Known recluse ‘dissappears’ and people assume they’ve just moved, board up the cottage and forget about it for more than 20 years.
That’s today’s world’s empathy
This is a dreadful story, you do have to ask why we can leave houses boarded up for 20 years too.
That’s very sad.
He must have had an income of some sort, whether that was wages, unemployment benefit or a pension. He did not live on fresh air, somebody must have noticed he didn’t show up for his money. Even if he had a private income in a bank someone somewhere must have missed him.
Boarded up without inspection?
So they’re saying this house was boarded up without anyone looking inside the house? I find that very hard to believe. If it’s true, it’s fucking terrifying. Imagine how the lads who boarded the place up feel now.
Hide and seek champion.
This is a depressing story, but how the hell does a building get boarded up, labelled derelict and go untouched for 20 years? Especially in a so called “lovely community”?
Should councils not be doing a check on properties like this at some point before 20 years?
The council worker who found that is definitely going to have nightmares tonight. It sounds almost unbelievable.
What does it mean when they say people are really sad and upset? I mean the neighbours, it’s not like they were checking on him. Bit late to be sad and upset isn’t it.
Dreams of aLife is a documentary about the same thing happening to a woman in London. She was dead for 3 years before she was found, and her TV and heating were still on. It’s really good but incredibly sad.
Vsauce covered this topic of people going missing before. Most the time people just presume you’ve moved on to somewhere else
That’ll be me when I go.
Given we are in a housing crisis it’s crazy there was no follow up sooner
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Seriously depressing story that.
Known recluse ‘dissappears’ and people assume they’ve just moved, board up the cottage and forget about it for more than 20 years.
That’s today’s world’s empathy
This is a dreadful story, you do have to ask why we can leave houses boarded up for 20 years too.
That’s very sad.
He must have had an income of some sort, whether that was wages, unemployment benefit or a pension. He did not live on fresh air, somebody must have noticed he didn’t show up for his money. Even if he had a private income in a bank someone somewhere must have missed him.
Boarded up without inspection?
So they’re saying this house was boarded up without anyone looking inside the house? I find that very hard to believe. If it’s true, it’s fucking terrifying. Imagine how the lads who boarded the place up feel now.
Hide and seek champion.
This is a depressing story, but how the hell does a building get boarded up, labelled derelict and go untouched for 20 years? Especially in a so called “lovely community”?
Should councils not be doing a check on properties like this at some point before 20 years?
Similar thing happened in [sallynoggin](https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2022/11/28/sallynoggin-hoarders-body-lay-undiscovered-despite-visits-by-council-and-gardai/) last year
The council worker who found that is definitely going to have nightmares tonight. It sounds almost unbelievable.
What does it mean when they say people are really sad and upset? I mean the neighbours, it’s not like they were checking on him. Bit late to be sad and upset isn’t it.
Dreams of aLife is a documentary about the same thing happening to a woman in London. She was dead for 3 years before she was found, and her TV and heating were still on. It’s really good but incredibly sad.
Vsauce covered this topic of people going missing before. Most the time people just presume you’ve moved on to somewhere else
That’ll be me when I go.
Given we are in a housing crisis it’s crazy there was no follow up sooner
Sad story
If only they had Lester Freamon in Cork