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Man Find Himself Stuck in Manhole

An inebriated man who fell asleep by the side of a street in the German city of Bochum awoke to find himself wedged up to the waist in a manhole. How he got there remains a mystery.

A slightly inebriated man awoke on Saturday morning to find himself stuck waist-deep in a manhole in the western German city of Bochum -- and was unable to tell police how he got there.

The man tried to pull himself out by holding on to the back windscreen wiper of a parked car, but it broke off.

"A witness reported seeing the man sleeping on the side of the road with his legs already dangling in the manhole. It's unclear if he slipped into the manhole when he awoke and stood up," police said in a statement on Monday.

Fortunately the local fire department was able to free the man, who was unhurt and able to walk home on his own.

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