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The human spirit yearns to be free. For one Canadian inmate, that spirit seems to have been working in tandem with his stomach.

Michel "Big Mike" Lapointe was released almost three years early from his five-year sentence in a Canadian prison because he was simply too fat for his cell. The 450-pound former drug gang member could not sit down in the chair provided in his Montreal cell, and his body protruded six inches off both sides of the bed.

Authorities said in a letter to Lapointe: "You have been detained for more than 25 months and your prison conditions are difficult because of your health." Two other jails rejected requests to transfer him.

For his part, Lapointe sounded relieved to be sprung: "I'm going to have a proper bed and finally have a chair I can sit in," he said. "I want a normal life. I've done some stupid things and I've paid for them."

Hopefully, the "normal life" Big Mike wants will include fruits and vegetables.

If not, though, he can always find inspiration in our gallery of the world's weirdest bacon products.

The Most Bizarre Bacon Products Ever

    Bacon Bra
    This bra isn't quite as sexy as it should be. Maybe there can be too much of a good thing.

    Bacon Pop
    Walking around town sucking on a cold slice of bacon is as uncouth as it is delicious. (Trust us, we know.) But stick a bacon pop in your mouth and you get the same savory flavor without offending polite society.

    Bacon Spray
    If you have an addiction to bacon the way Elvis did, there's only one cure: the "Bacon Spray" inhaler.

    Bacon Martini
    After years of fruity feminization, it's time the martini became a man's drink once again, with the addition of pig skin (or some other part thereof).

    Bacon Breath Mints
    If you want to impress the ladies (or at least their chihuahuas), a mouthful of bacon breath mints will definitely do the trick.

    Bacon Cup
    Move over tortilla bowl, there's a new piece of edible flatware on the block. It won't be long until Lil Jon exchanges his diamond-encrusted pimp cup for this decadently succulent receptacle: the bacon-encrusted bacon cup.

    Bacon Air Freshener
    We're not sure about this one: If you want your place to smell of bacon (and who wouldn't?), why not just fry up a slab and get the added bonus of a yummy snack? That being said, this product would be good for messing with vegetarians or hungry dieters.

    Bacon Salt
    Like traditional salt, bacon salt brings out the flavor in a dish. Unlike traditional salt, the flavor will always be bacon.

    Bacon Ice Cream
    The only way this could be less kosher is if it was soaked in blood.

    Gummy Bacon
    We're not sure if this tastes like bacon (like gummy cola tastes like cola), or tastes like gummy (like gummy worms taste like gummy). We're hoping it tastes like bacon.