A man in south China’s Guangdong province took an ongoing viral trend, the ‘zip tie escape challenge,’ to the extreme.

According to firefighter Liu Junjie, he did all this as part of a viral online trend called the Zip Tie Escape Challenge.

Bizarre online escapology caper turns serious as firefighters forced to untie man who ‘could have died’ from restraints around his neck.

A man in Guangzhou, China, was rescued after getting trapped while attempting the viral “Zip Tie Escape Challenge” at home.