  The young man was not hurt and was not suspected of a crime,
but it's unclear why he apparently climbed into the unused
chimney, Tacoma Battalion Chief Dyre Fudge said.  "Stories range
from 'hide and seek" to 'repairing the ceiling. Nobody was able
to get the straight story," Fudge said.  "I'm in my 35th year,
and it's something different every day. You can't make it up,"
he said.  Firefighters were called about 1:30 a.m. to help the
young man who was wedged at the second-floor level of the three-
story house. A technical team trained in confined-space rescues
was called in to rip through a wall and use power equipment to
cut a hole in the chimney.   "He was never very panicking and
had no real respiratory distress," Fudge said.  There were other
people living in the house, but no one seemed to know why the
man apparently climbed into the chimney at the third-floor level
and slid down like Santa Claus.  "No real clue," Fudge said.
"Just one of those stupid pet tricks, maybe."