Unhappy camper: man rescued after falling into toilet at California campsite [View all]

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.