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>> its a bunch of old cottages that get converted into homes. kind of in the middle of nowhere. >> not much is known about the previous owner. but for schaeffer the price is right even though the house appears to be in shambles. >> ive seen people save things and collect things. but i think in this case, the individual was cleaning the neighborhood, so to speak. >> armed with a video camera to document the scene, schaeffer visits his new property with a friend, david lang, and langs neighbor rya...

More than $636,000 in restitution to the humane societies and are barred from contact with cats. for the humane society, another shocking case of animal hoarding. this time in gordon, alabama. more than 200 animals are rescued from deplorable conditions. >> a relatively large property. i think it was 20-something acres and there were a number of homes on the property. a number of folks living on the property. but each of these folks had upwards of ten animals in their particular living situati...

You could break your wrist. and it wasnt just that area, it was throughout the entire bottom floor. >> in the basement busted water pipes create a stagnant pool of sludge. >> they had no heat. and as a result the pipes broke. we were wearing boots above the knees to get through that stuff because the paper and all the stuff, the clothing and things was absolutely disgusting. >> for 13 days the team digs their way through the rotting garbage, hardened candle wax and stacks of debris. in total the...

>> no way, shape or form was it livable. >> if you have an entire house amassed with stuff from wall to wall, where do you even begin? what a lot of times happens is they sort of throw their hands up. they feel very beaten down, they feel very hopeless and overwhelmed, both anxious and depressed. >> this is hoarding. >> the removal of clothes and debris takes schaeffer one month to complete. >> i filled up four 30-yard dumpsters. and i think i filled over 500 garbage bags to the top, the biggest...

>> to an outsider, the solution seems easy, clean it up. but with a hoarder, its just not that simple. >> you dont move stuff. she would be very hurt, first of all, shed be angry, shed be hurt at the disrespect to her and her things. shed be ashamed. it would be kind of like her worst fears coming true right then and there. it would just make the problem worse because it would make her more defensive of everything else. and would make her fight harder to keep it. >> dr. morrison has not treated ...

And they were stacked up and spoons and forks and pots and pans that were used and not washed. >> at one point during the survey lang loses sight of his friend rick. >> where are you at? >> over here, fella! >> we didnt see him back there at first. he was standing where the kitchen table would have been. or probably i think the kitchen table was actually under all this stuff. it was up to the ceiling. ive never seen anything like that before. >> lets move on to the living room. >> i think the wo...

Of my own away and purging my own belongings. stuff i probably would have liked to have kept. and kind of like there has to be other people out here. there has to be someone whos talking about this. >> jessica finds great comfort online. shes an active member of the not for profit organization children of hoarders and corresponds with others for support. >> even just reading about other peoples experiencing, what theyre experiencing and if i cant relate, offering my own support. you know, you ca...

Locked it. im sure if you opened it up, it would all fall out. >> looked like stuff youd find digging through the garbage. >> there was a note in there saying this is my stuff. do not take it. its not garbage. this is my stuff. >> with the camera still rolling the group heads into the neglected home to assess the damage. >> different places in the house had different things. when you initially walked into the house, it was a breezeway between the garage and the actual main house. that area had j...

Strewn all throughout the property. the residents from the main one was just filled with all sort of stuff. it was sort of a little trail to go through the trailer. very strong odor in there of urine and feces. the animals that lived in the trailer were sort of climbing over piles of debris. the dogs were heartworm positive. many of them had heartworm that had advanced to such a severe stage that they were suffering from heart failure at that point. >> a team of more than 20 people examines and ...

And you could break your wrist. it wasnt just that area. it was throughout the entire bottom floor. >> in the basement, busted water pipes create a stagnant pool of sludge. >> they had no heat. and as a result the pipes broke. >> we were wearing boots above the knees to get through that stuff because the paper and all the stuff, the clothing and things are absolutely disgusting. >> for 13 days, the team digs their way through the rotting garbage. hardened candle wax and stack of debris. in total...