This has been a year with a global pandemic, a couple of threats of World War III, murder hornets, massive explosions, a rollercoaster of an election, and a toilet paper shortage. But don’t count your chickens yet because there is still more to come.
The year 2020 will surely be one that we will refer to as one of the oddest years in modern history. With every twist and turn we should have known that even jolly, old Saint Nick would not be immune to the year’s clutches of misfortune.
This Santa got himself tangled in some power lines in California and had to be rescued.
A California man clad in a Santa Claus costume and strapped to a paraglider wound up needing to be rescued by firefighters after his ride went wildly awry. The bizarre yuletide incident reportedly occurred in the community of Rio Linda on Sunday morning when the unnamed individual took to the skies over the town with the intention of distributing candy canes to local children. Shortly after takeoff, however, the powered parachute suffered a malfunction and the faux Saint Nick’s journey hit a literal snag when he was swept up in some power lines.
Initially thinking that perhaps the strange calls about Santa being stuck in some power lines were a prank, police eventually realized that the reports were genuine and dispatched firefighters to go and save the man who was dangling upside down over a road. As one might imagine, the weird scene drew quite a crowd as resident Colleen Bousliman marveled that “half the town was down here,” including several children hoping to catch a glimpse of the elusive Father Christmas.
And in case you need to see it for yourself…
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TANGLED: Man dressed as Santa Claus rescued from power lines in California. https://t.co/5VaihBm77V pic.twitter.com/S5D4z96Vp6
— ABC News (@ABC) December 22, 2020
Officials were able to safely remove Santa from the power lines without getting zapped.
