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    ‘Hoarders’: Packrat + Earthquake = Death by Soiled Adult Diapers Avalanche?

    RUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUN (Screen Shot)Last night's season finale of A&E's "Hoarders" presented viewers with a nightmare scenario they might never have conceived on their own. That Extreme Hoarding Expert Matt Paxton was called to deal with a home in which an entire room was full of used adult diapers (and when I say "used," I mean they were USED, okay?) was not such a big deal: I would estimate that this occurs with about one in four hoarders profiled on the show. But in this case, things took an unusual turn.

    While he was in the diaper-filled bathroom with hoarder Mike and her nephew Russell, discussing how it could be that she'd just never thought to throw the diapers in the garbage before there was a mountain of them, the entire house began to shake. Was it because a crew member leaned on a wall the wrong way and thus uncovered structural damage (which also happens all the time)? No. It was an earthquake. Which is weird, given that they're in Maryland, but...well, if you're on the east coast, you might remember what you were doing when it happened. I hope for your sake that you weren't cleaning up someone's poopy diapers. AolTV has the video.

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    6 comments

    • Mary  •  2 months ago
      SOOOOOOO SADDDDDDDD THE ELDERLY NEED LOOKED AFTER
    • Scorpio Princess  •  5 months ago
      Pretty sad! People that live like this smell like their homes because the it gets into their skin and clothes.. And it is painful for the family. I have a family member that was a hoarder and was angry with all of us because no one cared, so she said. 1) it was very unsanitary to be in her home, 2) there was no place to sit let alone breathe good air except outside! When she finally passed away some members wanted to see if there was anything of value and the rest of us were like bulldoze it. It's not fair to the family members that have to clean this crap up if you pass away. And what is worse is when they get injured and the Rescue teams can not get into the house because all the crap is in the way.. Just plain gross!
    • Nybrysha  •  5 months ago
      Ha! I was watching this does anyone notice how the hoarder ,Mike, just sat there? Then she's like I don't know how it got to this, well I do. YOU'RE NASTY AND DON'T KNOW HOW TO CLEAN! Simple, isn't it? Then she had like 5 or 6 dead cats in her house. I would've just burnt her house down and let her work with a doctor and an organizer!!!!!!!!!!
    • hitman  •  5 months ago
      this was a crappy story.
    • David  •  5 months ago
      No nobody died, the next day they came out to clean it. discusting episode, almost made me wanna yack!
    • beedeebop  •  5 months ago
      So...someone died?

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