Animal Control Finds Dozens of Dead Animals Stockpiled In Woman's Home (Roadkill In Fridge)

WFMY News 2 ^ | 2-11-05 | Patrick Donovan , Producer

[silent_jonny]

Greensboro, NC -- An Irving Park home has been condemned in a case animal control officers are calling "extremely unsanitary".

Investigators say the homeowner was picking up roadkill and keeping it in her refrigerator, freezer and in plastic bags behind her house.

"[There was] just trash, filth and debris throughout the house," says animal control officer Jennifer Welch. "There wasn't anywhere in the house that wasn't covered in it."

Welch says the homeowner's sister called animal control after the house was condemned by the city, seeking help in the cleanup. Investigators say the animal carcasses were removed last weekend and several live cats and dogs were taken out and brought to a veterinarian's office.

Neighbors say the woman is being cared for by her family, and they hope she gets the help she needs.

[A Balrog of Morgoth]

Reminds of those two brother bachelors in NYC years ago, who were found dead in a house littered with boobie traps and filled to the attics with stacks of newspapers.

[darkmatter]

Is she a lib? Is that a symptom of PEST syndrome?

[Dallas59]

Well....Looks like somebody had to do it....A job not for the lazy...

[Ezekiel 34]

Me neither but in the photo there don't appear to be any curtains. I guess the photo was taken during the investigation.

You have to pity the lady .... my guess is she's in the early stages of dementia.

[NotJustAnotherPrettyFace]

Hard to believe that her family wouldn't notice.

Apparently the family never came around?!!!

[Lijahsbubbe]

"That wasn't chicken" ping!

[DJ MacWoW]

Apparently the family never came around?!!!

That would be my guess. They only showed up because there was a problem.

[silent_jonny]

LOL--Imagine that critter crammed in the fridge next to the tater salad and the baking soda.

[DJ MacWoW]

I thought it was strange that the woman's sister didn't call for help until after the home was condemned.

It looks like she was ignored until they were forced to step in.

[Veto!]

Thanks. Dementia, etc., strikes in peculiar ways.

On another note, a friend in rural Idaho reports that she sees dozens of fresh-killed deer on roadsides every morning as she drives to work. People really should take them home, dress them, freeze them, and enjoy venison feasts.

I don't know how soon after death they're good for eating, however. Must be a few hours at least?

[Dallas59]

Skunk Skillet Stew
(A sensory entree, not recommended for the weak-stomached)

Two adult skunks, skinned, deboned and shredded; save scent sacs and set aside; one-fourth cup oil; one-fourth cup butter; two cups finely chopped celery; one-fourth cup finely chopped parsley; two cloves garlic, finely minced; one bay leaf; two carrots, chopped; two tablespoons flour; one cup beef broth; one cup dry red wine; three tablespoons cognac; one pound ripe, red tomatoes, peeled, seeded and chopped; salt and freshly ground pepper to taste; juice of half-lemon; one-fourth teaspoon nutmeg; one cup Madeira wine.

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. In large skillet, brown skunk well in oil and butter; add carrots and stir until lightly browned. Sprinkle with flour. Add broth as needed when mixture starts to brown. Stir to dissolve brown particles. Add remaining broth, red wine, cognac, tomatoes, salt and pepper. Place in oven, cover and bake three hours. Strain gravy, pressing as much of cooked vegetable mixture as possible through sieve. Bring strained mixture to boil. Add lemon juice, nutmeg, Madeira. Carefully puncture scent sacs and add fluids to mixture. Simmer five minutes. Pour sauce over skunk.

Serves eight.

[Dallas59]

Rabies vaccinations recommended...

[Hank Rearden]

Storing up for the winter feed, eh ???

Snax.

[silent_jonny]

That's what I think, too. Sad.

[Hank Rearden]

Carefully puncture scent sacs and add fluids to mixture. Simmer five minutes. Pour sauce over skunk.

You have got to be kidding me. This is for outdoor cooking only, I presume? Or a Southern trailer?

[unbalanced but fair]

Wasn't there a book about that? I think it was called "My Brother's Keeper." What's worse are the people who are just plain disgusting. Just recently in Erie, PA a school teacher was arrested for manslaughter. He had gone on vacation and left his male friend, who was disabled, for a week with no care. When the police entered the house it was filled with garbage, roaches, and rats. The poor "friend", who could not move, was found dead, his body covered with bites. This teacher had lived this way for some time.

[silent_jonny]

What was the name of those brothers?

[rdl6989]

The yard and shrubs are in perfect shape. She wasn't the one who did the yard work. There's something about that photo.

[Joann37]

You're not kidding. I love that style of ranch home, and it sure looked well cared for from the outside. It's hard to believe the inside could be such a mess.

[AnAmericanMother]

My dad had a great-aunt who was a hoarder.

She was always a little bit "off", but never so much so that the family could have had the superior court convene a lunacy board on her (that's what you used to do to get somebody declared incompetent). She was perfectly capable of managing her own affairs, she just conducted them in sort of a loony way.

My dad and his sisters eventually convinced her that she would be "more comfortable" in an apartment rather than her big old gloomy Victorian house . . . they had to hire a dump truck to carry away all the stuff. She didn't do animals, live or dead, but she had entire rooms stacked to the ceiling with old newspapers, just with little passageways to move around.

Sometimes the transition from "collector" to "eccentric hoarder" to "stark staring mad" kind of creeps up on you . . .

As for this case, I frankly would rather err on the side of letting folks manage their own business, until it becomes a health hazard (which was obvious in this case). It could be that she cut herself off from her family when they suggested that she clean things up. My dad is a master of tact, and it took all his considerable skill to get his great aunt out of that house. Not everybody is so gifted - they're not tactful, they get screamed at, and they decide it's not worth the grief. And given the state of the law nowadays, it's even harder to get somebody declared incompetent than it used to be.