I too, grew up in rural Indiana and also had the benefit of an outhouse. Additionally, we had what is often referred to as the poor mans version of a canopy bed...our was a can-o-pee under the bed (actually it was a tall lidded ceramic vase in the hall).
Try making a midnight visit when theres frost on the pumpkin (or deep snow). You learn to levitate.
One thing you always learned is to take a coal lantern with you and turn the wick way up...controlled the flies and mosquitoes.
A few years ago I spent some time in Fairbanks Alaska (Eilson AFB) and there were numerous Moose encounter stories in the local newspaper. One mentioned a gentleman that had left the facility and unbeknown-st to him, he had gotten between a moose and her calf. Weeks later as he was leaving the hospital, he was asked what he would do in the future, and he was quoted as saying: "Indoor plumbing".