There's been a man in a tree for 24 hours and counting in downtown Seattle

Overshadowed Hillary's visit to the city today. He finally figured out a way to lay down and is now taking a nap on the live stream below.

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SEATTLE - Police and firefighters have spent several hours Tuesday trying to coax down a man who climbed to the top of Downtown Seattle's iconic 80-foot-tall Sequoia tree and refused to come down.

Crews brought a ladder truck to the scene, at the corner of Fourth Avenue and Stewart Street, after receiving reports of a man stuck in the upper branches of the tall tree, just after 11:30 a.m.

So far he has refused to come down and has thrown an apple at medics. The man, with a long beard and wool cap, was also seen tossing small branches, orange peels, pine cones and other materials at rescuers and claimed to be armed with a knife, Seattle Police said. He later requested a pack of Camel Crush cigarettes.

A KOMO news team at the scene said the man is clearly agitated, shouting and "flipping the bird" at spectators. Surrounding witnesses questioned the man's mental health, while others speculated he may be high on drugs.

By hour four, the man had stripped the top of the tree bare. He tore the limbs off and hurled them at officers and firefighters. Even as darkness fell Tuesday evening, the man remain perched at the top.

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