Amou Haji Hasn’t Bathed In 60 Years, Smokes Animal Poop, Is Surprisingly Single


An Iranian man has admitted that he hasn’t had a bath for 60 years, he smokes animal faeces, and is still surprisingly single.

80-year-old Amou Haji decided to live his life in this fashion after he suffered several “emotional setbacks” in his youth, which left him feeling isolated, and he believes that if he washes himself clean he will become sick.

That’s not all. Haji also has peculiar culinary desires too, and he has revealed that his favorite food is rotten porcupine. But Haji isn’t a complete food snob, in fact he doesn’t mind eating the rotten meat of any dead animal.

Haji has lived most of his life inside a hole near a small village in southern Iran. He usually spends his days sitting down in his filth, and smoking his pipe that is filled to the brim with animal faeces. He isn’t completely adverse to smoking cigarettes though.

Haji’s unique abode is in the Dejgah village, which is located in the southern province of Fars. He also relived the harrowing time that he was once offered a shower by a group of young men, however he managed to escape their evil clutches and continued with his stinky lifestyle.

However, the community around him has provided assistance for Haji. They’ve built him an open brick shack that he lives in, but they so far haven’t made a bed for the Iranian. Instead he sleeps in a hole in the ground, which resembles a grave.

If you’re worried that Haji must be freezing with such low supplies and a shanty for a home, don’t be. He usually wears an old war helmet to fight off the cold winters, and even if he is offered clean food to eat or fresh water to drink he becomes apoplectic.

Haji is able to keep track of his appearance by checking himself out in the mirrors of passing cars. Those of you feeling sorry for Haji shouldn’t though, because as The Tehran Times so delightfully put it:

His roof is the starred sky, his little shack is paid in full without worrying about monthly mortgages, his pillow and quilt is the soft cushion of the earth embracing him every time.

He goes through days without worrying about overdue gas and electricity bills for his breath will do the job to warm up his shelter during cold nights. Instead of having a patio for his house, he has the entire horizon set before him. He has no fear of getting rubbed at nights because he has built no possessions.

He feels happy despite having no belongings and maybe that is exactly why he is joyful. He practices drinking his five litres of water every day, a healthy habit, out of a large rusty oil tin versus fancy crystal glasses.

And yes, indeed Amou Haji does care about keeping his hair trimmed and cut but not by going to expensive barbershops but by burning it over a fire. Amou Haji jan, thank you for showing us how poor we live. The earth belongs to you, so live freely and enjoy!

Amou has already beaten Kailash Singh’s record for going the longest without a bath. The 66-year-old Indian man didn’t bath for over 38 years, and if Haji can keep up his efforts he could even double this total.

You can check out images of Amou Haji’s life below:

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