Talk About a Bad Day

Mama never said there would be days like this.

Filer, Idaho, emergency crews rescued an an unidentified man who thought he lost his keys in the toilet of a U.S. Highway 30 rest area, climbed in to find them, and got stuck.

Filer police, Filer Fire Department, Filer Quick Response and a paramedic from St. Luke's Magic Valley Medical Center responded to a 911 call by another driver that stopped and found the situation. Filer Police Chief Cliff Johnson tells the story.

Thinking his keys had fallen in the tank, the man removed a round plastic cover at the base of the toilet and climbed in to find them. Once inside he was unable to pull himself out, and waited until someone else arrived. At least 10 emergency response personnel responded to the 911 call and eventually got the man out through an access hole used to pump the waste out of the tank.

It was while the man - who chose not to give his name, for obvious reasons - was washing off with the fire truck hose when he made another painful discovery.

The keys were still in his back pocket.