Boy’s Lone Towel Still Going Strong Three Weeks into Camp

Lake Huron, PA (July 16, 2025) – The lone multipurpose towel packed by Camp Huron Lake Ultra Boy Aaaron Wasserman is still intact, unwashed, and ready for more use as the camp season nears its midway point.   The second-year camper’s towel was originally stolen in 1978 from a Holiday Inn in Kissimmee, Florida by his grandmother Roberta and has spent the past half century under a mountain of other stolen hotel towels in their guest bathroom linen closet.

The previous summer Wasserman was sent to camp with a dozen brand new Target-bought towels that were clearly labeled for either pool/lake or shower use but only used two, much to the dismay of his mother, Erica.  After several arguments over the copious amount of towels that went to waste, the boy and his mother settled on one towel for the summer so he could have more room to pack his collection of Labubu dolls which will likely get stolen at some point throughout the summer.

“I was tired of the fights about the towels so I called his bluff figuring he’d complain to his counselors and group leader who would ask me to send up more towels,” an exasperated Erica commented, “but so far I haven’t gotten a call from anyone at the camp. Well played, Aaaron.”

The white towel emblazoned with the words “Holiday Inn” in green script across the middle has not only been used after his daily shower but also neatly placed on the patchy grass area outside the pool enclosure each day for both morning swim instruction and afternoon free swim.  When not seen wiping his hands on his shorts, Wasserman has been seen using the towel to dry his hands after using the restroom and dipping the tip of the towel in the toilet to use as whip or rat tail on his fellow bunkmates as a harmless prank.

Wasserman doesn’t understand why the boys in the Ultra division need more than a single towel for the seven week session.

“I take a shower then I’m clean so the towel is still clean, no?” explained the rising 5^th grader. “When I swim in the pool there’s a ton of chlorine in the water and from what I understand, chlorine kills germs and bacteria so I’m still clean. I let it hang dry on the lines outside the bunk and, sure, it falls off into the dirt from time to time, especially when it rains but a little dirt never hurt anyone.”

Wasserman’s bunk is scheduled to get its turn with the Playboy magazine floating around boys side so he’s planning to use his trusty towel to prevent any DNA evidence from getting on his sheets and blanket after enjoying his scheduled fifteen minutes with the tasteful adult magazine.