The oddest story I've read in a long while

UpCork

...surely there is more to this than meets the eye. Can't see how it could be possible?

Very odd indeed

http://wireupdate.com/local/netherlands-family-members-find-brother-dead-in-bed-after-four-years/

MINNERTSGA, NETHERLANDS (BNO NEWS) -- Dutch police have launched an investigation into the death of a 50-year-old man who was found dead in his bed after more than four years, authorities announced on Wednesday.

The man lived together with his two brothers - aged 61 and 67 - and his two sisters - aged 44 and 71 - at a home in Minnertsga, a small village in the northern province of Friesland.

Police said his body was discovered by one of his relatives in his bed on Monday afternoon, more than four years since they had last spoken to him. "They last spoke to their brother in spring of 2006," a police statement read. "He had said he wanted to be left alone on his room."

On Monday, the housing corporation advised the family they wanted to perform maintenance on the home. Then, one of his brothers or sisters went inside the room and discovered the deceased man on his bed. "A general practitioner called police," authorities said.

Police have launched an inquiry to find out whether any crimes were committed. The body of the man, whose identity was not immediately released, will be examined.

brummytom

Four years?


Surely they'd smell him after a few weeks?

phill106

UpCork wrote: »

...surely there is more to this than meets the eye. Can't see how it could be possible?

Very odd indeed

http://wireupdate.com/local/netherlands-family-members-find-brother-dead-in-bed-after-four-years/

One word.
Decomposition.

Unless the room was airtight, that room would have stank out the apartment. They knew, but did not report it for some reason. Out of all the siblings, one one said even once, Jeez, i wonder how himself is doing?
Shennanigans I cry!

Dudess

Bunch of middle-aged/borderline elderly brothers and sisters all living together. One says he wants to be left alone in his room and is found dead in his bed four years later. I love the epicness of the weirdness of that story.

Squarewave

It's the Netherlands, they were probably too stoned to notice.

Abrasax

In the light of this incident the Dutch cabinet have convened a meeting to revise the rules of 'Hide and Seek'.

Dudess

Abrasax wrote: »

In the light of this incident the Dutch cabinet have convened a meeting to revise the rules of 'Hide and Seek'.

Anne Frankly, it's about time...

petes

Extreme incestuous necrophilia?

johngalway

Taking things too literally, one corpse at a time :eek:

My name is URL

Kind of reminds me of that episode of the X-Files... Home

for some reason

Gone Drinking

My name is URL wrote: »

for some reason

Because you're a nerd?! :pac:

alwaysadub

Can someone copy and paste it for me please-i'm on my mobile,and it sounds interesting!

dr.bollocko

alwaysadub wrote: »

Can someone copy and paste it for me please-i'm on my mobile,and it sounds interesting!

Added the text to the first post.

Sykk

Must have been a close family.

Stench Blossoms

I bet it will come out that although they haven't spoken to each other that they saw each other within those four years.

The_Kew_Tour

To find somebody dead/alive in a house after four years seems like good record in Europe these days

kiwi123

If i was 50 and still living with my brothers and sisters i'd probably want to kill myself!




Hmmm...very strange story, time to put on my suspicious head.

Standard Toaster

Sounds well dodgy!
How they managed to stay in the house while he rotted away is beyond me :eek:

Maybe he only died last week...doesn't say

Alessandra

This happened in Mayo a few years back:

http://www.independent.ie/national-news/woman-was-dead-a-year-in-house-with-her-family-207808.html

UpCork

It is truly very strange.

If he only died recently, then how did he survive for all that time without food and water, using the toilet etc?

If he did die four years ago, then why did no one check on him etc and wouldn't there have been a horrific smell?

I'd love to know the outcome of this one?

_feedback_

Sounds like he was a very sociable chap

Celly Smunt

i guess you could say this dutchie was...











passed to the left hand side :cool:

recylingbin

Why can't the dutch find corpses timing.

billymitchell

Seriously, if you are living with somebody and you dont see or hear for them for more than a week or so, surely something must click with you that all is not right in dodge!!
Shenanigans on the whole lot

Fizman

pmcmahon wrote: »

i guess you could say this dutchie was...











passed to the left hand side :cool:

Yeeeaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!!!!!!!

Fizman

This is what World of Warcraft does to families.

The Volt

Dudess wrote: »

Anne Frankly, it's about time...

I find jokes about the holocaust out of mein kampfert zone.

bnt

Is it odder than this one? Woman in sumo wrestler suit assaulted her ex-girlfriend in gay pub . The printed version was even longer. :cool:

Fizman

Voltwad wrote: »

I find jokes about the holocaust out of mein kampfert zone.

Personally, I think they're gas.

Dardania

There was a stroy a few years ago of a man who washed up on an English beach, with amnesia, and no identification etc. Can't find the story, but this is a similar one: http://www.metro.co.uk/news/814966-do-you-know-who-this-memory-loss-man-is

This guy from a few years ago popped up a few weeks later in the news, as it was discovered that he could play some symphonies from memory on a piano...fascinating story I thought

pickarooney

Dardania wrote: »

There was a stroy a few years ago of a man who washed up on an English beach, with amnesia, and no identification etc. Can't find the story, but this is a similar one: http://www.metro.co.uk/news/814966-do-you-know-who-this-memory-loss-man-is

This guy from a few years ago popped up a few weeks later in the news, as it was discovered that he could play some symphonies from memory on a piano...fascinating story I thought

Was that not Devore?

Donkey Oaty

Dardania wrote: »

There was a stroy a few years ago of a man who washed up on an English beach, with amnesia, and no identification etc. Can't find the story, but this is a similar one: http://www.metro.co.uk/news/814966-do-you-know-who-this-memory-loss-man-is

This guy from a few years ago popped up a few weeks later in the news, as it was discovered that he could play some symphonies from memory on a piano...fascinating story I thought

This is the chap you are looking for - the true version of events is rather different to the early version that the media went with.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andreas_Grassl

Big Nasty

It was Jason Bourne!

Dardania

Donkey Oaty wrote: »

This is the chap you are looking for - the true version of events is rather different to the early version that the media went with.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andreas_Grassl

Thanks for that - I never knew how it ended up!

CrazyRabbit

I made a post in AH about 2 years ago. I just checked back on it to find it too had died, and nobody missed it.

Weird coincidence.

The_Minister

Obviously the Dutch take sulking to extreme levels...