efforts.
— Danny O'Neil (@dannyoneil) March 23, 2016
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https://twitter.com/GordMacey/status/712472257633914880
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https://twitter.com/dtree173/status/712468882783543297
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https://twitter.com/bamasevere/status/712462876712296449
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https://twitter.com/lizperry915/status/712461589601869824
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THE BRANCH MANAGER JUST WANTS YOU TO LEAF HIM ALONE. SHEESH. #ManInTree pic.twitter.com/XOPBOVokSf
— Kabir Iyengar (@kabiriyengar) March 23, 2016
Even the Seattle police department started having fun, deploying a couple of groansome Dad jokes.
.@mirahwood Still under investigation. We've got negotiators en root.
— Seattle Police Department (@SeattlePD) March 22, 2016
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@shriekhouse We’re branching out.
— Seattle Police Dept. (@SeattlePD) March 22, 2016