Man Causes $10K In Water Damage To His Motel Room, Makes A Ridiculously Ill-Advised Attempt To Escape

There's finally an explanation to the seemingly incomprehensible viral video of the man caught on camera fleeing his flooded motel room by taking a misguided leap off the balcony, denting a Nissan Murano and landing bottom first on the parking lot below.

According to TMZ:

The person behind the camera, Prophet Amen Ra, tells us fire alarms were going off, but motel workers couldn't get into the room because it was locked. One staffer smashed a window to get inside, and once the door opened … the water started gushing out.

[Read more about the incident at TMZ]