Unable to find a investor to save his Candia, New Hampshire water park before auction, Kevin Dumont announced Wednesday he was descending the stairs from the top of the 30-foot slide where he had chained himself for 17 days.

“I experienced a few moments of loneliness and sadness but mostly overwhelming love and gratitude for the support you all have shown to me,’’ he wrote Wednesday on Facebook.

Dumont told Boston.com he unchained himself Wednesday morning and started to bring things down around 11 a.m., even though he said he had four parties interested in investing in his foreclosed park, Liquid Planet. The park — along with the rest of Dumont’s property, which includes his home — is scheduled to go to auction Dec. 2.


“It was such a complicated investment,’’ Dumont said. “We were running out of time…when we realized how much work had to be done, and this week was shot with the holidays.’’

Dumont said he tried to delay the auction, but ultimately was unable to. The GoFundMe page he started had raised less than $2,000 of its $1 million goal.

Additionally, Dumont said in recent days he was beginning to feel unwell. A friend had a doctor come and check on him. Dumont said the doctor told him he was developing pneumonia, after the 46-year-old Army veteran faced several below- or near-freezing nights in his perch atop the slide, outfitted with a tent and cardboard to block the wind.

“It didn’t make any sense to put my health in jeopardy,’’ he said.

As for the immediate future, Dumont said he plans to have Thanksgiving dinner with his sister’s family at his home.

“They’re planning to come by with some food and cheer me up, which I really appreciate,’’ he said.

On Facebook, Dumont left his supporters with a short anecdote in the spirit of redemption: