Dutch family 'waiting for end of time' found in secret room - BBC News

Dutch police have discovered a

family

that spent nearly a decade hiding on a remote farmhouse apparently

waiting

for the end of

time

. A father and his five adult children were

found

after his eldest child turned up in a local town. The children were between 18 and 18 years old. 25 none of his birds had been recorded in any more detail here is the fence from bbc sylvia lennon the flat endless countryside of thirties provincial

dutch

a secluded farmhouse hidden behind trees and bushes no one 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 called for help here, each one providing a grim heart.

I could immediately see that he was confused, he had long hair and a dirty beard and dirty old clothes. It doesn't make sense when the police arrived, they

found

his father and four brothers living in a small space in the house that could be locked and it was not known if they were there voluntarily, they had been there once. alone as a father for years surviving on vegetables and homegrown livestock it is unclear if any of the children had ever been to school or knew other people existed officials did not confirm speculation the

family

was

waiting

for the end of the

time

s a dementia in the morning what the deputies did part of our investigation is to find out what people were doing there are still many questions for which we have no answer a man has been arrested although he is not believed to be the father the local mayor said that the mother of the children died some time ago the family had been taken to an undisclosed location and according to the police they are being given all care and attention, perhaps in the coming days and weeks the truth will be told about his strange hidden life waiting for the world to end.

Sylvia Lenin Spence BBC News