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so uh yeah.....

waiting for the end of days in a hidden room in a farmhouse cellar in Holland....

 

A family who spent nine years on a farm "waiting for the end of time" have been discovered by police in the Netherlands after one of them turned up at a local pub, reports say.

A man of 58 and six young adults aged 18 to 25 were living at a farm in the province of Drenthe.

The family were found after the eldest of the children ordered beer at a bar in the nearby village of Ruinerwold.

He then told staff he needed help, broadcaster RTV Drenthe reported.

"We found six people living in a small space in the house which could be locked but wasn't a basement," police said in a statement late on Tuesday.

The older man has been arrested. According to the family, he is the father of the six children, say police. It was not clear whether they had been there voluntarily, police added. The eldest son was not there at the time, police told the BBC.

Local reports described the man as a handyman called Josef B, who was originally from Austria.

"I've never seen anything like it," local mayor Roger de Groot told reporters. He revealed that some of the family had not been registered locally and also indicated that the 58 year old was not the father.

The public broadcaster said that the family had been living in isolation waiting for the end of time.

Bar owner Chris Westerbeek described how a man had come in, ordered five beers and drunk them.

"Then I had a chat with him and he revealed he had run away and needed help... then we called the police," he said.

He added: "He had long hair, a dirty beard, wore old clothes and looked confused. He said he'd never been to school and hadn't been to the barber for nine years."

olice in Drenthe confirmed that a 58-year-old man had been arrested and was under investigation after refusing to co-operate.

"Yesterday someone reported to us [that they were] worried about the living conditions of people in a house in Buitenhuizerweg in #Ruinerwold," they wrote in a tweet. "We went there."

"We still have many unanswered questions," they said, adding that all scenarios were open and their investigation was fully under way.

The farmhouse and the surrounding grounds were cordoned off.

Some reports suggested the 58-year-old had suffered a stroke and had been confined to his bed.

It was unclear what had happened to the children's mother, although the mayor said she had died some time ago.

 

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20 minutes ago, AUS-97HORN said:

Bar owner Chris Westerbeek described how a man had come in, ordered five beers and drunk them.

"Then I had a chat with him and he revealed he had run away and needed help... then we called the police," he said.

Like a boss

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