Posted on 04/21/2022 1:35:31 PM PDT by algore
California woman plunged head-first into a filthy vault toilet at a national forest after dropping her phone in, then falling as she tried to retrieve it.
The unidentified woman lost her handset while visiting Mount Walker in Washington Tuesday during a trip to the Olympic National Forest.
She then decided to fashion a makeshift harness out of a dog leash to try lowering herself into the toilet, only for it to collapse under her weight - and send her flying head-first into the hole filled with human waste.
After 20 minutes, the woman managed to retrieve her device, then used it to call 911 to summon help.
The stomach-churning incident was detailed in a Facebook post by the Brinnon Fire Department, with two firefighters snapped posing outside the toilets in the wake of the rescue.
Vault toilets are outdoor bathroom facilities housed in permanent structures, which don't flush or utilize water, and are sometimes referred to as pit toilets due to the underground tank that holds the waste.
The waste is removed when a truck comes to pump it out and transport it to a water treatment facility.
Meanwhile, rescue crews were eventually able to free the woman from the toilet after making a 'cribbing platform' that was lowered down for the woman to stand on.
After being pulled to safety, she was then washed down and given a Tyvek hazmat suit to wear, according to the Brinnon Fire Department.
The woman told rescue crews that she was uninjured, and refused medical attention despite being strongly encouraged to after being exposed to human waste, which can cause infections.
'The patient was extremely fortunate not to be overcome by toxic gases or sustain injury,' the Brinnon Fire Department said.
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What, this wasn’t posted by our friend Nick?
Oh, shit!
Did she get her phone back?
And how’s the dog?
CALIFORNIA WOMAN !!
Just like FLORIDA WOMAN only stinkier.
Shitty job.
Dear God!
This is why if you are silly enough to buy an outrageously
expensive phone you should get theft/loss/damage coverage for it.
This story stinks...lol
She’s lucky to be alive. You know how many farmers have fallen into manure holding tanks and suffocated? Apparently this Calif. woman was trying to outdo her stupidity of her Florida counterparts.
If she is a San Franciscan, maybe not.
I hate whwn that happens.
Was she vaccinated....?
Thanks, but I would have left the phone where it fell, sat about 25’ away from the toilet, waited for someone else to go in, and then used a borrowed phone to call my phone.
But that’s just me. :-)
Note to self: Make sure phone insurance is updated.
There’s no place like home!
But her Blue Face Diaper should have protected her from everything.
What?
No! She wasn’t wearing a Face Diaper?
the horror . .
From Cali? Probably had her face diaper on-she be awright.
Blew over an occupied porta-jon with the H-60 long ago in a small LZ.
Dude busted out looking like a pissed off papa-smurf (100% blue).
My CE was crying with laughter....
((FWIW, I did ask the ground guys if the porta-jon was wired down before we landed. Not.)))
Sounds like she had a crappy day.
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