The Man Who Hasn't Bathed In 65 Years
how does one feel once you go each day or two
without bathing or showering likelihood is that
you don't feel excellent you're itchy
tired sweaty and overall aren't yourself
until you jump into the bathtub and scrub
yourself clean we will not imagine going
even every week without a buff never mind
our entire life but an Iranian man has
done just that
Amal Haji is 85 years old and hasn't
taken a shower or shower in over 65 years
simply watching him you'll see he
couldn't care less about cleanliness his
skin is completely caked in dirt and dirt
looking more like scales in several
places amazingly he doesn't eschew
bathing out of duty or punishment but
rather because he wants to to him
cleanliness is next to sickliness and if
he should put soap and shampoo to skin
he would fall ill so he avoids bathing
at all costs once a gaggle of men offered
to bathe him for free of charge and he responded
by deed when the Tehran Times
interviewed Haji he admitted that as a
youngster he suffered emotional setbacks
which prompted him to measure life the way
he does he never elaborated on what
these setbacks were but we're guessing
it had something to try to to with water it
could are anything though Hajis
lifestyle isn't limited to a scarcity of
bathing his life is both primitive and
minimalist to not mention disgusting in
virtually every way he's essentially
homeless wandering his village of des
ger and sleeping during a shallow grave
no seriously one among his main homes may be a
hole within the ground that he curls up into
sleep it provides partial protection
from the weather but he also believes
it helps keep him in-tuned with the
earth around him that said he does have
a house quite a short time back some kind
souls built him alittle open door brick
Shack because they felt bad for him
unlike offers of a shower haji accepted
the shack though he still spends much of
his time outside and sleeping under the
stars his dirt centric approach to life
extends to his diet also he has no
use or desire for fresh foods instead
choosing to eat rotten meat his favorite
is porcupine
it's grilled fresh for the sight of
crisp vegetables also while he does
drink many water up to five liters per
day he typically drinks it dirty
straight out of a rusty old Oil King as
you may not be surprised to listen to Haji
also smokes but instead of one
cigarette at a time like most of the people
party tends to smoke up to 5
simultaneously sort of a nervous cartoon
character in fact that's when he
settles on six other times he prefers a
pipe but not one crammed with tobacco
know when it's pipe time this man fills
it with grade-a animal feces lights it
up and gets to smokin we will only
imagine how long it took him to urge used
to that without gagging or outright
retching though you'll ask an equivalent
question for virtually every a part of his
life his eccentric habits don't end
there either one among his few material
possessions is an old war helmet which
he wears to guard his head from the
winter chill we're unsure what he does
for the remainder of his body
perhaps the decades of caked on dirt and
mud keep him warm as thorough as Hajis
hair goes he actually does cut it they
may not care a few clean body but he
draws the road at unkempt hair however
he doesn't cut it like all folks do
instead of razors and scissors he simply
puts his head to an fire and lets
it burn away whatever he doesn't want
anymore
you can never accuse a more Hadji of
being a wimp it's hard to imagine living
a life like Hajis both thanks to his
dirtiness and his primitive simplicity
then again he seems content with the way
he lives he has no bills to pay no
possessions to obsess over and it seems
being one with nature keeps him from
feeling lonely perhaps there's something
to be said for lowering the way he
has who's to mention any folks wouldn't be
happier trading a lifetime of materialism
and endless War II for one among peace
quiet and tranquility that each one said you
can be peaceful tranquil and non
materialistic while still allowing bars
in garbetts into your life oh and a 100%
lack of rotten meat and smoked animal
dung that seems like the simplest of both
worlds to us how
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