TEHRAN-(MaraviPost)-The world’s dirtiest man has died at the age of 94 just a few months after the villagers in his community persuaded him to wash for the first time in 60 years.
The Iranian man, Amou Haji, died on Sunday in the village of Dejgah after a short illness.
Reports indicate that Haji had abstained from washing because he believed soap and water would make him sick.
Daily Mail reported that Haji started his eccentric way of life after experiencing ’emotional setbacks in his youth’ which made him decide to became isolated.
He reportedly lived in isolation for most of his life in an open brick hut, which villagers made after he started sleeping in a hole in the ground.
He also had an aversion to fresh food and drink and his favourite food was rotten porcupine, and he would choose to drink five litres of water a day from a rusty oil can which he would often collect from nearby puddles.
Apart from his unusual eating habits, Haji also reportedly liked to smoke animal faeces out of an old pipe, rather than tobacco. He was also known to wear an old, decaying, war helmet to keep his head warm in the winter and had no family.
In 2013, media released short documentary titled ‘The Strange Life of Amou Haji’ that described more about his way of life.
The previous record holders for the longest time between washing was Kailash Singh, a 67-year-old from India who claimed to have not showered in 39 years.
