I have a friend who would eventually become a stunt man, but well before that and fresh out of school/home, he found traffic cones on his street one day. At night he’d climb these huuuuge pine trees—we’re talking around triple or more above powerline height and taller than most apartment buildings nearby—and place one right on top.
This would go on for several months, climbing a new one every couple weeks and a new cone.
Eventually this caused so much confusion, the city news and papers covered it. People didn’t know what was going on, think council was marking trees for cutting, police were patrolling at night. Never got busted.
Nah, different country and years before—probably around 2007 and hard to find an article back them for it. Also, definitely taller trees haha.
Later he’d regularly climb one of the city’s landmark bridges that had decorative lights on it and turn them on or off and change their colours; that caused another whole thing in the news. The bridge would be lit blue or pink for different respective awarenesses. Then just on a random date for no reason it’s lit red or green.
He did get arrested on it once, but because he got seen and cornered, they thought he was a jumper. They never put it together and had do do therapy sessions, but no fines or time.
Things like this and a lot of gymnastics and srunt acenes he slowly collected and put into a reel. Sent it off to LA and next thing we know he’s doing stunts in huge films we all know, but I won’t mention for anonymity. Dude’s got a very extensive iMDB page now, though.
I have a friend who would eventually become a stunt man, but well before that and fresh out of school/home, he found traffic cones on his street one day. At night he’d climb these huuuuge pine trees—we’re talking around triple or more above powerline height and taller than most apartment buildings nearby—and place one right on top.
This would go on for several months, climbing a new one every couple weeks and a new cone.
Eventually this caused so much confusion, the city news and papers covered it. People didn’t know what was going on, think council was marking trees for cutting, police were patrolling at night. Never got busted.
https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/prankster-manages-reach-new-heights-9137073
Is that him?
That article is great! I loved the cool headed “insider” they interviewed.
Nah, different country and years before—probably around 2007 and hard to find an article back them for it. Also, definitely taller trees haha.
Later he’d regularly climb one of the city’s landmark bridges that had decorative lights on it and turn them on or off and change their colours; that caused another whole thing in the news. The bridge would be lit blue or pink for different respective awarenesses. Then just on a random date for no reason it’s lit red or green.
He did get arrested on it once, but because he got seen and cornered, they thought he was a jumper. They never put it together and had do do therapy sessions, but no fines or time.
Things like this and a lot of gymnastics and srunt acenes he slowly collected and put into a reel. Sent it off to LA and next thing we know he’s doing stunts in huge films we all know, but I won’t mention for anonymity. Dude’s got a very extensive iMDB page now, though.