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A middle-aged Beitbridge man who had accompanied his child who was afraid to go on the revolving Lunar Park miniature planes alone became so shaken himself that his bowels loosened and he defecated in his trousers.The incident occurred last Monday.Efforts to get the name of the man were fruitless but sources said he left his stool on the machine as he quickly sneaked in a taxi and disappeared.A Luna Park official said, "The Lunar Park has for the first time come to Beitbridge and the man felt he could ride with his scared child. However, when the planes revolving around a centre pivot picked up speed, the loving dad's bowels loosened and involuntarily gave in."When the machines stopped he bolted out of the plane into a nearby taxi but his stool and the child remained behind. He must have been shaken," said an eyewitness."Relatives collected the child after the man bolted leaving his mess to be cleaned by attendants," said a source.The man is reported to have taken the taxi to an unknown destination but obviously to refresh