‘World’s Dirtiest Man’ Who Died After First Bath in 60 Years Loved Porcupine Meat | 5 points
An Iranian man known as the world’s dirtiest man died at the age of 94, just months after taking his first shower in more than 60 years. His favorite food was porcupine meat.
New Delhi,UPDATED: 26 Oct 2022 10:07 IST
Amou Haji, photographed in 2018, feared he would get sick from washing (Image: AFP)
By India Today Web Desk: Amou Haji, popularly known as the world’s dirtiest man, died at the age of 94, a few months after his first wash. The Iranian national has not showered in over half a century, believing that staying dirty kept him alive for so long.
Haji lived in an open stone hut and had faced some “emotional setbacks” in his youth that left him feeling isolated. He died on Sunday in the village of Dejgah. Here is his life in five points.
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Haji, covered in soot, lived in a small hut that often resembled a grave in the Iranian desert, close to the village of Dejgah. Haji experienced “emotional setbacks in his youth” and he decided to stay away from soap and water for over 60 years.
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According to the Tehran Times, Haji would eat porcupine meat, smoke cigarettes and pipes filled with animal feces, believing that cleanliness would make him sick. He smoked several cigarettes at once, all donated by villagers.
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3) His diet, according to the Iranian news agency IRNA, consisted of rotten meat and unsanitary water drunk from an old oil can.
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4) Attempts to wash him or provide him with clean water made him sad. But villagers persuaded Haji to take a bath a few months ago, IRNA reported.
