Today’s Shocking Yet Truly Morbid Fact!
A Bellaire, Ohio man had to be removed from his home on Washington Street Sunday, March 27, 2011. The 43-year-old man’s skin had become attached to the fabric of the chair after he sat in it for two years Authorities said he was sitting in his own feces and urine and maggots were visible. Police were called in to help transfer the man to the hospital. Authorities said they had to cut a hole in the wall to get the man out of his home. Shockingly, two other able-bodied people lived there—another man, who had a separate bedroom, and the girlfriend of the man who was stuck in the chair. Officials say the girlfriend served food to him, since he never got up. Bellaire Code Enforcer Jim Chase says now the tenants have been given orders to clean it or leave it. One officer said it was the worst thing he ever responded to. And most said the worst part of all was the smell. Ironically the landlord says the man in the chair rented from her before and used to be a vital active person. She says she checked on them periodically but lately he always sat with a blanket over him. She says she had no idea it had come to this. Sunday morning his housemates called officials when he was unresponsive. He later died at the hospital.
Culled from: WTRF.Com
Generously submitted by: Katchaya
So, what do you think? Should the housemates be held liable for enabling this situation?
there was a similar story a few years back, i can’t imagine the landlord thinking all was fine- has she no sense of smell?
It would only be out of love when I told them I’d bring them nothing but water, rice, and steamed vegetables until they got up themselves. Otherwise, you’re killing them.
Holy crap. I wonder what had happened to him, that he couldn’t even get up to go to the loo. Must have been something pretty severe.
Yes, somebody should be held liable. It’s the same thing as neglecting a paralyzed person.
This just proves something I’ve come to realize over the years: some people simply have no standards of hygiene. None.
Although now I’m wondering just how able-minded the two housemates can be, if they don’t think it’s amiss that somebody sits in their own waste for two years.
I gotta say, at least the GF should be accountable, I mean, she was the one feeding him. If my fiancee decided to sit on the couch, not move, and have me serve him food, I’d be gone. Then he’d have to get up and get his own food, which would keep him from getting suck to a chair of his own waste. Problem solved.
The Comtesse has had two similar stories in the past. One about a woman in Florida who was four-foot ten and weighed 480 and was stuck to her sofa, and another about a morbidly obese man who was stuck to his chair. They both died. They had a boyfriend and a wife, respectively, who were feeding them and “trying to take care of them” Folie a deux?
There’s also one about a woman who sat on her toilet for over a year while her boyfriend fed her. At least she was on the commode and thus didn’t sit in her own mess, but her skin did fuse to the seat and rot.
Pictures?
‘fraid not. 🙁
How about scratch ‘n’ sniff stickers?
Hey, Comtesse, I think I may have hit upon a new venture for you! Smelly stickers to accompany some of your MFDJ’s! Burning flesh! Poisonous gas! Two years’ worth of ca-ca! Untended bedsores! Fermenting chicken manure pits! Tainted food!
You can thank me later.