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Hotel's Snowflake Decoration Breaks the Fall of Hotel Trespasser

Where: 2 Boland Way [map], Springfield, MA, United States, 01115

We've been covering the wonderful, wild and weird hotel decorations going up this season but this is the first time we've heard of a hotel decoration saving someone's life, even if they were trying to break into the hotel.

Last night near Boston, a man was attempting to break into the penthouse suite of the Marriott Springfield on the 10th floor. But he ended up falling more than 70 feet, yet still survived the plunge. The Republican Newspaper has the detes on what exactly happened:

Hotel employees originally reported at about 9 p.m. that a trespasser was on the roof, police said.

The man plummeted 70 feet from the 16th floor to a ledge on the sixth floor after attempting to climb on one of the Christmas decorations.

He was not a guest at the hotel and broke a window to gain access to the roof, said Fire Department spokesman Dennis Leger.

The man climbed down onto a decoration and was clinging to it and knocking on windows asking people to let him in, but the windows on the high floors do not open.

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Holiday Inn in New Jersey Evacauted for Mystery Smell That Did Not Come From Secaucus

A smelly hotel in Northern New Jersey? Well, that's nothing new. But when the smell doesn't seem to be coming from the landfills of Secaucus, then you might have a problem. Which is exactly what happened at a Holiday Inn on Route 22 in Springfield.

Since we grew up close to Route 22 (Skate 22 anyone?), we can personally tell you it's not the most scenic strip in the Garden State. However, apparently there was a stank so bad in the Holiday Inn along this route that guests had to be evacuated AND have their eyes flushed out as a precautionary measure.

ABC 7 reports that the smell came from the 4th floor:

Between 50 and 60 guests reportedly complained of various symptoms, including coughing and eye watering.

As a result, all 37 rooms on the floor were evacuated, and the guests were treated in a decontamination tent in the parking lot. Their eyes were washed down as a precautionary measure. Meanwhile, the fourth floor was aired out.

After three hours, the guests were allowed to return to their rooms. None had to be taken to the hospital.

There's no official word on what cause the foul odor but the hotel suspects it might be a prank.