Article: Something's Rotten in Fairfax; Fair Oaks Man Says He Was Hit by Waste From Airliner

The drops fell through the sunroof and onto Philip Bayer as he backed his 1988 BMW sedan out of his driveway in the Fair Oaks area of western Fairfax County on Thursday evening.

Probably sprinkles from scattered clouds, Bayer thought as he stopped the car to close the roof.

"Then the smell hit me," Bayer, 46, recalled yesterday. "The smell was unmistakable. It was human poop."

His sport coat was covered with brown splotches, Bayer said, and the black car had about a half-dozen spots per square foot, including the leather upholstery.

About 2,000 feet overhead, Bayer said, a jet was flying toward Dulles International Airport, about four miles west of his house. The only explanation ...

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