# Dead man found in chimney... no really!

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dead-man-found-in-chimney-no-really/53359>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [February 6, 2001, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dead-man-found-in-chimney-no-really/53359 "2001-02-06T16:09:06Z")\
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**Author:** ![BurnMeUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/91b2a8/32.png) [@BurnMeUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BurnMeUp)\
**Post date:** [February 6, 2001, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dead-man-found-in-chimney-no-really/53359/1 "2001-02-06T16:09:06Z")

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Heh, this just goes to prove that no matter how outlandish UL’s can get that sometimes fairy tales can come true 😉[http://www.cnn.com/2001/US/01/24/life.chimney.reut/index.html](http://www.cnn.com/2001/US/01/24/life.chimney.reut/index.html)

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**Author:** ![BurnMeUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/91b2a8/32.png) [@BurnMeUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BurnMeUp)\
**Post date:** [February 6, 2001, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dead-man-found-in-chimney-no-really/53359/2 "2001-02-06T16:10:27Z")

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Oops let me retry that link

[http://www.cnn.com/2001/US/01/24/life.chimney.reut/index.html](http://www.cnn.com/2001/US/01/24/life.chimney.reut/index.html)

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**Author:** ![UncleBeer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/977dab/32.png) [@UncleBeer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UncleBeer)\
**Post date:** [February 6, 2001, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dead-man-found-in-chimney-no-really/53359/3 "2001-02-06T17:26:45Z")

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Ha ha! Dead man … chimney … BurnMeUp. I get it.  
All joking aside though, are they serious about that statement “breezes from a nearby river,” preventing anyone from smelling this guy? Through a Mississippi summer? I guess the river can’t smell too good either.