Police in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania stumbled across a rather unique situation the other day.  While trying to arrest a man for being drunk in public - he dropped to the ground and rolled around in dog waste to avoid being arrested.

OMG!  I'm gagging just thinking of it!

Officers approached the 45-year-old man after he was spotted walking in traffic and appearing to be under the influence of drugs or alcohol.  After confronting the suspect - who police say was slurring his words - he claimed he was walking erratically only to avoid stepping in dog poop.

But when officers tried to arrest him, police say that's when he threw himself to the ground and proceeded to roll around in the poop.  He then yelled out that "authorities couldn't arrest him because he was covered in feces" - wanna bet!  He was taken into custody and charged with public drunkenness.

I don't know about you, but I can't even bring myself to pick up someone else's dog poop when I run across it while mowing my lawn.  My dog, I'm okay with - someone else's dog, NOPE.  It's kind of like when our kids were young, I had no trouble changing their diapers, but when the nieces or nephews stayed over - NO WAY!!  I would gag myself sick.

I do have to wonder what the guy was thinking though when he sobered up and realized he was in jail and smelled of dog poop.  I'm guessing he wasn't a very popular person while being held in lock-up!

(Source: Associated Press)

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