Man trapped in 7 foot mountain of his own feces and urine

[Irb]

December 10, 2006 -- Police and firefighters yesterday rescued a Long Island man who had been trapped in his bedroom for four days after piling up a 7-foot-high mountain made up of bags of his own feces, jars of urine and other debris.

An officer responded to Charles Ruoff's dilapidated home in Centerport around 3:30 a.m. after receiving an anonymous 911 call asking police to check up on the 64-year-old veteran who hadn't been seen in days.

As he explored the house, the cop heard Ruoff calling weakly from a second-floor bedroom where he had walled himself in with a mountain of his own filth. He said he had been trapped since Tuesday.

The Centerport Fire Department freed Ruoff using heavy rescue equipment.

Ruoff was taken to the Veterans Administration Hospital in Northport where he was treated for dehydration, hypothermia, bedsores and general weakness, Suffolk County Police Commissioner Richard Donner said.

http://www.nypost.com/seven/12102006...frank_ryan.htm

wtf?

[winner2000]

This thread is DEFINITELY useless without pics!

[McLaren]

This thread is DEFINITELY useless without pics!

I think you're the only person that would want to see that.

[Odysseus_Maximus]

Poor guy i bet he's going to have one LONG shower

[hyperion]

Poor guy i bet he's going to have one LONG shower

Once every 7 months probably.

[Paranoidandroid]

sounds like something from Se7en (sloth maybe?)..

[yuwing8]

y would he collect so much feces and jars of urine?

[CheapScotsman]

some people have all the fun

[rabblerouser]

No pics

Damnit

[Jkim]

dirty...i wonder how firefighters felt clearing the 7 foot mt. made up of sh1t

[w4rrior]

man thats nasty. the things people do sometimes...

[TapemanPL]

how do you trap yourself? can't you just unpile the crap and get out? and why didn't he call the police himself when he was trapped?

[Chuck Garabedian]

Are there any mental health professionals on this forum?

My cousin used to work as a building super in a fairly upscale building and one occasion had to clean out the apartment of an individual who had died of natural causes. The apartment was kept clean but underneath the bed were several hundred jars of urine (I assume the tenants).

What is going on in the minds of people who collect and save their own "leavings".

[CHINAdeals]

Are there any mental health professionals on this forum?

My cousin used to work as a building super in a fairly upscale building and one occasion had to clean out the apartment of an individual who had died of natural causes. The apartment was kept clean but underneath the bed were several hundred jars of urine (I assume the tenants).

What is going on in the minds of people who collect and save their own "leavings".

i'd think so.

this is sooo messy.
i mean messed.

[hyperion]

Are there any mental health professionals on this forum?

My cousin used to work as a building super in a fairly upscale building and one occasion had to clean out the apartment of an individual who had died of natural causes. The apartment was kept clean but underneath the bed were several hundred jars of urine (I assume the tenants).

What is going on in the minds of people who collect and save their own "leavings".

Can't get out of bed? Don't want to get out of bed? Medical testing purposes? More the first two than the last one I'm guessing.