The toilets appear normal from the outside, but rather than being hooked to a plumbing system, the seats open to a hole where the refuse is treated and left to decompose. Spokeswoman Lisa Parker said the man reportedly stood on the toilet, rather than sitting down, causing him to slip and fall in.
“We’ve had these type of toilet facilities for 10 to 15 years, and he just misused the toilet, unfortunately,” Parker said. The incident happened in the south side of the park. Because there is no running water in the area, “cost would be an issue” in modernizing the toilets, Parker said.
She said the man was trapped for about 70 minutes. It took some time for family members to realize something was wrong, she said, then park representatives were called and had to unlock the door to get to him. She said the man was “covered in mess and scraped up.” His condition was unknown, and no report was immediately available.
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This is common for people from many parts of the world where they only have a hole in the floor for a toilet. Down here close to the Mexico border there are signs in many toilets, in Spanish, to SIT and to FLUSH toilet paper instead of putting it in the trash can. Apparently their sewer systems can't handle it.
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