Looks Like Santa Got Stuck.

MISSOULA, Mont. -- A 280-pound man who tried to break into a craft and hobby store by crawling in through a cooling duct got stuck and died, authorities said.

The Missoula County coroner's office identified the man as Kenneth Ellingson, 37, of Missoula, and said the cause of death was positional asphyxiation.

The owner of the Treasure Chest hobby store arrived for work around 8:30 a.m. and called 911 when he found the store had no electricity and the phone was out, said police Lt. Mike Brady.
"In the course of looking into what happened, officers found the phone lines had been cut and the power to the building had been tampered with," Brady said. "They also found a ladder leaning against the back of the business and used it to get access to the roof."
There, they found Ellingson wedged headfirst in a cooling duct, Brady said.

Authorities said the 6-foot-tall, 280 pound man got stuck in an L-shaped portion of the duct probably around 3 a.m. or 4 a.m.
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It is never a nice thing to gain satisfaction from someone else's misfortune, but certain things in life are just plain common sense. Here it is, someone was trying to beat the system, and ended up losing his life in the process.

I guess the most important question is why was he breaking into the store in the first place? No, even better than that; considering all of the stores one has to choose from, why try to break into a hobby and crafts store? What? Was he afraid the green beads would be gone in the morning. Then the next question; what would make him think he could fit into the Air Conditioning ducts anyway?

Let's get real here. Who did he think he was , Bruce Willis? I guess in Hollywood, anyone can slip into a duct. My opinion is this fool was either drunk, high, stupid or some combination of the three. Stories are written about people who do great things. Legends are written about people who do foolish things. Got to admit, a 6ft tall 280 pound man trying to fit into an AC duct is pretty damned foolish. I guess he must have figured that if Santa Claus could fit into a chimney, then an AC duct should have been easy. God gave us a brain with which to think, and it seems that some people, no matter how old they get, still can not seem to figure out how to use said brain.