Sewage and Strange Death
Monica Meyer, the mayor of Betterton, Maryland, died in 1980 while checking her town’s sewage tanks – she fell in and drowned in 15 feet of human waste.
The life of a small-town mayor may seem carefree, if not glamorous: kissing babies, cutting ribbons, and, apparently, taking the plunge into the town’s sewage system. That’s how it played out for Monica Meyer, the mayor of Betterton, Maryland. She decided to personally inspect the town’s sewage tanks. Unfortunately, she took a misstep and ended up swimming with the… well, let’s just say it wasn’t the dolphins. She drowned in 15 feet of human waste. An investigator at the scene remarked, “It’s just like putty, and she didn’t have a chance to get out. It’s like quicksand.”
Let this be a lesson to all aspiring politicians: sometimes, it’s best to delegate—especially when it involves wading into literal yuckiness.
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