Amou Haji, nicknamed “the dirtiest man in the world,” died in a village in southern Iran on October 23. He hadn’t washed in more than half a century.
According to legend, he hadn’t washed his body, hands or face in almost 60 years. Amou Haji, also nicknamed “dirtiest man in the world‘, died on October 23 in the small village of Dejgah in Fars province of Iran at the age of 94. It is erroneous to note that filth does not always rhyme with ill health.
According to Iranian news agencies, he fed mainly on animal carcasses, lived completely self-sufficient and apart from society.
His “record-breaking” dirtiness was the result of an irrational fear of “getting sick” if he took a bath. However, several times local residents have tried to force him to bathe, sandstone or force, but in vain.
A textbook case
Amou Haji’s life was also documented in a report in 2013. The following year, the Mehr news agency wrote: “He is not sensitive to either cold or heat, has never been ill, even though he spends most of the day and night among rubbish and dead animals, tests carried out on him show that he is in good health Health is,” reports the Parisian.
Enough to question scientists and turn his case into a real intrigue.