Remember when a Dave Matthews Band tour bus dumped 800 pounds of waste on tour boat passengers?
It's been 18 years since a Dave Matthews Band tour bus dumped 800 pounds of poop on people on a tour boat under the Kinzie Street Bridge in Chicago.
On Aug. 8, 2004, a tour bus belonging to the band dumped the human waste – the equivalent of 55 gallons of sand – from the bus's septic tank onto the passenger sightseeing boat on the Chicago River below.
At the time, The Chicago Tribune reported, nobody knew who was responsible for the dumping, but the incident was later connected to the band. The band later settled with the state of Illinois after a lawsuit was filed, the outlet reported, and the driver pleaded guilty to reckless conduct and pollution charges.
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On Monday's anniversary, Chicagoans and beyond took to social media to continue to remember that infamous day.
Here are a few winners that crashed into this story:
The Dave matthews band bus pouring feces off a bridge onto a sightseeing boat incident is officially a legal adult today ❤️ 18 years flies by
— madeline (@milkdrinker666) August 8, 2022
18 years ago today, Slow Motion and Lean Back were No. 1. Alien vs. Predator and Spiderman 2 were in theaters. Everyone's dad was reading the DaVinci Code.
And the Dave Matthews Band dumped 800 pounds of feces onto a crowded tour boat from Chicago's Kinzie bridge.— mick (@swasko) August 8, 2022
Happy The Time The Dave Matthews Band Tour Bus Dumped Its Septic Tank on a Grated Bridge in Chicago and Drenched a River Architecture Tour Boat with 800 Pounds of Toilet Waste Day, to those who celebrate. pic.twitter.com/6zLchE50zZ
— CHAOTIC NEUTRAL arrives 9/20 (@edburmila) August 8, 2022
It’s Dave Matthews Poop Cruise anniversary. Never forget. pic.twitter.com/i3YhYCtXCo
— Chuck Sudo (@bportseasoning) August 8, 2022
Happy anniversary of Dave Matthews Band dumping poop on a bunch of tourists in Chicago https://t.co/Pi4PLHkzr8
— Emilee Wentland (she/her) (@ByEmileeW) August 8, 2022
8/8/2004
Dave Matthews' bus dumps 800 pounds of poop into the Chicago River.
I was working at a Chicago TV station at the time. It was a fun day. pic.twitter.com/Tpw1zytGpL— ⚾ J. Daniel ⚾ (@JDaniel2033) August 8, 2022
“And folks, today is the 18th anniversary of the Dave Matthews Band’s tour bus dumping 800 pounds of human waste on a Chicago River sightseeing boat just like this one! It’s said that on a windy day, you can still hear the anguished cries of the innocent victims…” 🛳💩 pic.twitter.com/5cl07XXRRV
— Richard Roeper (@RichardERoeper) August 8, 2022
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