Unhappy camper: man rescued after falling into toilet at California campsite

[WestMichRad]

Unidentified man fell into vault toilet at Camp Edison while trying to retrieve sunglasses he dropped, officials say.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jun/22/man-rescued-vault-toilet-california-campsite
Ewwwww!!!

An unhappy camper spent about 15 minutes submerged in sewage in the putrid tank of a California campground’s vault toilet after falling in trying to retrieve sunglasses he dropped, according to officials.

The latest entry into the annals of bizarre US campground mishaps took place on Saturday at Shaver Lake’s Camp Edison, about 50 miles north-east of downtown Fresno. A spokesperson for the Fresno county sheriff’s office said specialist rescue crews from Cal Fire were required to extricate the unidentified man from the confined tank beneath the waterless, non-flushing toilet.

(A spokesman for the sheriff’s department said) “Law enforcement, Camp Edison staff and fire personnel responded and were able to safely get him out, decontaminate him, and he’ll be OK.” … The man was not injured – but he did require “a hosing down” from the Cal Fire crew before he walked away.

[JoseBalow]

1. Reminds me of my favorite 'Deep Thoughts by Jack Handey' quote...

ETA - Did he retrieve the glasses?

[Enter stage left]

2. Wow...talk about a shitty experience!

[erronis]

3. I'm glad you beat me to this stinky post. Here's a bit more to relish from that article.

Saturday's Camp Edison event has parallels in other recent episodes in which people became stuck in foul territory. In Michigan in 2023, a woman had to be hauled from an outhouse toilet after she fell in trying to retrieve a dropped Apple watch.

A female tourist visiting a meteorite crater near Alice Springs, in Australia's Northern Territory, spent several hours trapped in waist-deep excrement in April after a long-drop toilet she was using collapsed.

The woman, uninjured except for a few small cuts, and reeking of raw sewage, was literally "in deep shit", an eyewitness told local news reporters at the time.

As that witness put it: "There's shit, literal nappies, piss, all in that hole."

[usonian]

4. Maybe he will become a slumdog millionaire.

With sunglasses.

[Blue Owl]

5. Who would even wear those sunglasses if they were retrieved?

Some things you just can’t wash out….