They found dB's neighbor's sister!

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Chief Cook and Bottle Washer
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Sheriff: Woman Sat on Toilet
for 2 Years
By ROXANA HEGEMAN, AP
3 hours ago
WICHITA, Kan. — Authorities are considering charges in the bizarre case of a woman who sat on her boyfriend's toilet for two years — so long 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 no feeling in her legs. She may wind up in a wheelchair, he said.

Authorities said they did not know whether she was mentally or physically disabled. The case has been the buzz of Ness City, said James Ellis, a neighbor.

"I don't think anybody can make any sense out of it," he said. Ellis said he had known the woman since she was a child but that he had not seen her for at least six years. He said she had a tough childhood after her mother died at a young age and apparently was usually kept inside the house as she grew up. At one time the woman worked for a long-term care facility, he said, but he did not know what kind of work she did there. "It really doesn't surprise me," Ellis said. "What surprises me is somebody wasn't called in a bit earlier."

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I am not a crook's head
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Since: Mar 14, 2003


Mar 13, 2008 05:33 am

I...wha....um....uhhhhh....

I'm speechless.

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Since: Jan 18, 2003


Mar 13, 2008 07:03 am

terrible reporting.

either she grew into the seat (somehow) or she got up occasionally and lived in and moved about the bathroom (as the article says). but not both. the story fundamentally doesn't makes sense, and skin doesn't grow around objects.

(i know it's a real story: it's all over the news this morning. still, something is wrong with the story.)

Czar of Cheese
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Mar 13, 2008 08:42 am

Dang...she broke my record by two lousy weeks!

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Mar 13, 2008 08:48 am

I agree with forty completely, I heard this before leaving for work this morning...this IS NOT the full, real story...

And the boyfriend I saw interviewed...man, I heard banjo's playing in the background when he came on TV.

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Since: Apr 03, 2002


Mar 13, 2008 09:15 am

I just heard about this on the radio and they said the butt grew into the seat...

No way...I've heard about growing into a bed or couch, those are materials that can be, a toilet seat is a solid object, that can't really happen, can it?

Ne'er ate 'er
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Mar 13, 2008 11:50 am

http://www.noveltp.com/gallery/images/bite_me_toilet_300.jpg



/all I got.

Pinnipedal Czar (: 3=
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Mar 13, 2008 12:00 pm

"Maybe tommorrow."


I'm dyin' !!!

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Mar 13, 2008 12:05 pm

I'm sure no mental issues played a role or anything...

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Mar 13, 2008 04:41 pm

leaving aside whether you COULD grow into a toilet seat, if she's getting up and moving around in the bathroom like the article says she is, that kind of 'resets' the whole deal each time, doesn't it? on monday she was able to get up and use the shower and change clothes, but on wednesday she wasn't? also, it talks about changing clothes! new juncture between seat and body each time!


Czar of Turd Polish
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Mar 13, 2008 05:20 pm

Yeah, this story does not add up.


http://img504.imageshack.us/img504/7929/1195708910504wk4bc2.jpg


edit0r
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Mar 13, 2008 05:51 pm

Hahahahaha....

Czar of Midi
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Mar 13, 2008 10:23 pm

I'm not sure what to even say about this.

Mans reach exceeds his grasp
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Since: Oct 23, 2007


Mar 14, 2008 07:23 am

At first I thought you couldnt make stuff like this up- but it turns out, you can twist reality to make it seem like a true story. I'm about to wet my pants... like seriously...

and the Jaime Heineman walrus just about pushed me in, too. lmao

Czar of Turd Polish
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Mar 14, 2008 02:23 pm

Yes, the resemblance is quite remarkable :)

They aired this on my local news last night and still claim her skin fused to the seat. Weird.

Eat Spam before it eats YOU!!!
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Mar 14, 2008 02:59 pm

I think what happened is she moved into the bathroom a couple years ago and evenually sat down and couldn't get up... and nobody thout it was a problem... for a year or so...

but... well... this isn't something I want to think much about.

Pinnipedal Czar (: 3=
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Mar 14, 2008 03:22 pm

So it turns out this is a hoax, eh ? Typical .

Ha ! And yeah, that is one walrus muther****** !

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Mar 14, 2008 03:24 pm

Yeah, see, that is what I was thinking zek, not so much a "grew to the seat" as much as it must be a "grew to be incredibly fat and out of shape" sort of thing...

Then the media massaged it a little bit, picked a couple of well chosen rednecks that would play in the reporting...baddabing, you got yourself a story.

Answer:On a good day, lipstick.
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Mar 14, 2008 03:27 pm

Soundtrack:

Wonderstuff - from "Hup"

My lavatory has been my sanctuary

And it's easy for you to laugh at me

'Cos I been 30 good years in the bathroom, baby

Rubadubdub one man in a tub and it's me

Always me

CHORUS

And now the time has come to share the joke

That the latch on the bathroom door is broke

And now it's time to let you know

That it's only the beat of my heart that is slow

Who's fault is this? I deny that it's mine

I been stuck in here since 1959

That's 30 good years in the bathroom baby

But it's okay, yeah it's okay

Cos when they come to take me away

I will be clean, I will be clean

CHORUS

Well I been 30 years in a bad mood, baby

But it's okay, yeah it's okay 'cos that's better

Than 30 years on the back seat of a car

Oh beat me with the pumice stone

Eight to the bar

CHORUS

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Mar 15, 2008 05:19 am

http://time-blog.com/swampland/TEMP-Image_1_4.jpg



lol sorry

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