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Animal Control Finds Dozens of Dead Animals Stockpiled In Woman's Home (Roadkill In Fridge)
WFMY News 2 ^ | 2-11-05 | Patrick Donovan , Producer

Posted on 02/11/2005 7:56:41 PM PST by silent_jonny

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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.


TOPICS: News/Current Events; US: North Carolina
KEYWORDS: crazycatlady; oddhobbies; oldlady; packrat; roadkill
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To: GeronL; Lijahsbubbe; aculeus; dighton; hellinahandcart
wow. packrat syndrome goes very bad

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

Packrat syndrome gone literal!

Did she bring any crockpot suppers to neighborhood potlucks? We shouldn't judge... maybe she had simply stocked up for Y2K. I suppose even roadkill has a shelf life.

41 posted on 02/11/2005 8:59:20 PM PST by Thinkin' Gal
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To: Hank Rearden
Why pass on free meat???? It's already tenderized.....

Pennsylvania Possum Pot Pie
(Often served to unsuspecting bed-and-breakfast tourists in Amish country)

Five-pound possum, cut into serving pieces; water; salt; 12 peppercorns; two ribs celery, chopped; two carrots, quartered; one onion; two cups flour; four egg yolks; six tablespoons hot water

Place possum in kettle. Add water to cover, salt to taste, peppercorns, celery, carrots and onion. Simmer until possum is thoroughly tender, about two hours. Strain broth and pour into clean kettle. Simmer while preparing remaining ingredients. Remove possum from bones. Discard bones and skin. Cut possum into bite-size pieces. Sift flour and one-half teaspoon salt together onto board. Make well in center and put egg yolks into it. Gradually work yolks into flour until stiff dough is formed, adding hot water as needed. Knead until smooth, about five minutes. Cut dough in half. Roll each half until paper thin. Cut dough into noodles about one inch wide. Add possum to simmering broth. Gradually add noodles. Continue boiling until noodles are done, about five minutes.

Serves eight to twelve.

42 posted on 02/11/2005 9:01:35 PM PST by Dallas59 (Bush said the "F" word 27 times January 20th, 2005!)
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To: silent_jonny

In the book their last name was Holt. But I don't know if that was their real name.


43 posted on 02/11/2005 9:05:08 PM PST by unbalanced but fair
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To: Dallas59

Possum Pot Pie--yummy! Do you leave the fur on or off?


44 posted on 02/11/2005 9:05:58 PM PST by silent_jonny (Quiet, you!)
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To: Dallas59; Hank Rearden
"Roadkill: It's not just for dinner anymore." -- Army Pest Management Bulletin, March, 1996
45 posted on 02/11/2005 9:08:36 PM PST by FreeKeys ("I talk a bath or a shower once a year whether I need it or not." -- Michael Moore)
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To: AnAmericanMother

It is very difficult to convince these people that they need help. Our Seniors program had Home Delivered Meals and Houskeeping Assistants who kept us informed. But many people refused the programs and slipped through the cracks. The lady who had the dead horse in her house, shot at the Deputies and the Animal Control Officers when they came to dispose of it. They finally got her minister to talk her into letting them remove it


46 posted on 02/11/2005 9:10:58 PM PST by unbalanced but fair
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To: DJ MacWoW
Possum Vittles?
47 posted on 02/11/2005 9:17:13 PM PST by esoxmagnum
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To: unbalanced but fair
The Collyer Brothers.

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Homer and Langley Collyer lived in a three-story brownstone in Harlem. Langley cared for Homer who was paralyzed. In 1947, Langley was unexpectedly killed by one of his own booby-traps (crushed under an avalanche of garbage). Homer subsequently starved to death.

48 posted on 02/11/2005 9:20:38 PM PST by silent_jonny (Quiet, you!)
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To: silent_jonny

The author changed the names, but was faithful to the story. Supposedly they had been very sheltered and dominated by their mother. The family had been wealthy but I don't recall if there was any left.


49 posted on 02/11/2005 9:27:41 PM PST by unbalanced but fair
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To: silent_jonny

That looks like a nice house!


50 posted on 02/11/2005 9:28:59 PM PST by k2blader (It is neither compassionate nor conservative to support the expansion of socialism.)
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To: k2blader

Yeah, it's an upscale neighborhood, apparently.


51 posted on 02/11/2005 9:31:03 PM PST by silent_jonny (Quiet, you!)
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To: silent_jonny

I this woman will be able to get the right kind of help. Something's obviously not right up there.


52 posted on 02/11/2005 9:33:01 PM PST by k2blader (It is neither compassionate nor conservative to support the expansion of socialism.)
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To: silent_jonny

The place looks far too well kept to be condemned... the shrubs are even nicely groomed. I think maybe it doesn't take much for a house in a nice neighborhood to be 'condemnable'.


53 posted on 02/11/2005 9:34:46 PM PST by HairOfTheDog (It is no bad thing to celebrate a simple life!)
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To: HairOfTheDog

The outside of the house belies the horrors that are inside. Two feet of trash covering the floor. Dead animals everywhere ...


55 posted on 02/11/2005 9:38:02 PM PST by silent_jonny (Quiet, you!)
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To: HairOfTheDog

Can houses be condemned because the insides are totally trashed? It's hard to imagine...


56 posted on 02/11/2005 9:38:22 PM PST by k2blader (It is neither compassionate nor conservative to support the expansion of socialism.)
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To: k2blader

They must have had a yard service.


57 posted on 02/11/2005 9:41:52 PM PST by HairOfTheDog (It is no bad thing to celebrate a simple life!)
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To: silent_jonny

Trash everywhere, the dead animals were in the fridge ;~\


58 posted on 02/11/2005 9:42:35 PM PST by HairOfTheDog (It is no bad thing to celebrate a simple life!)
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To: k2blader
The house is temporarily condemned. Once it's cleaned and fumigated it should be habitable again.
59 posted on 02/11/2005 9:43:30 PM PST by silent_jonny (Quiet, you!)
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To: silent_jonny

Ahhh. Hopefully the cleaners will be well compensated.


60 posted on 02/11/2005 9:44:20 PM PST by k2blader (It is neither compassionate nor conservative to support the expansion of socialism.)
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