Darwin Award - hoarder dies in maze of own garbage

[Dick Hurtz]

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,477873,00.html

An eccentric loner in Britain hoarded so much trash he had to burrow through
it to get around his home - then got lost in the maze of tunnels Friday and
died of thirst.

Human mole Gordon Stewart, 74, had filled his rooms up to the ceiling with
10 years' worth of garbage and clutter, making it impossible to walk around.

The compulsive hoarder is believed to have become disorientated inside the
walls of rotting trash and unable to find a way out - then collapsed with
dehydration.

Neighbors raised the alarm after failing to see him leave his house in
Broughton, Bucks, for several days.

When cops arrived, the stench from the garbage was so foul they brought in a
police diving team equipped with breathing apparatus.

It is believed they crawled around the tunnel network until they uncovered
Stewart's body.

A neighbor revealed: "A police officer said the interior was piled up with
huge mounds of rotting rubbish and there was an elaborate network of tunnels
to move around."

"They think Stewart may have got lost and died from dehydration."

[M'Balz Es-Hari]

Post by Dick Hurtz
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,477873,00.html
An eccentric loner in Britain hoarded so much trash he had to burrow through
it to get around his home - then got lost in the maze of tunnels Friday and
died of thirst.
Human mole Gordon Stewart, 74, had filled his rooms up to the ceiling with
10 years' worth of garbage and clutter, making it impossible to walk around.
The compulsive hoarder is believed to have become disorientated inside the
walls of rotting trash and unable to find a way out - then collapsed with
dehydration.
Neighbors raised the alarm after failing to see him leave his house in
Broughton, Bucks, for several days.
When cops arrived, the stench from the garbage was so foul they brought in a
police diving team equipped with breathing apparatus.
It is believed they crawled around the tunnel network until they uncovered
Stewart's body.
A neighbor revealed: "A police officer said the interior was piled up with
huge mounds of rotting rubbish and there was an elaborate network of tunnels
to move around."
"They think Stewart may have got lost and died from dehydration."

In all that trash he couldn't find a beer or coke can with a little
liquid & a couple of cigarette butts in the bottom?
Mason jars filled with piss?
Something?

[rileyjane]

Post by Dick Hurtz
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,477873,00.html
An eccentric loner in Britain hoarded so much trash he had to burrow through
it to get around his home - then got lost in the maze of tunnels Friday and
died of thirst.
Human mole Gordon Stewart, 74, had filled his rooms up to the ceiling with
10 years' worth of garbage and clutter, making it impossible to walk around.
The compulsive hoarder is believed to have become disorientated inside the
walls of rotting trash and unable to find a way out - then collapsed with
dehydration.
Neighbors raised the alarm after failing to see him leave his house in
Broughton, Bucks, for several days.
When cops arrived, the stench from the garbage was so foul they brought in a
police diving team equipped with breathing apparatus.
It is believed they crawled around the tunnel network until they uncovered
Stewart's body.
A neighbor revealed: "A police officer said the interior was piled up with
huge mounds of rotting rubbish and there was an elaborate network of tunnels
to move around."
"They think Stewart may have got lost and died from dehydration."

Hummmmmm....Now I don't feel quite so bad about my housekeeping.

Poor old fart. Bless him.

[James Goforth]

There was an old man from my area who lived like that. Only when he
died was it discovered he was a 'hoarder.'
And then, of course, it was also found out that he had a HUGE amount of
money. I don't know if he had living relatives or not, but his fortune
went to the needy.
His tombstone reads, "Oakley Phelps: Benefactor of Charity."
Seems like, more often than not, people who live like that have
enormous sums of money.