Toilet break ends in broken toilet

09/04/2008

An Austrian tourist who stopped to use the toilet had a narrow escape when a 47-stone boulder crashed through the roof.

Josef Heller had just got off the toilet seat when the rock fell through the ceiling and destroyed the toilet, according to Ananova.

The 47-year-old told how he finished washing his hands and was about to leave the bathroom, when a loud explosion shook the whole guest house in St Gilgen, Austria.

"When I looked back I realised a massive boulder had landed on the toilet - smashing it to bits. There was water and debris everywhere," he told the website.

It is believed that the boulder fell from the cliffs above the guesthouse and police have sealed the area amid fears more could come crashing down.

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