Foxy..
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I thought I would post this since I knew of the man who died, I walk and drive past his house on my way out of my estate (which is actually quite nice, not every house is like his!). He owned a lot of cats, very friendly whenever I said hello, so I feel really bad for him. Just thought I would share this with you.
I don't understand how someone could live like this, but it happens all the time.
Rescue specialists equipped with breathing apparatus were called in to locate 74-year-old Gordon Stewart's body because the stench from his litter-strewn house was so overpowering.
Neighbours described Mr Stewart as an eccentric but intelligent loner and said that he had been accumulating rubbish in his two-storey home in Broughton, Buckinghamshire for at least 10 years.
Police believe that the pensioner died of dehydration after becoming "entombed" inside the intricate and confusing network of tunnels he had burrowed through the waste, which in places reached up to the ceiling. Officers were called to his home on Friday after neighbours reported that they had not seen Mr Stewart in several days.
He is thought to have no surviving relatives, but was regularly seen in the village riding his bicycle and carrying cardboard boxes full of junk back to his home.
The Thames Valley Police Specialist Search and Recovery team, who usually deals with underwater rescues or explorations of contaminated sites, used their cutting-edge equipment to navigate their way through the rubbish, locating his body in one the tunnels. The highly-trained team carry breathing apparatus, gas detectors, analysers and remote cameras, and wear protective clothing.
Mr Stewart is thought to have worked as a joiner and had been employed locally making wooden parts for Morris Minor 1000s. The garage where he worked, Cogger and Hawkins BMC, closed in the 1970s.
One neighbour, who asked not to be named, said: "He was slightly eccentric, but very clever. He was just a collector. He came home with a load of cardboard boxes and lived in his own world."
His home has now been boarded up, but plastic bags, furniture and boxes fill his front window, with more rubbish strewn across the lawn.
A car dating back to the 1950s in the garage believed to have been left untouched for years as rubbish built up around it.
A spokesman from Thames Valley Police, said: "Police were called on Friday at 12.26pm by a member of public who was concerned for welfare of a resident on Narbeth Drive. Police forced entry where they found a man's body. There are no suspicious circumstances."
A post mortem examination is due to be carried out at a later date."
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/ukn...labyrinth-of-tunnels-carved-into-rubbish.html
I don't understand how someone could live like this, but it happens all the time.
Rescue specialists equipped with breathing apparatus were called in to locate 74-year-old Gordon Stewart's body because the stench from his litter-strewn house was so overpowering.
Neighbours described Mr Stewart as an eccentric but intelligent loner and said that he had been accumulating rubbish in his two-storey home in Broughton, Buckinghamshire for at least 10 years.
Police believe that the pensioner died of dehydration after becoming "entombed" inside the intricate and confusing network of tunnels he had burrowed through the waste, which in places reached up to the ceiling. Officers were called to his home on Friday after neighbours reported that they had not seen Mr Stewart in several days.
He is thought to have no surviving relatives, but was regularly seen in the village riding his bicycle and carrying cardboard boxes full of junk back to his home.
The Thames Valley Police Specialist Search and Recovery team, who usually deals with underwater rescues or explorations of contaminated sites, used their cutting-edge equipment to navigate their way through the rubbish, locating his body in one the tunnels. The highly-trained team carry breathing apparatus, gas detectors, analysers and remote cameras, and wear protective clothing.
Mr Stewart is thought to have worked as a joiner and had been employed locally making wooden parts for Morris Minor 1000s. The garage where he worked, Cogger and Hawkins BMC, closed in the 1970s.
One neighbour, who asked not to be named, said: "He was slightly eccentric, but very clever. He was just a collector. He came home with a load of cardboard boxes and lived in his own world."
His home has now been boarded up, but plastic bags, furniture and boxes fill his front window, with more rubbish strewn across the lawn.
A car dating back to the 1950s in the garage believed to have been left untouched for years as rubbish built up around it.
A spokesman from Thames Valley Police, said: "Police were called on Friday at 12.26pm by a member of public who was concerned for welfare of a resident on Narbeth Drive. Police forced entry where they found a man's body. There are no suspicious circumstances."
A post mortem examination is due to be carried out at a later date."
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/ukn...labyrinth-of-tunnels-carved-into-rubbish.html
