Hundreds of Flies Seen Inside Home, Then Neighbor's Worst Fears Confirmed
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What began as a routine dog-sitting trip quickly turned into a scene of horror for 25-year-old Scott from Canada.
When Scott, who didn't share his surname, arrived at his father's home he was stunned to be greeted by hundreds of flies swarming inside the house.
Scott had arrived at the house around 7 p.m. Friday evening, expecting a quiet weekend with his dad's dog. But as he moved through the house, he noticed clusters of flies—first near the back door, then in the bathroom, where the buzzing was deafening and the walls were crawling.
Pictures of the flies in the window of the home.
Pictures of the flies in the window of the home.
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"I didn't notice the flies in the window at first I walked in there was a couple flying around and didn't think much of it," Scott told Newsweek. "I went to the bathroom to take a leak, the light was on and the door was slightly cracked I opened it and saw at least 800 flies on the ceiling, walls and lights.
"I shut the door to keep them trapped and grabbed the dog and put him in the garage while I went to the store to get bug spray."
The source of the infestation? While Newsweek couldn't verify the details, according to Scott, his father's neighbor had suffered a fatal heart attack while working on his car outside Thursday morning. The body wasn't discovered until Friday afternoon, just hours before Scott arrived.
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"When I noticed the flies at the window I texted my dad If he knew about this, but he didn't," Scott said.
But a little while later, his dad discovered what had happened and cleared up the mystery: "He informed me that his neighbor had passed sometime Thursday night or Friday morning outside working on his car.
"He wasn't discovered for almost 14 hours and said his body was removed shortly before I arrived."
While cases of bodies not being immediately found after death are tragic, they aren't rare. According to the U.S. Department of Justice's National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs), approximately 4,400 unidentified bodies are recovered annually, and about 1,000 remain unidentified after one year.
These figures underscore how often individuals can die without being immediately discovered, particularly if they are isolated or living alone, and how slow the identification process can be in the absence of next-of-kin or clear records.
"I'm assuming the neighbor started to decompose as it's the middle of summer and attracted flies and they made there way into my dad house after the body was removed," Scott said.
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