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goosey_84 Posted Thu 13 Mar, 2008 4:19 PM |
huh? I just heard about this story...i'm not even sure a 'wtf?' begins to cover it
Boyfriend: Woman lived in bathroom By ROXANA HEGEMAN, Associated Press Writer
Thu Mar 13, 7:46 AM ET
WICHITA, Kan. - A 35-year-old woman who sat on her boyfriend's toilet for so long that her body was stuck to the seat by the time he called police had a phobia about leaving the bathroom, the boyfriend said.
"She is an adult; she made her own decision," said her boyfriend, Kory McFarren. "I should have gotten help for her sooner; I admit that. But after a while, you kind of get used to it."
The case drew nationwide attention after Ness County Sheriff Bryan Whipple said it appeared the Ness City woman's skin had grown around the seat in the two years she apparently was in the bathroom.
"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."
McFarren, 36, said he can't be certain how long Pam Babcock stayed in the bathroom because "time just went by so quick I can't pinpoint how long." He said beatings she received in her childhood caused her phobia.
"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 she moved around in the bathroom during that time, bathed and changed into the clothes he brought her. He brought food and water to her. They had conversations and had an otherwise normal relationship — except it all happened in the bathroom.
McFarren said he finally called police Feb. 27 after he became worried because Babcock was acting groggy — like she didn't know what was going on, except she was awake.
What emergency responders found when they went into bathroom has left residents of this small western Kansas town buzzing, and law enforcement officials incredulous.
Police found the clothed woman sitting on the toilet, her sweat pants down to mid-thigh. She was "somewhat disoriented," and her legs looked like they had atrophied, Whipple said.
"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."
She initially refused emergency medical services, but was finally convinced by responders and her boyfriend that she needed to be checked out at a hospital.
"She said that she didn't need any help, that she was OK and did not want to leave," he said.
Whipple said the county attorney will determine whether any charges should be filed against McFarren.
McFarren, who works at an antique store, said he has been taking care of Babcock for the 16 years they have lived together. He insisted that he tried to coax her out of the bathroom every day.
"And her reply would be, `Maybe tomorrow,'" Whipple said. "According to him, she did not want to leave the bathroom."
She was reported in fair condition Wednesday at a hospital in Wichita, about 150 miles southeast of Ness City. Whipple said she has refused to cooperate with medical providers or law enforcement investigators.
Babcock has an infection in her legs that has damaged her nerves, and there is a possibility she may wind up in a wheelchair, McFarren said.
James Ellis, a neighbor, said he had known the woman since she was a child, but that he had not seen her for at least six years.
"I don't think anybody can make any sense out of it," Ellis said.
Babcock had a tough childhood after her mother died at a young age and apparently was usually kept inside the house as she grew up, he said.
"It really doesn't surprise me," Ellis said. "What surprises me is somebody wasn't called in a bit earlier."
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megg_inc Posted Thu 13 Mar, 2008 4:29 PM |
| Terrible. She has the best boyfriend ever! She's spent the last two years in the bathroom and all he has to say is "time just went by so quick I can't pinpoint how long." AWESOME. |
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Moray Posted Thu 13 Mar, 2008 4:37 PM |
| She must have been really constipated. |
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varz Posted Thu 13 Mar, 2008 4:40 PM |
| god. thats just plain odd! |
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Peewee Posted Thu 13 Mar, 2008 5:03 PM |
| That's sounds like something from the Enquirer! LMAO piss. |
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I Came in Through the Bathroom Window Posted Thu 13 Mar, 2008 5:59 PM |
That's so weird!
Her boyfriend was supportive, Megg, don't you get it?? He brought her food, clothing, he even chatted with her xD. |
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weirdmom Posted Thu 13 Mar, 2008 6:02 PM |
I just read this and was about to post it. Glad you're on the job Goosey. The grossest part for me:
it appeared the Ness City woman's skin had grown around the seat in the two years she apparently was in the bathroom.
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goosey_84 Posted Thu 13 Mar, 2008 6:03 PM |
weirdmominaustin wrote: I just read this and was about to post it. Glad you're on the job Goosey. The grossest part for me:
it appeared the Ness City woman's skin had grown around the seat in the two years she apparently was in the bathroom.
lol when i read the story i thought "why hasn't anne posted this!?!?!" you're usually all over it with yahoo news! ;)
yeah seriously there's all kinds of "how?" questions that popped in to my head but i don't wanna go there.
btw...lol juli you're right! what a loving and accepting boyfriend! :P |
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ashleyb Posted Thu 13 Mar, 2008 6:04 PM |
weirdmominaustin wrote: I just read this and was about to post it. Glad you're on the job Goosey. The grossest part for me:
it appeared the Ness City woman's skin had grown around the seat in the two years she apparently was in the bathroom.
*gag* That is disturbing |
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the boy with a cryptic name Posted Thu 13 Mar, 2008 7:17 PM |
megg_inc wrote: Terrible. She has the best boyfriend ever! She's spent the last two years in the bathroom and all he has to say is "time just went by so quick I can't pinpoint how long." AWESOME.
Lol! That's made my day! :D |
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Turtleneck Posted Wed 30 Jul, 2008 3:54 PM |
Update to the story here. Everything sounds fine until the last paragraph.
Boyfriend of woman stuck to toilet gets probation
Wed Jul 30, 6:45 AM ET
A man whose girlfriend sat on a toilet for so long that the seat adhered to her body will spend six months on probation.
Kory McFarren pleaded no contest last month to a misdemeanor count of mistreatment of a dependent adult. A judge sentenced him Tuesday to six months in jail but granted the probation after the victim, Pam Babcock, asked for leniency.
"She didn't believe that her circumstances were his fault," Ness County Attorney Craig Crosswhite said.
Babcock's plight became known in February when McFarren called the Ness County sheriff, expressing concern about his live-in girlfriend. When authorities arrived, they found Babcock physically stuck to the toilet.
McFarren told police Babcock had refused to come out of the bathroom for two years. Medical personnel estimated she'd been sitting on the toilet for at least a month and said the seat had adhered to sores on her body.
She is now under the protection of a guardian who was appointed through the legal department at the hospital where she received treatment.
Also Tuesday, McFarren was sentenced to six months in jail for an unrelated charge of lewd and lascivious behavior for exposing himself to a teenage neighbor in March. |
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minnmess Posted Wed 30 Jul, 2008 4:26 PM |
| i remember hearing this on the radio a while back and seriously, people are messed! |
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nesmap Posted Wed 30 Jul, 2008 6:54 PM |
| Only in America... |
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AbsGinger Posted Wed 30 Jul, 2008 7:22 PM |
| It looks like something you'd find in "The Onion". |
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weirdmom Posted Wed 30 Jul, 2008 7:24 PM |
I still don't understand how you have a relationship with someone who won't come out of a bathroom for two years.
Handy that he could take care of this charge and his exposure charge in one day! |
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