Supermarket Ignores Rotten Smell.. 10 Years Later, They Find an Employee's Body 

They were vindicated.

Yikes!

Having smelt a decomposing fox body once as a child I’d have recognised the smell.

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Well, I think it would be a better explanation for the store. From the consumer point of view it would be worse if they sold rotten food there or didn't clean the place properly. It's still pretty bad for the shop. I mean - how could they ignore the smell?

profits over people is sadly something very common.

A family dollar in a small town I used to live in did something similar. They were one of 2 stores in town, so people really didn't have a choice but to shop there, so they just left it, and the smell got worse and worse. After a dollar general opened up right across the street, they still ignored the problem and went out of business after a month. I don't understand why nobody fixed it for so long, it couldn't have been more expensive than losing literally all of your customers.

how was the health department NOT called about that.

​@@Revkorbelieve me, sometimes they are but they don't do anything about it or they flag you for something else and don't do a proper job. 😐

@@kennyferrick1240 weird. my old job was alsmost closed down because a co worker used the wrong clearing in our rotisserre machine. close the entire store was beign threatened.

@The Nasty Smells fishy to me. I would consider it potentially foul.

it's general knowledge that people in leader positions have on average a below 80 IQ

Welcome to business

They Mostlikly searched for it but like they said the gab wasnt knowen weird nobody looked down there in 7 years

Eh? What makes you think they never looked for the source? Obviously they wouldn't look in places where there isn't any food.

Exactly! It's not like the smell is *only* detectable when you on top of a freezer slacking off

Issue is, if they tell the management about the spot, management is likely to keep track of that spot in the future and then they'd lose their break area. There's no way to tell the management about the smell while still keeping the break area and so the employees chose the latter.

@@triopsate3 Tbh I wouldn't even be able to comfortably take a brake with a literal corpse under my nose

​@@ddnava96they could've not known there was a body even if they were using the area(I'm speaking for personal experience), dead raccoon that turned out to be under the floorboards despite me having gone under the floorboards multiple times to fix pipes and never finding the actual source until the whole entire floor was ripped out and being replaced. So for me, it's not that difficult for me to believe that it could've been like my situation (even if they were slacking off unlike me).

That's what I was thinking. It's pretty easy to make up a story. Someone must have seen the body. I bet the employees didn't like him, because he was crazy. They just couldn't bother. Just let him rot there. Pretty mean to his parents though who had to live without knowing what happened to him.

profits over people, moving the freezer would've costed precious time and money or the owners/managers....

@@winglessbat more money than closing the whole store down?! You don't THINK about the nonsense before you post do you?!

​@@ThePrufessasarcasm.

@Nestor__Makhno nobody here is being sarcastic. You're suffering from lack of reading comprehension skills. Aka dumbism.

@@Nestor__Makhno nobody is using sarcasm here. What are you talking about?!

Same thing happened at a Walmart I worked at, someone threw a package of salad behind one of the shelves it smelled horrible.

This is wild to me, I work for a different grocery chain as a manager. It is a bit more upscale, but even still, weird smells are something we would/have investigated thoroughly. We're constantly checking the shelves for safety and shopability. The grease trap in our prep kitchen sometimes starts to smell before it's scheduled cleaning and that's like an SOS nightmare for us.

Not everyone has seen/smelt a dead body. Wakes are not universal. If you don't know what the rotten smell is and your in a super market the rotten food makes most sense.

It seems like not everybody did, many didn't go back. Also, it's possible that the odor was contained to some degree based on its location.

I don't think most people would know what a rotting corpse smells like...

@@Emzo123i was thinking the same thing, makes me wonder how many dead bodies OP has smelled 😭

@@nikkipassick9962 you just need to smell it once. its a pretty unforgettable smell. my garage started smelling foul one day and it grew unbearable over the following couple days and no amounting of cleaning and spraying was making it better. turns out a possum had made its way into the wall and was stuck there until it died.

That makes sense. I'm guessing he didn't have the sense to scream for help while he was back there and the employees on the fridge were probably looking at their phones no paying attention. Shame on them if they noticed him there alive or not and were more worried about getting themselves in trouble than to say something.

@@IWantToPetYourDog If it was hypoglycemia he would've passed out and died not so long after getting stuck. The brain reacts to severe hypoglycemia by flooding you with adrenaline, but because your brain doesn't actually have the fuel it needs to opperate, you go really loopy too. And if you continue to not get your sugar up, then your brain runs completely out of fuel and shuts down

@@IWantToPetYourDog It was 2009, which im pretty sure was still right before mobile phones with fun apps and stuff became common and advanced enough to be used by regular working people.

@@UmatsuObossaWhelp, that helps explain things.

If true, he might have went into a coma.

Psychosis and wonder what is that I heard of cyber-psychosis in the Cyberpunk 2077 maybe it’s similar

@@BargerClanare you serious? you know what cyber-psychosis is but not the term it was based on?

@@purplepurina 😊

Seems like drugs. He has the munchies and is probably high.

​@justinchase6666 you don't have voices telling you to eat with the munchies and you tend to crave savoury food with the munchies

It's that simple.

I know the smell of a rotting corpse, believe me that it doesn’t smell anything like that, it is a smell you never forget. But if you never smelled it it could be what you are saying.

@@MosheBenChaimuhhh how do you know the smell of a rotting corpse

Finnaly someone asked the right question

​@@HorrorWorldxthere could be many reasons why, and none of them a cause for concern. Could be a loved one or person they found that way, or it could simply be a part of their job.

it was kind of a big store, and most of us got in and out as quick as possible. also that part of town in general just smelled bad, just not to that same extreme, so nose-blindness also came into play after a bit

​@@kinkyspidabootsDamn.

@@kinkyspidaboots No! The smell of something dead makes you physically gag. You can't help it.

theyre at fault for not listening

They likely regret that everyday, for the rest of their lives. But we shouldn't feel bad for them because they had an argument and fought before he disappeared. Ridiculous

@@k0t01d8she tried to get him help, but we all know how easy it is to speak without knowing. Get off your high-horse. You have no idea what it was like for them or what lack of resources they have, psychosis can be sudden. Most people don’t know what to do about it or have resources to help.

Apparently @k0t01d8 has never made a mistake a day in their lives. Probably because they're delusional, 12 or both.

Y’all are really blaming the parents for their psychotic son being found behind a fridge? They tried to get him help. He was also on drugs. Research the full story

thinking about this always freaks me out. so many missing people... i mean SO many and they HAVE to be just out there somewhere! insane to think about

Mount Everest is the number one spot

Have you ever heard of fossils? No? Don't look it up. You'll end straight up traumatized.

I know what they are. But imagine somewhere out in Alaska in some remote place a guy died taking a sh*t. Noone knows about it. He's stuck in that position forever until someone finds him years later. One of those situations.

@@chastityembick9181 Alaska...

Nobody deals with that. That's why I think some of it was made up.

The money it would've cost then to move the freezers and find the problem was not more than the money they lost by shutting the whole store down. So this excuse makes absolutely no sense.

@@ThePrufessa clearly you haven't worked for any corporations yet, the higher ups always make choices based on short-term consequences and will rarely stop to think about what if it doesn't work. Im studying HR and let me tell you the amount of times we're reminded of that...

Burning dollars to save pennies

Over what people? Literally no one was hurt and you know there is a dead body only bc you watched the video.

@@clementdato6328 bad smell in a store often means something is out of dste/broken, which means a health hazard for both costumers and workers :/

Crazy nobody will ever know how he died. Its scary. Had to be quick because he would of definitely called out for help once he heard the store reopening

Probably got electrocuted maybe

Maybe the freezers were too loud and he wasn't able to shout loudly when he was stuck and couldn't breath.

@@Shthophyckq My theory is he fell and lost consciousness and also started to bleed and got electrocuted because of the liquid/blood. Also, he was wet anyway cause he was outside in a heavy snowstorm, and those things can shock you from the backside.

Men have to be the punching bags of society yet again 🙄🙄🙄

You'd... Be surprised these days. You think something is so obvious until it really isn't. (Speaking from personal experience).

everyones on their phones

Maybe they weren't able to see anything for it being a possible dark spot

@@Lu-dm7rn that's possible, especially if he landed in a way that nothing shiny or reflective was showing

I'm sure they did. I think they probably didn't like the guy anyway. I bet he was hard to work with. He had mental issues, which would have annoyed people. They were probably happy he was there rotting away. It was their little secret.

I’m honestly disgusted with how some people are trying to shame the parents. It’s no one’s fault that he had schizophrenia.

@letsgoalready5515 or any other psychosis related affliction; there are so many factors and illnesses that play into this stuff it's sad. The parents don't deserve blame for the things they didn't do or didn't have control over. Now if home life was so bad they are primary cause of his psychosis, well, that's a bit different, but this stuff is usually a lot more complicated than "oh that's what did it" with the exception of extremes. Abusive home life, death, etc etc

As commented by someone above. He could have been in a diabetic episode and if he wasn't diagnosed, nobody would have known. Possibly explains the behavior and why he wasn't calling for help the next day (if diabetic, he could have slipped into a comma during the night and died).

The gap was pretty tight, it's not outside the relm of possibility that they didn't even consider it.

@@spankynater4242 At least they can consider rats or something else smaller than humans.

@@KhoiruunisaRF Yeah, but those things are pretty big, it would take a massive effort to move it to look for a dead mouse. Besides, nature on its own will take care of the remains eventualy.

@@spankynater4242 Eventually. Not fast enough to avoid the store shutting down

@@kenirainseeker539 It stayed open for 7 years after his disappearance, the smell would have been years gone by then.

Maybe there was too much darkness and with the smell, the place became much less popular.

The freezers are high up off the ground and the gap was extremely thin. Meaning that it was likely impossible to see down into the bottom. They most likely just thought it was some kind of animal or rotting food caught behind the freezer

​@@EggEnjoyer exactly, the freezers were twice his height. He would have been difficult to see even if he had miraculously fallen down there completely upright.

And an infestation of flies too

@@rachelhartland6192 Part of me thinks the whole thing was embellished (in terms of length of time)...

@@alanboody7004 me too

To be fair, he was behind a wall of freezers, and there probably wasn't a gap underneath them. So flies and magots might have not been able to get there.

There was a dead mouse in my closet and the smell was HORRIBLE, can only imagine a grown MAN!🤢

I'd take it. Most people would rather their loved one's death be confirmed than missing forever.

Yeah, I miss the BREW CREW!I miss seeing little Bean!

YEAH SAME

I was looking for that sprite 😞

@@janelle9998 Same 😭

a shame to be sure

But then what would their excuse be for not seeing him

​@@kenirainseeker539 you can miss things even if you looked, (Speaking in personal experience even though it wasn't the same exact scenario.)

The only problem if they start investigating they would discovered an employee slacking off there if no one notify everyone

I'm sure with how foul it was, one wouldn't have to be on top to smell it. I don't get why everyone that just walked by couldn't smell it...

Imagine having to fix one of those freezers.

I'm pretty sure that was made up. No way someone could be that close and just take a break with a smell like that.

I remember driving past that store and seeing the area taped off.

😬

Why isn't anyone expressing sympathy for Larry?

I'm guessing that maybe they didn't want to be blamed if there was something back there or in a scarier case they all knew what happened and kept it hush hush

Not their problem. The bosses could have hired someone to find the source of the smell, but didn't, even letting the store shut down.

they did investigate, they just hadnt found anything. the store itself when i went was just run down in general, we all assumed it was rotten food mixed with sewer fumes and bad building materials that caused it, and when we asked for clarification we were all shut down immediately

Considering there's a dead guy in this one, I think it's probably worse

​@@damoji5332 the Mexia Supermarket was a literal biohazard to the entire area surrounding it, people couldn't use their air conditioning because it was pulling the toxic gases emanating from the building into their homes. A HAZMAT team had to clean up the entire building themselves because so many rodents and insects had taken residence inside the building that burning or demolition was out of the question, the pests would need to be exterminated. The team said there were so many roaches, they were completely covering every single window on the building, the cloud of flies inside the building was so thick, you couldn't see your hand in front of your mask.

​@@damoji5332actually... Uhh, not when the entire store leaves everything to rot... Then it becomes an extreme biohazard.

@@HeadHunter697 The previous owners at least received some kind of fine, right?

There are types of coolers and freezers where most of the machinery is up on the roof and the refrigerant is just piped down into the banks of freezers / coolers. That type wouldn't have any warm or hot spots.

he was referencing the inside of the freezer

They found anything yet?

@@njajxvg I complained about the smell many times but they never gave a reason.

shut up

Yikes 😱

same

Yeah no kidding, those freezers way tons and could easily crush a person

HA! 🤣

@@franksavage8031Why you're laughing goofball.

​@@franksavage8031:/

Well, yea I suppose so

He just said 100 degrees I think? Could have been 100 degrees Celsius

he said 100 degrees fahrenheit

It's more likely they would not be on meds if they weren't already deteriorating mentally. Mental illness isn't static, it ebs and flows, and this guy's was likely on a downhill spiral.

I have been prescribed several different medications for depression. And unfortunately, sometimes the side effects just aren't worth continuing to take that medication until you see some kind of benefit. Currently I'm on what I think is the right medication and it keeps me calm and able to function. I always felt able to go to my doctor and say, sorry, this medication is not working, and they gave me the support and preparation I needed. Like telling me that withdrawing from a medication would make me feel sick, but that I would feel better once the new medication kicked in. So I stocked up on food and other things I thought I would need to get me through that. And yes, the part where I was withdrawing from one medication and then going onto another medication was rough. Sometimes I had to wait for the first medication to completely leave my body before starting on the new one. That was the worst! The stories about people having poor mental health after starting antidepressants are probably all true. But that doesn't mean that anti-depressants are universally bad, just that, like in my case, it can be a guessing game as to which one will work best. Currently the worst side-effect I'm experiencing is dry mouth. It's a lot more manageable (I drink more water and other fluids) than irritability, in other words I felt stressed and more prone to angry outbursts than usual. One time, I had an argument with a family member and walked out. That led to me asking the doctor if I could change to a different medication. They asked me why and when I told them about the side effects they agreed and switched me to something else. It could be that Larry got angry and had an argument with his parents in part because of the side effects of his medication. His sudden urge to leave could be a reaction to stress as a side effect. I really don't know. But what we can do is be more watchful for and aware of these sorts of side effects, which are the ones we definitely don't want.

"Noooo shut up, Big Pharma knows best, u gaiz!" -Some really weird people out in the world

its almost like every person's mental state is different and some antidepressants work with some people and other dont....

It’s more like it takes more than just medication usually it takes therapy too. Also it takes a lot of people years even decades to find the right medication and right dosage for their own personal needs.

He likely had hypoglycemia.

Why don't you look it up for yourself? (Or even like in my case experience it in person, only difference is that it was a raccoon that had been rotting for ages and I had become nose blind to the stench for a long while.) You'd be VERY surprised and it depends on the environment on top of this.

The holes where the eyes had been would still be there, so "staring into it's dead eyes" would still apply. NOT much of an exaggeration, to my mind.

Council Bluffs resident here I still have a photo of the body after it was found crazy nobody else mentions seeing it as the people that found him posted it on fb before anything else but yes it was mummified. More or less skin wrapped bones.

same

Me too bro 😪 🤧 😢 😞 😔 😕

Even The Intro was too scared of this story.