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2 years on a toilet seat...

Abstract said:
Then what happened to all the muscle in her legs?
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At least one of the articles linked said her legs had atrophied, so she had definitely been inactive for an extended period... but there have to be some mental health issues involve here for both of them...

"Well maybe tomorrow" would only go as an excuse for about a day before I got someone else in to talk to whomever locks themselves in the bathroom. I'd start with family and friends before the authorities, but if they weren't out by the end of a week I'm pretty sure that family, friends, and myself would agree that it's time to have them forcibly committed.
 
Blue Velvet said:
Particularly if you stop to think that the seat had to be removed in hospital... scratch that, don't think about it.
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Too Late


Maybe it was the only place she could listen to her iPod.
 

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i read this article somewhere else, not let me tell you what I said before.

That is weird, just imagine everything that has gone on in two years. All of the events that have happened in your life.

Keep in mind she never realy showered or did anything

It's just really wierd
 
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"Woman felt safe in room"

By ROXANA HEGEMAN

Associated Press

WICHITA -- A 35-year-old woman who sat on her boyfriend's toilet for so long her body was stuck to the seat by the time he called police had a phobia about leaving the bathroom, her boyfriend said.

"I didn't do this to her. It was her choice. 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," her boyfriend, Kory McFarren, said in a phone interview from their Ness City home.

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 she had a phobia about leaving the bathroom because of beatings she received in her childhood.

"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 in there and had an otherwise normal relationship -- except it all happened in the bathroom.

The boyfriend called police Feb. 27 to report "there was something wrong with his girlfriend," Whipple said.

McFarren said he finally called police 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 the bathroom that day 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 her 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 finally was convinced by responders and her boyfriend 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 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 was not even aware she had no feeling in her legs when emergency responders arrived, McFarren said, adding she has an infection in her legs that has damaged her nerves. He said there is a possibility she might wind up in a wheelchair.

McFarren said he still will be there to take care of her when she comes home.

James Ellis, a neighbor, said he had known the woman since she was a child, but 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 usually was 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."

McFarren said his neighbors don't realize there are a lot of people with phobias doing similar things. He said false rumors have been circulating around town he somehow was keeping her on the toilet against her will.

"Tell people," he said, "to leave me the hell alone."
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OK, so this makes more sense.

So because of her paranoia and other emotional issues, she decides she'd rather just live in the bathroom. For just under two years she lives in it like a tiny jail cell. Life is relatively normal, except for her refusing to leave the room.

Because of how little exercise she gets, her legs slowly atrophy, she perhaps gains a bit too much weight. Perhaps a few days or weeks before the reported extraction, she sits down on the toilet seat and due to this combination, finds herself stuck. The boyfriend, beginning to get concerned because she's no longer walking about, finally calls for help.

This is far more believable. Still insane, but makes more sense.
 
It would only take an instant for something to slip into the wrong place and become stuck solidly. Ever get a ring stuck on your finger? There have also been reports of people getting solidly stuck on airplane, bus toilets, etc.

Then as you panic and struggle, the area starts to swell which makes it even worse.

So it's hard to say... she could have been extracted within minutes, hours, days, weeks of actually getting "stuck" on the toilet seat after voluntarily living in the bathroom for two years. The report that her skin had "grown over" the seat suggests a longer period of time, but I'm starting to distrust the accuracy of any facts claimed in the original stories.
 
I can't believe the boyfriend is facing charges
for not telling someone sooner... ?!

Bah.

The news people on channel 5 were like, "we couldnt make this story up even if we tried" lol.
 
Stampyhead said:
Why don't you come over here and say that? ;)
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Buy me the plane ticket to MCI and we'll have some beers and talk about it.;)
Or I'll probably be back around for Christmas if you can take a rain check.:)

To get the conversation started now though, Kansas is a mystical place...proven by scientists to be flatter than a pancake, home of the largest ball of twine, underground salt museum, superman, dorothy, the first pizza hut... I mean, I'd believe any story that starts with "A Kansas woman...".
 
Why would somebody even want to sit on a toilet that long??? This is just messed up.
 
Wow. A messed up story indeed..

I feel badly for the woman, though - I think it's clear that she needed medical attention and that she isn't well.. Even if her boyfriend apparently had a "normal relationship" with her while she was staying inside the washroom, living inside a washroom for 2 years is in no way normal. IMO the boyfriend could have done more to help her...
 
killerrobot said:
Buy me the plane ticket to MCI and we'll have some beers and talk about it.;)
Or I'll probably be back around for Christmas if you can take a rain check.:)

To get the conversation started now though, Kansas is a mystical place...proven by scientists to be flatter than a pancake, home of the largest ball of twine, underground salt museum, superman, dorothy, the first pizza hut... I mean, I'd believe any story that starts with "A Kansas woman...".
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Don't forget the world's largest prairie dog!
 
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