So I was sitting back, enjoying my Idol tonight when Frank Summerville dropped in during a commercial break to give me the lowdown on the hottest stories during the 10 O'clock News. I wasn't paying too much attention until he said the words "Piedmont" and "mummy" in the same sentence. I looked up immediately.
So there's this really nice corner house in Piedmont, CA. None of the neighbors know the inhabitants. In fact, they reported that lights have not been on for over five years and they've never seen anyone in and out of the place. So a neighbor called the city and let them know something may be suspicious so a welfare worker scheduled a stop. No one answered the door, so the police were called. When they got into the house, they found a preserved body. Yeah, a freakin' MUMMY. According to the police chief, the body has been in a preservation status for a "very long time".
WAIT, WHAT???
OK, so at this point, I have a few questions. The telecast answered them all- but leaving this story still wide open and extra juicy. For example, the house looked entirely intact. No newspapers piling up the front door and all the bills were paid on time. If the owner (old lady who is believed to be the mummy) was in fact dead for at least five years, who did all the upkeeping? You ready for this? Her daughter.
Her daughter lived in a cottage just behind the house. She took care of all the property bills and paid a maid to upkeep the home and mow the lawn and trim the bushes.
WAIT, WHAT???
So this maid stepped OVER a mummy after walking in through the front door every day for the last 5+ years? This creepy ass daughter KNEW her mom was dead in her own home in a mummified state? And just kept living life? No one noticed a stench for the last few years?
I feel for their neighbors. I really do. If I were them, I'd be sitting in the shower. For hours. Like the Crying Game.
