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Thursday, March 13, 2008

That Woman Whose Skin Grafted to Her Toilet Seat

posted by on March 13 at 9:54 AM

She was afraid to leave the bathroom.

A 35-year-old woman who sat on her boyfriend’s toilet for so long that her body was stuck to the seat had a phobia about leaving the bathroom, the boyfriend said.

Police say Pam Babcock apparently spent two years living in the bathroom of her boyfriend’s mobile home.

“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.”

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.

Oh, my word. I don’t know what to say except, parents, please don’t beat your kids.

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1

WOW. that is just fucked up.

Posted by mickey in AR | March 13, 2008 10:05 AM
2

Grrrroooooosssssssssss.........

I don't know what else to say.

Except, how ugly and damaged and pathetic must this man be to put up with some bullshit like this in his house... Ahem... Trailer for two fucking YEARS!!!

It blows my mind.

Posted by Queen_of_Sleaze | March 13, 2008 10:07 AM
3

This reminds me of the German film, "The Princess and the Warrior" and how it uses the "get off the can" metaphor. Great flick.

Posted by Soren | March 13, 2008 10:08 AM
4

So she eventually got to the point where she refused to get off the toilet as well?

Posted by keshmeshi | March 13, 2008 10:15 AM
5

Not leaving the trailer for 2 years...OK.

Not leaving the bathroom for 2 years...strange, but...sure.

Not leaving the toilet seat for 2 years...Priceless.

Don't you just want to at least pace the bathroom? Maybe take a shower?

Also, does this mobile home have 2 bathrooms?

Posted by TheMisanthrope | March 13, 2008 10:18 AM
6

I don't think it is uncommon for abused children to lock themselves in bathrooms for temporary relief. She obviously has mental issues from suffering child abuse.

Posted by Been there | March 13, 2008 10:18 AM
7

I wonder what that feels like? I mean, would there be any kind of noticeable and/or strange sensation as your skin slowly grew itself around the toilet seat?

Posted by Hernandez | March 13, 2008 10:21 AM
8

Depends.. most double-wides have two full bathrooms...

Single wides have one...

Also depends on the age of the mobile home...

Posted by Tax Man | March 13, 2008 10:21 AM
9

Double wide floorplan with two bathrooms. I wonder if she was in the master, or the shared bathroom?

http://www.charlietaylorhomes.com/fleetwood-homes/0603b.jpg

For the best list of single- and double-wide mobile homes, check out the upper left links at http://www.mh-quote.com/.

Posted by Lou | March 13, 2008 10:29 AM
10
had an otherwise normal relationship

Is that a euphemism for something?

Posted by six shooter | March 13, 2008 10:35 AM
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had an otherwise normal relationship
mmmm... Toilet Sex?
Posted by I thought I was Freaky... but, DAMN! | March 13, 2008 10:41 AM
12

Did she switch to wiping back-to-front?

Posted by Lloyd Clydesdale | March 13, 2008 10:44 AM
13

Thats some serious motherfucking Zen that chick was practicing. She sat like a motherfucker.

She shouldnt be mocked in slog, she should be leading clasess in Freemont to the armies of fleece wearing Zen followers.

Posted by SeMe | March 13, 2008 10:49 AM
14

I saw some piece on ABC's 20/20 many years ago about a teenage kid who had major anxiety and trauma issues. One day he went into the bathroom and then refused to come out. He stayed in there for months on end. His parents fed him meals through the doors.

Posted by dopesick | March 13, 2008 10:52 AM
15

Pics, thanks.


#5, the last parargraph mentions she moved around. #4 is right, though, she must have stopped doing this at some point.

Posted by w7ngman | March 13, 2008 11:03 AM
16

Better headline: "Scared Shitless"

Posted by DOUG. | March 13, 2008 11:29 AM
17

Oh, my word. I don’t know what to say except, parents, please don’t beat your kids.*

*UNLESS they deserve it. obvsly.

#16

scarred shitless.

Posted by bree | March 13, 2008 1:35 PM

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