A new tenant discovered his 'creepy' flatmate was collecting hair to make a homemade pillow after he came across his 1lb stash.
Ben James, 34, from Chislehurst, London came across the pile of salt and peppered locks in the bathroom bin.
When he quizzed his housemate, the man in his 60s, said he was planning on making a homemade pillow from his hair and beard trimmings.
The hair weighed the same as a bag of sugar - and Ben described it as "something out of a horror film."
Ben said: "It was quite disturbing.
"Hair itself is quite light so for it to weigh that much really is quite remarkable.
"This is obviously a project he's had in the works for some time.
"The house wasn't in the best nick when I looked round but I desperately needed to find a place.
"I did notice my socks stick to the floor and the flat does give off the vibe it hasn't been cleaned in 15 years.
"But I would never have imagined finding something like this.
"When he got home I asked what it was all for and he just calmly said 'I'm planning to make a pillow'.
"Whether that's going to be for his own room or for the living room I'm not quite sure.
"I didn't want to probe him too much to save embarrassment but it really is quite creepy.
"I haven't seen anything quite like that before.
"It's just like something out of a horror film."
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