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Monday, May 22, 2006

Yeah, who's a mess NOW!

All right, I have an "office" in my house.

And when I say "office", what I mean is "storage area".

And when I say "storage area", what I mean is "dumping ground".

Once, my good friend Alexandra Billings came over to my house, and demanded that she and I both clean up this room.

I said "But Alex, this room is completely hidden from everyone, no one ever sees it but me."

"Darling", she said. "I cannot live in a WORLD where a room like this exists!"


Alex, my friend, this one is for you.




As reported by KSL, a townhouse in Ogden, Utah was recently found to have 70,000 empty beer cans in it, filling up every single room.

The story goes like this:

When property manager Ryan Froerer got a call from a realtor last year to check on a townhouse, he knew something was up.

Ryan Froerer, Century 21: "Said it was the sickest thing he's ever seen. Just unimaginable that someone could live in that."

He couldn't even open the front door. It was blocked from inside.




Ryan Froerer, Century 21: "There was beer cans I would say probably this high up on the door."

The realtor had forewarned him about the smell.

Ryan Froerer, Century 21: "He poked his head in, the smell was so awful he couldn't go in. "

At the back door, Froerer was astounded by what he saw in the kitchen.

Ryan Froerer, Century 21: "As we approached the door, there were beer boxes, all the way up to the ceiling."




Inside, he took just a few snapshots to document the scene. Beer cans by the tens of thousands. Mountains of cans burying the furniture. The water and heat were shut off, apparently on purpose by the tenant, who evidently drank Coors Light beer exclusively for the eight years he lived there.

Ryan Froerer, Century 21: "It's just unbelievable that a human being could live like that. "

To all outward appearances, the person who lived in the townhouse was the perfect tenant. He always paid on time and he never complained. He kept a low profile in the neighborhood.

Kirk Martin, Letter Carrier: : "Yeah I never delivered any mail there at all. I thought the apartment was vacant."

The cans were recycled for 800 dollars, an estimated 70,000 cans: 24 beers a day for 8 years.

Froerer e-mailed his photos to a couple of friends, who sent them to friends. Now he's getting calls from faraway places

Ryan Froerer, Century 21: "It's amazing how the internet can have the effect and get around. I'm sure it's been around the world. "

The townhouse was cleaned up last year and it's just fine today.

The man who lived there seems to be back on his feet and says he's completely stopped drinking. He was welcomed back to his old job a few months ago, and his co-workers speak highly of him.


This man clearly does not work with Alexandra Billings.


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1 Comments:

Anonymous Anonymous said...

I now have to go to the hospital.

5/23/2006 11:21 AM

 

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