That's a double Darwin Award.  Not only did he do something fatally stupid, but he did it to rescue his modern technology.

A hole big enough to fall in, but not big enough for anyone to hear him or see him? In a paper mache statue in a public square? In May? For a couple of days? And nobody noticed?  I mean, Catalonia is nearly French-level stinky on a hot afternoon in a public street, but that's hard to fathom.