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I distinctly recall reading this story in the old Los Angeles Mirror in the late 1950s or early 1960s.
The news story reported an incident involving a man who used an old-style outhouse in Yosemite National Park. The pit beneath the outhouse was almost full and the building above was scheduled to be moved over a new pit shortly. There was a substantial buildup of methane gas in the pit.
Disregarding the "no smoking" signs, the man proceeded to light up a cigarette while sitting in the outhouse. Having survived the experience of smoking while in the outhouse, the user proceeded to press his luck by discarding the still lit cigarette into the pit while sitting above it.
At this point, witnesses reported a massive explosion which destroyed the wooden building above the pit and resulted in a geyser of fecal material that shot up about thirty feet. The idiot responsible for the explosion survived it, albeit with third degree burns. When interviewed in the hospital, he said that he had stopped smoking because he couldn’t bear the thought of even lighting up a cigarette.
Submitted on 08/05/2002
Submitted by:
Ron Gotcher
Reference:
Los Angeles Mirror, early '60s
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