Gordon Stewart was said to have been collecting trash for at least a decade. The rooms in his house were so full of junk that he'd constructed a network of tunnels to get from one room to the other. He was found dead in on January 2, 2009. Police suspect he may have gotten lost and disoriented inside the maze he'd created and died of dehydration.Daily Mail: Loner... Dies 'After Getting Lost..." (January 7, 2009)

The odor of rotting garbage was reportedly so strong that the police needed breathing apparatus to enter the home. A special rescue and recovery team crawled around inside the tunnels until they located Mr. Stewart's body.

• The Sun: Human Mole Gordon Stewart Dies of Thirst... (January 7, 2009)

"He was slightly eccentric, but very clever. He was just a collector. He came home with a load of cardboard boxes and lived in his own world."Daily Mail: Loner Who Built Network of Tunnels... Dies 'After Getting Lost in Labyrinth' (January 7, 2009)

"“It’s very sad. It sounds like he died in an awful way. The Environmental Health people knew about the state of his home but I guess because he paid his bills and didn’t break the law they just left him alone.”"

• The Sun: Human Mole Gordon Stewart Dies of Thirst ... Lost in His Own Tunnels of Trash (January 7, 2009)