Police: Would-Be Ninja Impaled On Fence

theindychannel.com ^ | November 17, 2009 | unknown

[Abathar]

Police Say Alcohol Likely Played Role

SEATTLE -- Seattle police say a man who thought he was ninja was impaled on a metal fence when he tried to leap over it.

An officer who was looking for an assault victim nearby Monday night heard the man screaming for help.

Police supported him to prevent further injuries until medics arrived and took him to a hospital, where he was in serious condition in intensive care on Tuesday.

Police spokeswoman Renee Witt wrote in a department Web site posting that officers thought the man might have been involved in the reported assault, but he insisted he was just a ninja trying to clear a 4- to 5-foot-tall fence.

Witt says the man was "overconfident in his abilities," and that alcohol likely played a role.

[Abathar]

Hold my saki and watch this!

[baltoga]

Yes a very unfortunate ending, but at least a Darwin Award candidate.

[jessduntno]

“An officer who was looking for an assault victim nearby Monday night heard the man screaming for help.”

Pretty upfront about their police brutality...

[Billthedrill]

...alcohol likely played a role...

No way. "Hey, man, I'm a ninja (hic!) - no, no kidding, a real ninja. Wanna see me jump that there fence?"

[chris37]

He was obviously preparing for G4’s American Ninja Warrior challenge. Surely this was a replica of the course he built in his own back yard. /s

[Not A Snowbird]

Yeah, this idiot’s from Washington.

[r9etb]

Pretty upfront about their police brutality...

And a pretty obliging Would-Be Ninja, too.

Folks is pretty polite up in Seattle ... when they're not aggressively avoiding eye contact.

[Artemis Webb]

Bad Ninja!

[Hot Tabasco]

Nothing more pathetic than a Ninja wanna-be........

[Abathar]

lol, I guess you could read it like that...

[listenhillary]

"but he insisted he was just a ninja trying to clear a 4- to 5-foot-tall fence."

I would have grilled him a while longer. He was already skewered.

[bamahead]

But, was it a Pirate Ninja???!?

[Question Liberal Authority]

Jumping over a sharp fence looked so much easier when I tried to do it in a video game.

[Syntyr]

Ask A Ninja - Funny Ninja video about training your dog to be a Ninja.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DHjTOsi7zGc

[SIDENET]

Seattle police say a man who thought he was ninja was impaled on a metal fence when he tried to leap over it.

"Don't bring a ninja to a fence fight."

[Question Liberal Authority]

Ninjas, mimes and 4 to 5 foot tall fences...

the silent killers.

[Jagman]

Don’t tell me: His name’s Vlad, right?

[wazoo1031]

I hate it when that happens.

[paulycy]

[matt1234]