Seattle police say an intoxicated 25-year-old man, who told officers he believed he was a ninja, was impaled on a metal spike Monday night after a failed attempt to jump a 5-foot fence.

As police arrived to search for a suspect, one officer heard the 25-year-old’s screams and found him stuck on the fence with the metal spike jutting out from his buttock, Witt said. The man was bleeding profusely.

As a police account of the incident notes, “Clearly he was overconfident in his abilities.”