This man had not washed for 67 years. The only “hygiene” he paid attention to was that he burned his head hair and beard with fire if he thought they were getting too long. But why he never washed, the reason will surprise you,
Amu Haji lived in Iran and was a hermit who did not wash for over 60 years. He was known to eat corpses and was rumored to smoke animal dung through a pipe.
His real name was unknown, people called him “Amu Haji”, which means “old man”.
The only “hygiene” he paid attention to was to burn the hair on his head and beard with fire when it became too long. His skin and hair were a uniform gray color.
He lived to be 94 years old, and people confirmed that despite his questionable hygiene, he looked quite healthy throughout all those years.
There were suggestions that he was afraid of water, but this did not apply to drinking. He was said to drink up to 5 liters a day from a dirty tin can.
As for his diet, he preferred to find food himself. Although people offered him fresh food, he often looked for his own. He even said that he preferred animals on the road, his favorite was the hedgehog.
It was rumored that he ate the animal corpses he found completely raw, no matter how rotten or old the meat was.
He also had a pipe and smoked animal dung. He was also rumored to be a fan of cigarettes and was once photographed smoking several at once.
Amu passed away at the age of 94, several months after locals managed to convince him to take a bath.
Dr. Gholamreza Molavi of the School of Public Health at Tehran University of Medical Sciences conducted tests on the old man before his death. To their surprise, they found that despite his lifestyle, he was in good health.
However, he contracted trichinosis, a parasitic disease transmitted through food. Given that he enjoyed eating corpses, this was not surprising. However, it did not have a significant impact on his health.
