First in The Independent: Mark Aaron Gatz, 65, is facing prison time in what one U.S. Forest Service officer described as ‘possibly one of the worst residential cases he has seen’
I’ve come into contact with a lot of rough sleepers through work, and many of them tend to be hoarders. But not hoarding useful things, just rotting crap they’ve found wherever, then it’s left out in the weather and infested with bugs, real nasty shit. I’ve had to clear up abandoned encampments and it is grim. I think maybe there’s something about not having a home that makes some people more inclined to surround themselves with stuff, they maybe find some sense of security in it. Of course, often it’s bottles of piss and dirty needles too.
I’ve come into contact with a lot of rough sleepers through work, and many of them tend to be hoarders. But not hoarding useful things, just rotting crap they’ve found wherever, then it’s left out in the weather and infested with bugs, real nasty shit. I’ve had to clear up abandoned encampments and it is grim. I think maybe there’s something about not having a home that makes some people more inclined to surround themselves with stuff, they maybe find some sense of security in it. Of course, often it’s bottles of piss and dirty needles too.