August 1
British Columbia, Canada - A man has been found alive after being chained to a tree in the remote woods of West Vancouver, B.C., for six days in what police are calling a bizarre suicide attempt.

Police say hikers looking for their runaway dog heard the pleas of a man calling for help in a remote area.

The 48-year-old man in distress could not be reached because of the rough terrain, although he was able to tell police he had gone there six days ago to commit suicide and had chained himself to a tree.

Police launched a rescue operation with the North Shore Search and Rescue Team, as well as fire and ambulance personnel.

The man was conscious when he was reached but rescuers required the assistance of a helicopter to airlift him to safety.

Police say it's believed the man will survive the ordeal.
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I read about that this morning, What a complete moron! They should make him pay for his rescue out of his own pocket! Why should the tax payer have to foot the bill for such stupidity?

I totally agree. What a butthead!

Should have left him there. Make the world a better place by letting natural selection take it's course.

Idiot was lucky he didn,t end up some bears dinner!

Of all the suicide options available, why oh why would anyone choose the slow and painful method of starvation?

Dang, that dude has some serious problems and it's a really r******ed thing to do

Seemed like he was suddenly against the idea of dying when he started calling for help..He was lucky someone found him or else his stupid plan would have worked..

Exactly what I was thinking

This one will really want to live after this.

I'm going to chain myself to a tree....that'll show em to appreciate me more!

if he had stayed there and died i dont think loggers would have cut down that tree

That's exactly what I was thinking. This just doesn't make much sense.

That's certainly an unusual way of taking your own life...I wonder what would've happened if he was covered in honey...

What an idiot. Trying yourself to a tree? But whatever.

Glad that he was found alive. Tough luck for him.

Bears wouldn't touch him! One look at him and sniffed, they realized he had some form of 'mad cow disease!'

He was almost a winner of the Darwin Award. =/

lol even failed at killing himself