Water park owner chains himself to water slide to save business

Dumond, whom WCVB reports is on the verge of losing his New Hampshire water park, has taken a drastic, “last-ditch effort” to save his business.

46-year-old Kevin Dumont, owner and founder of Liquid Planet Water park in Candia, has chained himself to the top of one of the park’s 30-foot waterslides in hopes of saving the property from foreclosure.

The man, Kevin Dumont, said on Tuesday we would remain atop the slide at Liquid Planet Water Park for 24 hours a day until he found investors to back the venture, which is $1.5 million in debt.

Dumont says a bank has foreclosed on the park and is planning to auction it off next month.

Enterprise Bank, which financed the park’s loan, put out a statement saying, ‘We wish Dumont luck as he gets through this hard time, ‘ according to CBS Local Boston. We just need to save it from going to the auction block.

“I am not insane but I have chained myself to the top of the waterpark slide tower”, said Dumont. He is hoping someone who is interesting in investing in part ownership will come forward.

The park, which opened in 2008, attracted 35,000 visitors this past season, The Union Herald reported. He plans to stay until he finds an investor, or is forced off the property. “We’ve never been able to get out of that hole”.

He wrote: “I am not looking for a handout but rather a person, group of people or a company that would partner with me, pay off the bank and save yet another small business from failing”. Dumont said their passing made him, like anybody, re-examine his life.

“I have a good team of people supporting me”, he said.