The saying goes “make like a tree and leaf,” but this guy can’t seem to take a hint. 
 
 Police and firefighters responded to a man who climbed to the top of one of Seattle’s iconic 80-foot Sequoia trees after 11:30am PT but their help was rejected, according to KOMO News, which is livestreaming the event. 
 
 Not the hero Seattle needs, but definitely the hero Seattle deserves. #ManInTree pic.twitter.com/xGo7Wef2wv — Jon (@JonCordell) March 22, 2016 
 
 Sporting a long beard and a wool cap, the man has been yelling at spectators and throwing small branches, apples, orange peels, and pine cones, among other things, at rescuers for nearly five hours. By the fourth hour of the ordeal, he had stripped the top of the tree bare and began chucking branches at officers and firefighters. He’s even made a request for a pack of Camel Crush cigarettes. 
 
 If this story sounds like Internet gold, it is. The hashtag #ManInTree is trending across the nation. A clever Twitter user has already created a Twitter persona for the man, tweeting from the account @Man_in_Tree. 
 
 This #ManInTree situation is very InTreeguing. — Connor Hutyler (@ConnorHutyler) March 22, 2016 
 
 Man, Season 1 of #ManInTree was so solid, but so far Season 2 just seems like more of the same. Needs a sidekick or something. — Zach Malm (@muzach) March 22, 2016 
 
 I'm on the move... #ManInTree — Man In Tree (@Man_In_Tree) March 22, 2016 
 
 lol jk, i'm staying put. #ManInTree — Man In Tree (@Man_In_Tree) March 22, 2016 
 
 Looks like this guy is rooted in staying up there. 
 
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 SEATTLE -- Several blocks around 4th Avenue and Stewart were closed around 11 a.m. Tuesday while officers negotiated with a man to come down from the top of an 80-foot sequoia next to the Macy's department store in downtown Seattle. 
 
 As of Wednesday morning, he was still up in the tree. 
 
 Happening Now: new video of #ManInTree who refuses to come down in Seattle. #Q13FOX pic.twitter.com/lofmiuWcQk — Adam Mertz (@AJMertz) March 23, 2016 
 
 No one knows why he climbed up there -- or what he wants, if anything. 
 
 When police officers and firefighters tried to talk to him to persuade him to come down, he yelled obscenities at them and tore branches off the top of the tree and threw them at the people below. But he also developed somewhat of a following by curious Seattleites, tourists and passers-by. 
 
 People shouting "We love you tree man!" Police are pushing the crowd back now. #Q13FOX #ManInTree pic.twitter.com/z0Y5c9fpOp — Tom Yazwinski Q13Fox (@TomYazwinski) March 23, 2016 
 
 And if that wasn't bizarre enough, Seattle's "super hero" -- Phoenix Jones -- turned out late Tuesday night to try to help out. He tweeted that he would offer the #manintree a sandwich and a beer to entice him down. 
 
 Police and firetrucks blocked several streets in the area. 
 
 Authorities said the man wasn't being cooperative and at one point threw an apple and pine cones at paramedics and officers. 
 
 "Officers arrived at the scene, determined the man posed a danger to himself, pedestrians and motorists, and closed several surrounding streets. Police attempted to contact the man, but he refused to speak with officers," the Seattle Police Department said on its online crime blotter. 
 
 "During early attempts to contact the man, who appears to be suffering from a mental health crisis, he threw an apple, branches, pine cones and other items at officers on the street below, and claimed to be armed with a knife," SPD said. "Due to the his violent behavior and threats, and the man’s precarious position high above the ground, police are taking extreme caution to ensure the safety of everyone involved. 
 
 "Once the incident is resolved, Seattle Department of Transportation officials will review the health of the approximately 80-foot sequoia tree, believed to have been in place since the 1970s," SPD said. 
 
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 Image 1 of 10 Negotiators and firefighters try to coax a man from a tree in downtown Seattle Tuesday afternoon, March 22, 2015. SDOT shut down Stewart Street between Fourth and Fifth avenues. Negotiators and firefighters try to coax a man from a tree in downtown Seattle Tuesday afternoon, March 22, 2015. SDOT shut down Stewart Street between Fourth and Fifth avenues. Photo: GRANT HINDSLEY, SEATTLEPI.COM 
 
 Image 2 of 10 Negotiators and firefighters try to coax a man from a tree in downtown Seattle Tuesday morning. SDOT shut down Stewart Street between Fourth and Fifth avenues. Negotiators and firefighters try to coax a man from a tree in downtown Seattle Tuesday morning. SDOT shut down Stewart Street between Fourth and Fifth avenues. Photo: Grant Hindsley/seattlepi.com Staff 
 
 Image 3 of 10 Negotiators and firefighters try to coax a man from a tree in downtown Seattle Tuesday morning. SDOT shut down Stewart Street between Fourth and Fifth avenues. Negotiators and firefighters try to coax a man from a tree in downtown Seattle Tuesday morning. SDOT shut down Stewart Street between Fourth and Fifth avenues. Photo: Grant Hindsley/seattlepi.com Staff 
 
 Image 4 of 10 Negotiators and firefighters try to coax a man from a tree in downtown Seattle Tuesday morning. SDOT shut down Stewart Street between Fourth and Fifth avenues. Negotiators and firefighters try to coax a man from a tree in downtown Seattle Tuesday morning. SDOT shut down Stewart Street between Fourth and Fifth avenues. Photo: Seattle Fire Department 
 
 Image 5 of 10 Negotiators and firefighters try to coax a man from a tree in downtown Seattle Tuesday morning. SDOT shut down Stewart Street between Fourth and Fifth avenues. Negotiators and firefighters try to coax a man from a tree in downtown Seattle Tuesday morning. SDOT shut down Stewart Street between Fourth and Fifth avenues. Photo: Tom Paulson/submitted Photo 
 
 Image 6 of 10 Negotiators and firefighters try to coax a man from a tree in downtown Seattle Tuesday morning. SDOT shut down Stewart Street between Fourth and Fifth avenues. Negotiators and firefighters try to coax a man from a tree in downtown Seattle Tuesday morning. SDOT shut down Stewart Street between Fourth and Fifth avenues. Photo: Courtesy KOMO/4 
 
 Image 7 of 10 Negotiators and firefighters try to coax a man from a tree in downtown Seattle Tuesday morning. SDOT shut down Stewart Street between Fourth and Fifth avenues. Negotiators and firefighters try to coax a man from a tree in downtown Seattle Tuesday morning. SDOT shut down Stewart Street between Fourth and Fifth avenues. Photo: Seattle Police Department 
 
 Image 8 of 10 Negotiators and firefighters try to coax a man from a tree in downtown Seattle Tuesday morning. SDOT shut down Stewart Street between Fourth and Fifth avenues. Negotiators and firefighters try to coax a man from a tree in downtown Seattle Tuesday morning. SDOT shut down Stewart Street between Fourth and Fifth avenues. Photo: Seattle Fire Department 
 
 Image 9 of 10 Negotiators and firefighters try to coax a man from a tree in downtown Seattle Tuesday morning. SDOT shut down Stewart Street between Fourth and Fifth avenues. Negotiators and firefighters try to coax a man from a tree in downtown Seattle Tuesday morning. SDOT shut down Stewart Street between Fourth and Fifth avenues. Photo: Courtesy SDOT
– Police in Seattle continue to try to figure out what to do about a man who scaled an 80-foot tree on Tuesday and seems to have no plans to come down. The bearded man climbed the huge tree outside a Macy's store downtown around 11am and pelted cops and medics with an apple, pine cones, and branches, the Seattle Times reports. He managed to spend the night in the sequoia despite chilly temperatures. Police initially closed off streets in the area but were reopening them on Wednesday. They say the man, who claimed to be carrying a knife, appears to be suffering some kind of mental health crisis and their first priority is his safety. Meanwhile, KOMO is live-streaming the unusual standoff. The climber, believed to be a local homeless man, has "just been up in the tree for a few hours now, cussing at people and throwing pine cones," a witness told the Times on Tuesday. Phoenix Jones, Seattle's own superhero, arrived at the scene Tuesday night but was unable to coax the man down with an offer of a sandwich and a beer, Q13 reports. Perhaps inevitably, #ManInTree became an Internet sensation, the Daily Dot reports. The Seattle Post-Intelligencer reports that spoof Twitter accounts have been created for the man, a firefighter who climbed a ladder to try to talk to him, and the tree itself. (Cops in Illinois pulled over a woman with a slightly smaller tree stuck in her grille.)