This Man Got Locked Inside A 24 Hour Fitness And His Selfies From The Empty Gym Are Hilarious
If there’s one advantage of a 24-hour gym, it’s that you can use it any time you need a workout. Well, that’s what you’d expect, right? But one gym user recently discovered it’s not something you can take for granted. Dan Hill, from Sandy, Utah, was swimming laps in the
Posted — UpdatedClearly, yelling for help had no effect.
Luckily, it didn’t come to that and Hill was eventually “rescued” by three police officers. He gave them a shout-out on Facebook and joked that he was “Free at last!”
Hill’s gym saga quickly went viral, with his post racking up more than 7,000 reactions so far. But he was quick to defend his gym from negative publicity.
On Jan. 14, just a couple days after he was locked in, Hill shared another photo of himself back in the swimming pool at 24 Hour Fitness, with a large sign featuring a red arrow that read, “I’m here,” and was placed at the end of his lane.
Since his night at the gym went viral, Hill has become something of a celebrity in Utah, and even appeared on Salt Lake City’s KTSU-TV. The network’s local show, “The Place,” posted about his visit on Instagram.
“Thanks everyone. Really. I’m a smart alec (sic), it’s true, and I had no intention of this becoming what it did,” he wrote. “But I’m touched by all the kind words and beyond entertained at the witty repartee going on.”
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