Stuck

Gunther Burpus of Bremen, Germany, remained wedged in the cat door of his house for two days because passersby thought he was a piece of "installation art". Burpus, 41, was using the cat door because he mislaid his keys.

Unfortunately, he was spotted by a group of student pranksters who removed his trousers and underpants, painted his bottom orange, stuck a daffodil between his buttocks and erected a sign reading "Germany Resurgent, an essay on Street Art. Please give generously." Passersby assumed Burpus's screams were part of the act, and it was only when an old man complained to the police that he was finally freed.

"I kept calling for help," Burpus said, "but people just said 'Very Good! Very Clever' and threw coins at me."