Two YEARS in the Bathroom

[DOXXP29 5]

This didn't come from the Enquirer, this is an AP News story. Some people have a little red blanket, some have a favourite Teddy Bear others have, well... a toilet.

Sheriff: Woman Sat on Toilet for 2 Years

By ROXANA HEGEMAN, AP

1 hour ago

WICHITA, Kan. — Authorities are considering charges in the bizarre case of a woman who stayed in her boyfriend's bathroom for two years, spending most of her time on the toilet — so that her body was stuck to the seat by the time the man finally called police.

It appeared the 35-year-old Ness City woman's skin had grown around the seat, said Ness County Sheriff Bryan Whipple. The woman initially refused emergency medical services but was finally convinced by responders and her boyfriend that she needed to be checked out at a hospital.

"We pried the toilet seat off with a pry bar and the seat went with her to the hospital," Whipple said. "The hospital removed it."

Whipple said investigators planned to present their report Wednesday to the county attorney, who will determine whether any charges should be filed against the boyfriend.

"She was not glued. She was not tied. She was just physically stuck by her body," Whipple said. "It is hard to imagine. ... I still have a hard time imagining it myself."

Police declined to release the couple's names, but the boyfriend, Kory McFarren, agreed to be interviewed Wednesday by The Associated Press. He identified his girlfriend as Pam Babcock.

McFarren, 36, told investigators he took Babcock food and water and asked her every day to come out of the bathroom.

"And her reply would be, 'Maybe tomorrow,'" Whipple said. "According to him, she did not want to leave the bathroom."

McFarren told the AP that he wasn't to blame, and that it was solely Babcock's choice to remain in the bathroom.

"She is an adult; she made her own decision. It was my fault I should have gotten help for her sooner; I admit that. But after a while, you kind of get used to it," McFarren said.

Although authorities said they think Babcock was in the bathroom for two years, McFarren said he wasn't certain how long she stayed there. He said she had a phobia about leaving the room because of childhood beatings.

"It just kind of happened one day. She went in and had been in there a little while, the next time it was a little longer. Then she got it in her head she was going to stay — like it was a safe place for her," McFarren said.

But McFarren said Babcock moved around in the bathroom during that time, bathed and changed into the clothes he brought her. He said they conversed and had an otherwise normal relationship — except that it all happened in the bathroom.

McFarren, who works at an antique store, said he has been taking care of Babcock for the 16 years they have lived together.

McFarren called police on Feb. 27 to report that "there was something wrong with his girlfriend," Whipple said.

Police found Babcock clothed and sitting on the toilet, her sweat pants down to her mid-thigh. She was "somewhat disoriented," and her legs looked as if they had atrophied, Whipple said.

"She said that she didn't need any help, that she was OK and did not want to leave," he said.

She was reported in fair condition at a hospital in Wichita, about 150 miles southeast of Ness City. Whipple said she refused to cooperate with medical providers or law enforcement investigators.

McFarren said that his girlfriend has an infection in her legs that has damaged her nerves, and that she has<

[Voar Tok 4]

How did she go about taking a bath and stuff if she wouldn't get of the seat and stuff. I mean, it says she walked around and stuff, but how in the world does your skin grow around a toilet seat?

[GMT 389]

Originally posted by: Voar Tok

How did she go about taking a bath and stuff if she wouldn't get of the seat and stuff. I mean, it says she walked around and stuff, but how in the world does your skin grow around a toilet seat? quote>

I think it's that she randomly dissapeared in the bathroom and the stays got longer and longer until she never got out again.

but the skin growing around the seat is really hard to imagine...

[projectadam 0]

I read this story, reread it, read it again and again. Does this story ever make sense???

I am still like "what"???

[Godzillaman 21]

This face just about sums it up:

Edit: It seems I'm saying "people are too stupid too these days" too much now...

[JanYpe 17]

"She is an adult; she made her own decision. It was my fault I should have gotten help for her sooner; I admit that. But after a while, you kind of get used to it," McFarren said.quote>

Hello birds.

Hello sunshine.

Hello crazy lady who lives in my bathroom.

[TRNSTN 0]

When I'm on the crap-per for an hour I at least adjust my position 4 5 times within that hour. You'd have to sit on the toilet continuously for a VERY long time without moving at all. WHAT did she DO all this time, you can do alot just sitting all the time but I mean when she went to the bathroom wouldn't she need to at least elevate herself a little to wipe? Honestly I don't believe it.

[Meg 368]

"She is an adult; she made her own decision. It was my fault I should have gotten help for her sooner; I admit that. But after a while, you kind of get used to it," McFarren said.

quote>

You kind of get used to it?  

Originally posted by: Godzillaman

Edit: It seems I'm saying "people are too stupid too these days" too much now...quote>

I'm saying "What is wrong with these people?"  too much these days. 

"Stupid" doesn't seem to cover it.   Even stupid people manage to stumble their way into a bed and sleep horizontally every now and then.

[Duke87 1,070]

Originally posted by: TRNSTN When I'm on the crap-per for an hour I at least adjust my position 4 5 times within that hour.quote>

You need more fiber in your diet if it takes you an hour.

WHAT did she DO all this time, you can do alot just sitting all the time but I mean when she went to the bathroom wouldn't she need to at least elevate herself a little to wipe? Honestly I don't believe it.quote>

Who says she wiped?

I love this story. This is definitely one I'm gonna be telling people.

[fukuda 351]

Originally posted by: SkiGeek

"She is an adult; she made her own decision. It was my fault I should have gotten help for her sooner; I admit that. But after a while, you kind of get used to it," McFarren said.

quote>

You kind of get used to it?   quote>

Hmm I hope that Mr McFarren had more than one toilet

[TRNSTN 0]

You need more fiber in your diet if it takes you an hour. quote>

I didn't want to describe my bathroom practices, but I usually read-- alot. So maybe this woman started reading all the Shakespeare's and Charles Dickens her boyfriend could get her.

haha at least her boyfriend saved on the toilet paper

[wir3d 2]

I wanna see the source because this is INSANE!!

[Bumdark 3]

This is definately a case where truth is stranger than fiction...

... a lot stranger.

I read she was scared from her childhood beatings, and while trauma-induced agoraphobia (I think that's the right condition) is not uncommon, to be confined to the toilet seat for two freaking years without ever getting out...

... you know what to think... Get this woman on some meds, hurry!

[MrCinatit 30]

Originally posted by: TRNSTN

You need more fiber in your diet if it takes you an hour. quote>

I didn't want to describe my bathroom practices, but I usually read-- alot. So maybe this woman started reading all the Shakespeare's and Charles Dickens her boyfriend could get her.

haha at least her boyfriend saved on the toilet paper quote>

I'm thinking that someone who sits on the toilet for more than two years isn't going to read Shakespeare and Dickens. What is the literary equivalent to reality TV?

I've read about things such as this happening before (though not on a toilet seat). If a person remains in one place for a very long time, their skin can grow over whatever it is they are remaining on. I've read about people whose skin has fused with furniture. I seem to recall reading about a woman who had what she thought was a tumor, which ended up being a pork chop bone (though that might be an urban legend).

[JanYpe 17]

What is the literary equivalent to reality TV? quote>

Dan Brown?

[Duke87 1,070]

Originally posted by: JanYpe

What is the literary equivalent to reality TV? quote>

Dan Brown? quote>

Hey, Dan Brown actually wrote decent books. People just rag on him for writing about conspiracy theories and for showing the church in a really bad light. Remember: it's fiction.

I'd say the literary equivalent of Reality TV would probably be more like Choose Your own Adventure stuff. Or Mad Libs.

[patriots_1228 51]

Does that mean those people who die from playing too much consecutive World of Warcraft may actually die with there skin attached to their computers? What a nerdy way to die....

[belfastuniguy 18]

OMG so strange, I can't even begin to imagine how within two years your skin would grow at a rate as to allow you to become stuck to a toliet seat. I am somewhat dubious about that claim.......but well you never know in this weird world we now live in.

[IDS2 3,345]

Huh???

Gee, that must have been a REALLY exciting 2 years...

[fukuda 351]

Originally posted by: belfastuniguy OMG so strange, I can't even begin to imagine how within two years your skin would grow at a rate as to allow you to become stuck to a toliet seat. I am somewhat dubious about that claim.......but well you never know in this weird world we now live in.quote>

Don't forget that your kin and convective tissue are alive and grow, for instance, when you become obese your surface is multiplied, and skin must grow and stretch to adapt to the new body. And apoptosis is used in the other way. If it has enough time, it will grow over anything by gravity

[manubeas 0]

lol, this story is so funny jajajajaja

[JakeMD 107]

:\:\

Doesn't she have some sort of life or something!?

[panthersimcity4 162]

Well... at least she had convenient access to a lavatory at all times!

[Mikeaut1 261]

I don't even know what to say in response to this... I can't even begin to comprehend sitting on a toilet seat for 2 years!

[Rymac91 15]

just, plain, weird. I can't comprehend living in a bathroom of your own free will without it being a weird record stunt, and I can't figure how she got fused to the toilet seat, that just baffles me how someone could sit in place for that long without feeing socially or mentally deprived.

[The_Dalai_Llama 15]

You know who the real victim was here?  The toilet.

[wir3d 2]

Hahahahaha... (continues laughing)

[Jman47 0]

Patriots, r u talking about me

i looooooove WoW!

but yea this is weird

[Meg 368]

Originally posted by: The_Dalai_Llama

You know who the real victim was here?  The toilet. quote>

Now that you mention it, I don't even want to think about the last time it was cleaned.  

(where is that green pukey smiley when you need it?)

[mightygoose 92]

there was a man who was sofa bound due to immense obesity and one day lost his tv remote.... four years later still sofa bound, he decided to start losing the weight.... six months later doctors found that he had absorbed the tv remote into his body when it got lodged between two rolls of skin....