An incredibly unlucky man was left trapped inside a portable toilet after it was swept away during a terrifying flash flood in Baranquilla, Colombia earlier this week
An unlucky bloke had just sat down on the loo when a flash flood sent his portable toilet flying down the street.
Footage shows the lone plastic lavatory travelling down a waterlogged road as rain beats down during a period of heavy storms in Baranquilla, Colombia earlier this week. Shouts for help can apparently be heard coming from inside, as the toilet turns and tilts precariously before being swept into increasingly deeper water.
Luckily, it eventually comes to a stop around a street corner. A selfless passer-by can be seeing wading through the murky water up to his knees, before grabbing the toilet and pulling it towards the roadside.
The door then opens and a man emerges, helping to push it towards a the front of a shop where it is finally brought to a standstill.
The downpour turned several roads across the city into rivers, with local reports describing how, in other incidents in the same city, cars and motorbikes were washed away by the strong currents of run-off rain water.
The bizarre incident is not the first time in recent months that a toilet user has become trapped while inside.
In July, The Star reported how one man had spent eight hours trapped inside the drainage system of a porta-porty after “climbing in after dropping his drink into the loo.”
The confusing excuse was reportedly given by the unnamed man to first responders following a rescue operation at a World Cup-linked event in Kansas City, according to ABC News. A spokesperson for the company that manages the portable toilets said that they discovered the bloke inside one of their loos during a routine collection.
Patriot Portable Restrooms (PPR) partner Chip Counterman explained in a social video that they had discovered one cubicle was locked when the cam to pick up the units, and told whoever was inside that they had 10 minutes to finish what they were doing.
Chip explained that the man said he had gone in to fetch a soft drink, saying: “The Fire Department came and tried to instruct the man to exit.
“They asked him why he went in and he told them he was retrieving a Mountain Sew bottle he had dropped the night before.”
Thankfully, fire officers were able to free the unnamed man, who was also able to be washed off using their hoses.