Attempted burglary of a bookstore--very funny.

Nude Man Pulled From Chimney on Christmas
Fri Dec 26,10:09 AM ET
Associated Press.

MINNEAPOLIS - A naked man got stuck in the chimney of a bookstore early
Christmas morning. Don't worry, it wasn't Santa Claus.

The 34-year-old man was treated Thursday for bruises and abrasions at
Hennepin County Medical Center after being found naked and lodged in the
furnace flue at Uncle Hugo's Bookstore. He was expected to be charged with
attempted burglary on Friday.

"He was lucky," said police Lt. Mike Sauro. "He was only stuck in that
chimney for a few hours. It's kind of a happy ending, because if he had been
in there until that store opened Friday morning, it's my judgment he would
have died.

"He doesn't appear to be a hard-core criminal, just stupid."

Police suspect that the man was drunk when he climbed atop the one-story
building and removed all his clothes to help squeeze into the chimney. He
then started to slide down the 12-by-12-inch chimney shaft, Sauro said.

"He's not Santa Claus," Sauro said. "He's a really skinny guy. And he's
lucky he didn't get cooked."

The man told police that he entered the chimney about 1 a.m. Thursday to
retrieve keys he accidentally dropped down the shaft.

A passer-by called police around 9 a.m. Thursday, after hearing screams for
help coming from inside the store. Firefighters broke into the chimney with
sledgehammers and freed the man.

"The store is pretty well torn up," said owner Don Blyly, who came in
Thursday to hang up signs for a sale to begin Friday. "This is not what I
came in here for today, but that's what I have to deal with."