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Seattle Man on Top of Giant Christmas Tree Throwing Apples at People

AP

A man in Seattle has climbed a Christmas tree in downtown Seattle and is refusing to come down, the Seattle Times reports.

Police negotiators have been dispatched to the scene, where the man has thrown apples at fire department medics.

The tree, located on Seattle’s Stewart Street and Third Avenue, is located near a Macy’s location. It is an 80-foot-tall sequoia planted in the 1970s.

Various nearby streets have been closed in response to the climber, who is currently some 50 to 60 feet above the ground.

According to a local television station, it remains "unclear" what the man is doing in the tree.

Published under: Washington