Hoarder Found Dead Under "Wall of Trash" After 2-Day Search

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Rocks: Dec 30, 2011

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It took two days of digging for police to find the body of a hoarder who died at home under the mountain of trash he had collected. The 67-year-old Dallas man was reported missing Tuesday.

Because police couldn't enter the man's home through what neighbors described as a 10-foot wall of trash, they had to cut their way in through the ceiling. Even after they made it into the house, the search took days because dogs couldn't smell the man through the scent of dead animals.

Police found a dead raccoon and two dead dogs before they eventually uncovered the homeowner.

"They've been pulling out jugs and jugs of urine and feces and just the things that he collected is amazing," a neighbor told CBS Dallas. "Everyone knew there was a hoarding situation. No one knew the extent."

Hazard crews are now at work on the property, and neighbors have been advised to prepare for an infestation of rats once the house is demolished.

Miraculously, the man's beloved Chihuahua, Buddy, was found alive inside the house. He's been cleaned up and adopted by a friend.

here's a pic of the dog, Buddy :3:

I wonder what the hoarder's account name was

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# ? Apr 24, 2024 09:40

GAYS FOR DAYS: Dec 22, 2005; by exmarx

RIP

# ? Mar 31, 2014 01:10

Royal W: Jun 20, 2008

Rocks posted:

That dog looks like he's seen some poo poo. Probably still alive because he ate his owner's face off.

# ? Mar 31, 2014 01:10

Leopold N. Loeb: Apr 26, 2010; by XyloJW

Rocks posted:

I wonder what the hoarder's account name was

Floppy Dingo

# ? Mar 31, 2014 01:12

Segata Sanshiro: Sep 10, 2011; we can live for nothing
baby i don't care

lose me like the ocean
feel the motion

why did we stop sending the paddy wagon for people like him

# ? Mar 31, 2014 01:13

verymoldy: May 23, 2004

Feranon posted:

why did we stop sending the paddy wagon for people like him

Because he's not Irish.

Also Reagan closed down the asylums.

# ? Mar 31, 2014 01:15

Sid Delicious: Oct 31, 2007

Leopold N. Loeb posted:

Floppy Dingo

goldmine

# ? Mar 31, 2014 01:16

a creepy colon: Oct 28, 2004; by Jeffrey of YOSPOS

Rocks posted:

here's a pic of the dog, Buddy

I wonder what the hoarder's account name was

They found him under a wall of your posting?

# ? Mar 31, 2014 01:18

myshl0ng: Feb 19, 2011; ooh, i've been a bad little poster!

Was he fat

# ? Mar 31, 2014 01:19

Drunk Driver Dad: Feb 18, 2005

a creepy colon posted:

They found him under a wall of your posting?

# ? Mar 31, 2014 01:20

Rocks: Dec 30, 2011

myshl0ng posted:

Was he fat

no he was just old and sad lol

# ? Mar 31, 2014 01:20

Ponce de Le0n: Jul 6, 2008; Father jailed for beating 3 kids after they wouldn't say who farted in his car

Why do they always have animals :gonk:

# ? Mar 31, 2014 01:21

Harald: Jul 10, 2009; by Fluffdaddy

RIP Three Olives

# ? Mar 31, 2014 01:22

A Bug: Nov 26, 2008; MOM GET THE CAMERA!

Ponce de Le0n posted:

Why do they always have animals

No one else will love them.

# ? Mar 31, 2014 02:22

circ dick soleil: Sep 27, 2012; by zen death robot

thats a really fat dog

# ? Mar 31, 2014 02:28

Vincent Van Goatse: Nov 8, 2006; Enjoy every sandwich.; Smellrose

RIP probable Pet Island goon

# ? Mar 31, 2014 02:29

Other Barry: Jun 5, 2012; Dinosaur Gum

quote:

neighbors have been advised to prepare for an infestation of rats once the house is demolished.

Would this be an issue if they cleansed the house with fire?

# ? Mar 31, 2014 02:30

Three Olives: Apr 10, 2005; What if Hitler invented the BMW i3 Subcompact Electric car?

Copley Depot posted:

RIP Three Olives

Clutter is against HOA rules.

# ? Mar 31, 2014 02:33

Schnedwob: Feb 28, 2014; my legs are okay

DFW represent

# ? Mar 31, 2014 02:34

huskarl_marx: Oct 13, 2013; by zen death robot

this makes me feel good about myself, i will now say unkind things about him to seal the sense of superiority

# ? Mar 31, 2014 02:38

myshl0ng: Feb 19, 2011; ooh, i've been a bad little poster!

huskarl_marx posted:

this makes me feel good about myself

This but unironically

# ? Mar 31, 2014 02:45

Big Beef City: Aug 15, 2013

I wish I could hoard so much of my own poo poo and piss that i eventually die when my garbage pile of poo poo and piss and dead raccoons rains down on me, ending my life in the most beautiful way possible.

# ? Mar 31, 2014 02:46

Three Olives: Apr 10, 2005; What if Hitler invented the BMW i3 Subcompact Electric car?

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neighbors have been advised to prepare for an infestation of rats once the house is demolished.

I think this is the most horrifying parts of this, I mean it's one thing to have a mentally ill neighbor down the street but another to have a flood of rats escaping their property and trying to make a new home in yours.

# ? Mar 31, 2014 02:56

Real hurthling!: Sep 11, 2001

Ferid posted:

Would this be an issue if they cleansed the house with fire?

yes. you'd need to vaporize the house and yard down to the foundation to get all the rats. an explosion/fire bombing would still have large numbers survive and flee.

# ? Mar 31, 2014 02:59

Kid Gloves: Jul 31, 2013; by XyloJW

Rocks posted:

I wonder what the hoarder's account name was

Stop goonshaming. This is disgusting.

# ? Mar 31, 2014 03:04

Fojar38: Sep 2, 2011; Sorry I meant to say I hope that the police use maximum force and kill or maim a bunch of innocent people, thus paving a way for a proletarian uprising and socialist utopia

also here's a stupid take
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Real hurthling! posted:

yes. you'd need to vaporize the house and yard down to the foundation to get all the rats. an explosion/fire bombing would still have large numbers survive and flee.

electric fence perimeter

# ? Mar 31, 2014 03:05

Baiku: Oct 25, 2011

Whichever house is visited by the rat king (dont laugh its a real phenomenon) will have a good harvest and a desire to hoard things.

# ? Mar 31, 2014 03:06

redshirt: Aug 11, 2007; Reporting for shovel mission Sir.

Trash? TRASH?! I'll have you know that was a 10 foot wall of every TV guide from 1973 to 2002.

# ? Mar 31, 2014 03:08

Blurry Gray Thing: Jun 3, 2009

redshirt posted:

Trash? TRASH?! I'll have you know that was a 10 foot wall of every TV guide from 1973 to 2002.

Im glad you survived, man. Shame about your dogs, raccoon, and pet hobo.

# ? Mar 31, 2014 03:17

Someguy: Jul 15, 2001; by Lowtax

redshirt posted:

Trash? TRASH?! I'll have you know that was a 10 foot wall of every TV guide from 1973 to 2002.

truly priceless

# ? Mar 31, 2014 03:20

Rocks: Dec 30, 2011

Kid Gloves posted:

Stop goonshaming. This is disgusting.

clean your room, hoarder.

# ? Mar 31, 2014 03:22

Smugworth: Apr 18, 2003

circ dick soleil posted:

thats a really fat dog

plz dont weightshame

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# ? Mar 31, 2014 03:24

Prokhor Zakharov: Dec 31, 2008; This is me as I make another great post

Good luck with your depression!

it's my character, I'm the Trashman!!

# ? Mar 31, 2014 04:39

MegaGatts: Dec 12, 2004; The Enteroctopus dofleini, also known as the giant Pacific octopus (GPO) or North Pacific giant octopus, is a large marine cephalopod belonging to the phylum Mollusca and is tripping balls.

Prokhor Zakharov posted:

it's my character, I'm the Trashman!!

Remember that part in Stephen King's "The Stand" where trash man got a gun shoved up his butthole?

# ? Mar 31, 2014 04:49

Waltzing Along: Jun 14, 2008; There's only one
Human race
Many faces
Everybody belongs here

verymoldy posted:

Also Reagan closed down the asylums.

Reagan was a great president.

# ? Mar 31, 2014 04:53

Sub Harrison: May 2, 2013

That's a pretty cool way to die though, sealed in with all your trash and animal companions. That's Egyptian cool.

# ? Mar 31, 2014 04:57

Tofuslob: Jul 9, 2013

Waltzing Along posted:

Reagan was a great president.

He only did it so they wouldn't come for him

# ? Mar 31, 2014 05:27

Three Olives: Apr 10, 2005; What if Hitler invented the BMW i3 Subcompact Electric car?

Waltzing Along posted:

Reagan was a great president.

At this point I pretty much find it hilarious that not only do conservatives worship Reagan's blah presidency if you are being extremely generous but completely ignore the fact that that by Reagan's second term the guy's brain was turning into mush from Alzheimer to the point that he only functioned as a puppet a lot of the time. I wonder if these days the media would or would have the chance to basically cover up the fact that the President was routinely slipping into periods of dementia and at his best was having CIA daily briefings turned into movies so he could have a better chance at following them. At the time with the cold war raging it was probably best to avoid the fact that the President had lost his marbles but I wonder if they could get away with it today.

# ? Mar 31, 2014 05:31

TheBlackPharaoh: May 8, 2007

Three Olives posted:

At this point I pretty much find it hilarious that not only do conservatives worship Reagan's blah presidency if you are being extremely generous but completely ignore the fact that that by Reagan's second term the guy's brain was turning into mush from Alzheimer to the point that he only functioned as a puppet a lot of the time. I wonder if these days the media would or would have the chance to basically cover up the fact that the President was routinely slipping into periods of dementia and at his best was having CIA daily briefings turned into movies so he could have a better chance at following them. At the time with the cold war raging it was probably best to avoid the fact that the President had lost his marbles but I wonder if they could get away with it today.

George w bush was a literal retard, so probably

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naem: May 29, 2011

Anyone see that horders show episode where a guy had a 6 foot tall trash pile maze filling like 3 acres of land around his house?

He was retired and just drove around in a pickup grabbing new maze wall materials all day.

His house was also completely full and he slept in an rv that was mostly full, and admitted that he just peed outside in the trash maze.

# ? Mar 31, 2014 06:06

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