Share
Published 11:24 31 Mar 2015 BST
Updated 12:34 31 Mar 2015 BST
Dinghy - does not respond to CPR
When the emergency services arrived, they discovered that he was in fact alone and giving CPR to a boat.
'He was underneath a boat, on his knees, trying to resuscitate a rubber dinghy,' police told Le Télégramme de Brest newspaper.
Sure we've all been there.
*H/T dailymail.co.uk