The 80-year-old Iranian man made headlines this week after a story circulated that he hasn’t bathed himself in 60 years. Amou Hadji sat down for a brief photo series that details what could happen to the human body.
Not surprisingly, Hadji has a deep odor and his skin is tough and scaly. Hadji is homeless and refuses to eat food or drink clean water. His favorite food is dead porcupine and he regularly smokes a pipe filled with animal feces. Hadji claims that he has chosen this lifestyle to stay in touch with with the earth.
From the Tehran Times:
- The last record of longest time going without showers belonged to a 66-year-old Indian man, Kailash Singh, who had not taken a bath over 38 years.
- Not to our surprise, when we searched the reason behind Amou Haji’s way of life, we 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.
