Bad day: A man got stuck in a drain for two days (Picture: KSWO)

There is having a bad day and then there is this.

An Oklahoma man was left trapped underground for two days after chasing a $20 (£11.96) note he dropped into a drain.

The Lawton resident, who has not been named, told police he badly needed the money and so was forced to go in after the note.

But he quickly got lost in the vast underground network of drains and was unable to find his way out, KSWO reports.


The manhole from where the man was rescued (Picture: KSWO)

He was eventually rescued after a group of students heard his cries for help around 15ft below street level.

‘We could hear a man yelling for help,’ said Sergeant John Chelenza who was called to the scene.



‘We see a gentleman down in the bottom of it and it seemed that he had been down there a couple of days.’

Shocked: Sergeant John Chelenza (Picture: KSWO)

Police officer in training Alicia Redding added: ‘I was amazed. I was confused how he had gotten down there and amazed that he was still okay.

‘That’s the first time in going on 28 years that we have found somebody down in a storm drain.

‘He did not remember what day it was. He wasn’t sure how long he had been down there. He was pretty dehydrated and not really sure the time the date.’

The man did not manage to find his $20 note.