Dutch family 'waiting for end of time' found in secret room - BBC News
Dutch
police have discovered afamily
who spent nearly a decade hidden away on a remote farm apparentlywaiting
for the end oftime
a father and his five adult children werefound
after his eldest son turned up in a local town the children were aged between 18 and 25 none of their birds had been registered with more details here's the BBC's Sylvia Lennon's fence the flat endless countryside of theDutch
province of treinta a secluded farmhouse hidden away behind trees and bushes noone was really sure who lived here or what went on inside these walls it was all a mystery until a young man walked into a local pub drank five beers and asked for help here each provide a bleak heart done I could immediately see he was confused he had long hair and a dirty beard and dirty old clothes it didn't make sense when police arrived they
found
his father and four siblings living in a small space in the house that could be locked and it wasn't known if they were there voluntarilythey'd been there apparently alone for years surviving on homegrown vegetables and livestock it's not clear if any of the children had ever gone to school or even knew that other people existed officers wouldn't confirm speculation the
family
werewaiting
for the end oftime
a dementia in the morning what a deputies did part of our investigation is to find out what the people were doing there are still many questions to which we have no answer a man has been arrested althoughit's not believed he's the father the local mayor said the children's mother died some