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Frans Fleischeuer / Supplied
Cheviot resident Frans Fleischeuer, 57, was walking to shops on Hall St (State Highway 1) Saturday morning when he came across fecal matter and dirty toilet paper at the base of a tree.
A North Canterbury man was left boiling after finding what appeared to be human feces and dirty toilet paper scattered on the road.
Cheviot resident Frans Fleischeuer, 57, was walking to stores on Hall St (State Highway 1) on Saturday morning when he came across human waste and dirty toilet paper.
To make matters worse, he found himself about 200 meters from a public toilet, Fleischeuer said.
“Judging by the size of the stool, it must be an adult. For an adult, you should be able to hold it, [and] To blatantly dump him on the side of the road like he’s gone. It really blew my top off. ”
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Fleischeuer, who has been living in the area for the past 24 years, said he has faced people in the past to defecate in public.
“I’ve seen people rocking in the road and trying … to urinate on the side of a building and I just confront them and say ‘hey, listen, what do you think you’re doing? [are] public toilets just down the street. ‘
Although he did not see who the culprit was, Fleischeuer suspected that he had been left by overnight travelers.
“I don’t think they are local. Why would a local do that?”
He said more street signs could be added to make people more aware that there are public toilets nearby.
A worker at the nearby Cheviot Tea Rooms said they were not aware of the offender on the road, but that there were many people traveling through the area overnight and early Saturday morning.
Hurunui East District Councilwoman Fiona Harris said she was disappointed to learn of the incident.
“For anyone who finds something like that anywhere in the country it is quite difficult. I am quite disappointed that [somebody] I’d do that particularly near public baths. “
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Freedom campers in Canterbury have been criticized for defecating in public in the past. (File photo).
Harris said that as far as she knew, the council had not been notified or of any other recent similar incidents.
She said it would be unfair to blame the freedom campers or any other specific group until it has been raised with council officials.
A police spokeswoman said no complaints had been made to local police on Saturday night.
People caught urinating or defecating in a public place can be prosecuted under the Summary Offenses Act 1981, but there is a defense if they can show that they have reasonable grounds to believe that they will not be observed.
If charged with it, people were subject to a fine of up to $ 200.
Freedom campers in Canterbury have been criticized for defecating in public in the past.
In 2018, the locals of Akaroa demanded a poop patrol to combat the litter and in 2015, residents of the Canterbury High Country complained that freedom campers were trashing the area with their trash and human waste.
