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Officials in Bellaire, Ohio were forced to cut a hole through the wall of a local man’s house on Sunday to help free him from a chair he had been sitting in for two years. The 43-year-old later died in hospital, according to ABC News

. Can you guess what would cause your body to be fused to a chair? The answer is not for the squeamish — urine and feces.

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Now here is the problem with this whole situation — stories about obese people becoming trapped or stuck are not out of the ordinary. But the man’s roommates only called for an ambulance because he was found unconscious, and you know, not because he sat in the same place without moving for two whole years. Slow clap for the roommates.

Here are two sentences that will be seared into your brain for the next 24 hours, courtesy of ABC News

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When firefighters arrived, they discovered that the man’s skin was stuck to the chair with urine and feces. Maggots were visible, according to local reports.

The house was in such bad condition that some members of the police force threw away their uniforms, with one officer stating that he had never seen anything like it.

Apparently the landlord had, as she remain unfazed — and said she didn’t really notice anything out of the ordinary because he was always draped in a blanket. Because blankets are shields against horrible smells.

Sadly, this is not the first time someone has occupied a chair of sorts for an extended period of time without living alone. In 2008, one woman sat on her boyfriend’s toilet for two years

. She had to be taken to hospital, toilet seat and all, after medical officials pried it off with a crowbar. The boyfriend was later found guilty of mistreatment.