An Air New Zealand Plane Flies Over Mount Victoria
IN PHOTO: An Air New Zealand plane flies over houses in Mount Victoria as it approaches Wellington airport, October 7, 2011. Reuters/Marcos Brindicci

A New Zealand woman was outraged to see her car and home in Auckland covered in "clumps of poo" when she woke up on the morning of Sept. 28. She told the New Zealand Herald that her two-storey home and silver car were covered in splotches of human faeces and blamed a passing plane.

According to reports, the house of Karen Bass is directly in the flight path of aircraft flying into the Auckland International Airport. The first thing she had noticed when she walked out that morning was the sight and smell of "s***." She said she was "absolutely disgusted" at seeing the amount of poo. Bass believes the clumps of poo were of human origin. Her footpath was also dotted with fecal matter.

She has since collected a sample to have it tested to verify her claims. The Aucklander was sure the poo did not come from birds or other animals based on their appearance.

A spokesperson for Airways New Zealand said the claim was not something they would know about and suggested Bass call the airline to complain. However, since it happened while she was sleeping, she did not know which airline had flown close to her home.

A man who requested not to have his name printed told the Herald that waste dumping is not rare. The man, who lives in rural Auckland, revealed his home in Karaka was covered in human waste at least three times. He blamed the planes and complained to the Civil Aviation Authority but gave up after years of battling the case. He said he also had tests done that proved the waste had come from human excrement. The man has since given up the fight since the CAA was "too big and powerful to fight."

The CAA had blamed the waste on migrating ducks. The man swears that during the first time the incident occurred, he had witnessed the aircraft fly as poo hit him directly together with his wife and children.

A CAA spokesperson claimed no complaints were received to date. Aviation expert Peter Clarke believes it was extremely rare for a plane to dump waste on air. He said the waste dumped on the Auckland home may have come from other sources like birds, but he acknowledged that nothing was impossible.