An Alabama Man Got Stuck in a Decorative Urn at a Mountain Brook New Year's Eve Party. How Does This Happen?

In January, an Alabama man got stuck in a decorative urn at a New Year's Eve (NYE) party in Mountain Brook, shouting "I'm stuck!" People at the party try to assure him, "We'll get you out!" and a man ends up eventually chiseling the frustrated man out.

Connor Padgett; credit: AL.com

It's probably best not to show others how you can fit into expensive decorative vases/urns at parties serving alcohol.

An Alabama man learns this the hard way.

Alabama Man 'Got Stuck in a Decorative Urn' at a NYE Party in Mountain Brook

AL.com reported that Connor Padgett from Birmingham got himself in and couldn't get himself out of a decorative urn at a New Year's Eve (NYE) party in Mountain Brook, AL.

*Mountain Brook is a city in southeastern Jefferson County and a suburb of Birmingham.

At the party, Connor Padgett was heard screaming, "Call the fire department to break this mother [expletive]” as he took his belt off inside the urn and it still didn't give him the wiggle room necessary to slide out.

Onlookers try to give him advice on how to get out, but it doesn't help calm Connor inside the urn.

He yells in frustration, "I'm doing everything I [expletive] can."

Kristi Yamagucciman posted a video of the incident on X.com (formerly Twitter) on 7 January 2024.

The video (seen below) was viewed over 5 million times.

A man with a hammer starts working on the decorative urn, cracking on it with a hammer. The crowd cheers.

A witness saw Connor "up and moving around without his pants on." Connor wanted a cigarette and was seen drinking a double Makers on the rocks alone in the corner of the yard after the ordeal.

The big question is, "Did his pants survive?" Connor shares the answer to that in an update on Monday.

Connor Padgett Update on Monday, January 8, 2024

Connor was very grateful to the man who chiseled him out of the urn, and Connor was able to walk away from the party.

Connor posted the image below to X.com (formerly Twitter) on 8 January 2024.

Kristi Yamagucciman posted an update on X.com (formerly Twitter). The photo shows Connor holding up a white sign and apparently wearing the same pants that he was wearing on the night of the party.

The sign reads:

I AM THE REAL CONNOR PADGETT. YES, I WAS THE GUY STUCK IN THE VASE. YES, THESE ARE THE SAME PANTS. - CONNOR

That picture can be seen below.

Thoughts

Now it is time for the reader to share your thoughts on this story.

• Have you ever been to a party where things got out of hand?
• What would you have done if you saw someone stuck in an urn?

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Sources

Connor Padgett on X.com (formerly Twitter): @conniep_

Kristi Yamagucciman on X.com (formerly Twitter): @TheWapplehouse

Koplowitz, Howard. "Man stuck in urn at Mountain Brook party loses pants, breaks expensive vase and Alabama Internet." AL.com. 8 January 2024.

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"AL Man Gets Stuck Inside an Urn at a Mountain Brook Party. They have to Shatter the Urn to Free Him"

A Seattle Woman Finds an Urn with a Blue Ribbon on it in Goodwill with a Name on the Bottom & Has Ashes Inside. She Buys it for $3.99

A woman shopping at Goodwill discovers an urn with a blue ribbon tied around it sold under the category of "wares." On the bottom of the urn, it has a name written on it. She opens it and sees ashes inside. She decides to buy it for $3.99 from Goodwill and was trying to locate the family connected to the ashes. Goodwill has retrieved the ashes from her and has also attempted to find out if these belong to a human.

Josie Chase with the urn she purchased

One Seattle, Washington woman that has discovered a love for "thrifting" found something unusual for sale at her local Goodwill, and now is unsure what to do with the item.

Seattle Woman Finds a Blue-Ribbon Urn in Goodwill

24-year-old Josie Chase was in her local Goodwill, and looking for something very interesting among the housewares. Yahoo! reported that Josie "has been collecting vintage clothing and accessories since 2018."

Josie came across a small urn with a blue ribbon tied around it, and she "immediately identified it as a cremation urn."

She said:

"It just kind of shocked me that there was an urn there," Chase said. "So I grabbed it and felt that it had some weight to it and looked at the bottom and saw that I had a name." -Josie Chase (Source: Yahoo!)

When she looked at the bottom of the urn, there is a sticker with the name, "Toby Cava." She assumes this is the name of the person that was cremated. The picture can be seen below.

Urn with name on bottom

Next Josie did what any curious person would do. She unscrewed it and looked inside, and sure enough, found ashes. She assumes these are human ashes.

She said:

"Then, I unscrewed it and saw that there were ashes inside," Chase said. "It was just kind of shocking and struck me and I thought, ‘Who would donate this? This is sad. It must have been a mistake or someone must have misplaced it.’ So, I thought maybe I could find someone who it was connected to [and] give it back." -Josie Chase (Source: Yahoo!)

The picture of the ashes in the urn can be seen below.

Urn with ashes inside

Josie tried to speak to a Goodwill worker about the urn, but since the store was busy, it was difficult. So she decided to buy it for $3.99. The Goodwill price tag labeled it as "wares."

She said:

"I just put it in our cart and me and my partner were like, ‘Well, if we don't get it, this will maybe go to the landfill or something.' We thought we should do it service and spread the ashes somewhere nice or try to find at least a good home for it. So, we decided to buy it," -Josie Chase (Source: Yahoo!)

Josie Chase Posts a TikTok Video About the Urn

Josie posts a TikTok video showing the urn inside of Goodwill in Washington and shows the urn being opened to reveal ashes.

In captions, text in the video reads, "Who donated this person to Goodwill?"

Then the TikTok video shows the urn wrapped in brown paper and the caption reads, "The cashier wrapped him up so nicely." See the picture below.

Urn wrapped in a brown paper

The video ends by saying in captions, "Toby was only $4."

Watch the TikTok video and see for yourself. It has been viewed over 13 million times.

It isn't every day that a person finds an urn filled with ashes at Goodwill, but it does happen.

One person that commented on the TikTok video said:

"The people could have dumped the ashes while driving down the highway and it would have been more respectful than dropping them at goodwill." -User7477347178750 on TikTok

Josie replied to the comment, by saying, "Agreed."

Goodwill workers should probably look inside things while they are pricing the items in the back, just to make sure there aren't any ashes inside.

Josie now believes that it could be pet ashes based on feedback she has received on her TikTok video.

Evergreen Goodwill of Northwest Washington Retrieved the Urn with Ashes

Fox News Digital reported that Evergreen Goodwill of Northwest Washington contacted Josie and retrieved the urn with ashes, and also commented that they believe it was an animal's ashes, and not humans, and that the urn should have never made it out onto the sales floor.

Evergreen Goodwill has also reached out to funeral homes in case these ashes might be human.

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Sources

Josie Chase on TikTok: @chasejosie. Video about urn bought in Goodwill.

Eichenberg, Gretchen. "Washington woman makes 'shocking' discovery after purchasing $3.99 urn at Goodwill." Yahoo! / Fox News Digital. 14 April 2023.