An 80 years Old Iranian man, Amoo Hadji has not taken
bath for 60 years and set world record. He lives in Dejgah village in the
southern Iranian province of Fars.
The previous record for longest time going without bath
belonged to a 66 years old Indian man Kailash Singh, who had not taken a bath
over 38 years.
When searched the reason behind Amou Haji’s way of life, found
out that he had gone through some emotional setbacks in his youth and from then
on decided to live an isolated life.
He escaped from the hands of a few young men who offered him free shower, because he believes cleanliness brings him sickness. Amou Haji’s favorite food is rotten meat of dead animals specially porcupines and when asked to eat clean food and drink clean water he gets mad.
His smoking pipe is filled with animal’s feces instead of
tobacco and when he feels like smoking cigarettes he lights up a few of them at
a time. He wears a war helmet not to fight off the enemy in the battle field
but to keep away from the bitterly cold winters.
Amou Haji has a couple of places to live in: one is a
hole in the ground resembling a grave to keep him grounded and in touch with
the reality of life and the other an open brick shack built by those who felt
sorry for him.
Sure, he uses mirrors fine to check himself out, but his
choice of mirror is the passing by cars side mirrors.
