Full soundtrack by Ryan Probert can be found here: kzread.info/dash/bejne/qqCjyJiBc7i_gtY.html Notable Sources: “Sir Alfred Mehran of Charles de Gaulle Airport” (2000 film by Fictionville): kzread.info/dash/bejne/oJuCspqTftjafrw.html “Here to Where” (2001 film by Paul Berczeller): www.berczeller.com/?project=here-to-where “The Terminal Man” book: www.amazon.com/Terminal-Man-Alfred-Merhan-2004-09-06/dp/B01FKSUYYI/ref=sr_1_2?dchild=1&keywords=terminal+man+sir+alfred&qid=1592835856&sr=8-2 “The 15 Year Layover” by Michael Paterniti: www.gq.com/story/merhan-nasseri-charles-de-gaulle-stuck “The Man Who Lost His Past” by Paul Berczeller: www.theguardian.com/film/2004/sep/06/features.features11 “Sad Case of ‘Sir Alfred’...” by Lara Marlowe: www.irishtimes.com/news/sad-case-of-sir-alfred-who-has-tied-himself-to-an-airport-s-apron-strings-1.238081 “Waiting For Spielberg” by Matthew Rose: www.nytimes.com/2003/09/21/magazine/waiting-for-spielberg.html Review/Synopsis of “The Terminal Man” by Stuart Wavell: www.thetimes.co.uk/article/memoir-the-terminal-man-by-sir-alfred-mehran-sxhvrht3wzt “Man in a suitcase” by Richard Johnson: www.thetimes.co.uk/article/man-in-a-suitcase-hes-the-latest-movie-star-a-squatter-who-has-lived-in-a-french-airport-for-more-than-14-years-p5dtr9zksv8 Hassan Al Kontar’s Twitter: twitter.com/Kontar81 (Stock clips provided by FreeStockVids.com, Shoot First Productions, BULLAKI, Crump Stock Footage )

@davraheal6606

3 жыл бұрын

Defo happy you backbya vids are amazing:)

@iSyriux

3 жыл бұрын

Oh I'm such a fan of your channel. I've been watching since you released the video about the eggplant japanese guy. You have such a calming and soothing voice, I look forward to more uploads!

@therogueserafim271

3 жыл бұрын

Big fan here. Good to see (hear?) you're doing fine in this times of general distress.

@DieEineMieze

3 жыл бұрын

@Atrocity Guide Thanks cutie

@davedogge2280

3 жыл бұрын

Couldn't they just do a DNA test with the mother in Scotland ? having a Scottish mother would have made him eligible for entry into the UK. He was no spring chicken and I wonder if his mother died during his long stay at the airport though. What an absolute mess. I hope he's ok right now.

Trauma probably broke this guy so that by the time he was legally prepared to leave, he was no longer psychologically prepared to.

@kimlec3592

3 жыл бұрын

He'd been through something for sure.

@PankajDoharey

3 жыл бұрын

Possible, if the rumours of buying his story were true, he had a lot of money to leave the airport, even buy the visa/citizenship of the country he wanted to go to.

@dentonbroadway1414

3 жыл бұрын

That’s literally what they said in the video good job

@AdnanKauser

3 жыл бұрын

Morgan Freeman: He had become... institutionalised.

@dreac6241

3 жыл бұрын

@@AdnanKauser 😂😂

Airports are liminal spaces, time does not exist there. There is something surreal and unsettling about them. Being inside one for such an extended period of time would definitely do some things to your head.

@PaulRudd1941

3 жыл бұрын

I read this in Nick Crowley's voice.

@atlantic_love

3 жыл бұрын

@@PaulRudd1941 Who cares?

@PaulRudd1941

3 жыл бұрын

@@atlantic_love account sharing goof.

@hkmma6543

3 жыл бұрын

@@PaulRudd1941 You can tell Kristy got this man by the balls when he don’t even make his own account 😂

@tarkatheotter6977

3 жыл бұрын

It reminds me of a long stay in hospital when my daughter was born. I stayed in a unit next to the neonatal ward, her father did too though he would leave for work. It was like living in a bubble, everything I needed was there, cashpoint, post box, shops, hairdresser, cafes and restaurants. I lost track of the outside world, made freinds with staff, patients would come and then go. I remember a feeling of intense anxiety when it came to leaving. I can see how someone could become mentally stuck.

“Mehran Karimi Nasseri died after a heart attack in the airport's Terminal 2F around midday, according an official with the Paris airport authority. Police and a medical team treated him but were not able to save him, the official said. “ Rest In Peace 😔

@yoshtg

Жыл бұрын

HIS NAME WAS "Sir Alfred Mehran" if you really want him to rest in peace then at least get his name CORRECTLY

@Entropy106

Жыл бұрын

He will always be in terminal 2F❤️

@Luton-Mick

Жыл бұрын

I pray his soul got to finally leave, that would be worse than Hell stuck in CDG for eternity.

@edrisroots1172

Жыл бұрын

THE FUCK WITH HIM

@cryptogenie01

Жыл бұрын

Also I'm thinking how he entered and fled to Spain without a passport It's a strange thing he had no documents even from iran?? and its also very sad that people alienated him and pushed him to depression and loneliness 🥹

18 years in an airport? Imagine going outside and seeing how the world has greatly changed. I don't think my mind could handle it.

@ahmedzakikhan7639

Жыл бұрын

He could see people using smart phones and internet.

@kwaitefuni9152

Жыл бұрын

@@ahmedzakikhan7639 yeah, but still. Imagine all the new infrastructure, buildings, and people

@ahmedzakikhan7639

Жыл бұрын

@@kwaitefuni9152 He probably didn't bother. If he did , he would have wanted to leave. He lived in his own world.

@kwaitefuni9152

Жыл бұрын

@@ahmedzakikhan7639 true

@ggurks

10 ай бұрын

@@kwaitefuni9152 Infrastructure and buildings didn't change that much in those 18 years, and neither did people. Small things changed, but we don't live in revolutionary times with big changes

There are prisoners who spend so long in prison they become institutionalized, unable to function in normal society where they have real freedom. I think this man is sort of the same way. He might've been afraid to leave, afraid of the world outside. In the airport he was safe, warm, dry, had people looking out for him, no bills to worry about, etc. Everything was more or less taken care of.

@pauljerome01

3 жыл бұрын

Yep an endless loop, its quite as sad really

@EmilySucksAtGaming

3 жыл бұрын

That's definitely what I was thinking, I feel so sad for him

@NA-AN

3 жыл бұрын

Well fuckaroo why aren't we trying to fix this problem?

@hamishfox

3 жыл бұрын

Yeah, learned helplessness. I wouldn't be surprised if he is a bit schizophrenic too.

@MrCaptainTea

3 жыл бұрын

Exactly. You hit the nail on the head.

So the man lost his mind after 10 years of living inside a airport? With no home no nothing? Who the hell wouldn’t?

@raisa_cherry33

3 жыл бұрын

😔

@Bugsfuckingbunny

3 жыл бұрын

bd

@godsamongmen8003

3 жыл бұрын

I'm betting he was mentally ill to begin with, but this didn't help.

@nutzhazel

3 жыл бұрын

All the loneliness..can't imagine how he live his life without a family, home or a country. No wonder he is inventing a new character of himself..

@willflint46

3 жыл бұрын

18

That picture of him looking at “The Terminal” movie poster is very impactful.

Sir Alfred passed away two days ago in Terminal 2F of Charles de Gaulle international airport in Paris at the age of 77.Rest in peace Sir Alfred.

The most remarkable aspect of this story is surviving 18 years off McDonald's

@TheSpeedfreak665

3 жыл бұрын

Yeah but the lump growth on his head lead's to questions over his is Diet. 🤨

@stevendiaz2257

3 жыл бұрын

bopp9 There’s this thing going around with the supposed claim of human meat in American McDonalds as well as horse meat. Man you europeans are lucky.

@ken-yo2hz

3 жыл бұрын

Steven Diaz American food regulations are honestly scary.

@drumboarder1

3 жыл бұрын

@bopp9 yeah same here in aus, I'm curious about in n out and so on but.. I don't trust their foods

@TheSpeedfreak665

3 жыл бұрын

@bopp9 But it doesn't mean and a balanced diet.

Honestly, despite this being a sad story, if you think about it the airport is the best place to spend time homeless honestly. Air conditioned, not exposed to the elements. Nobody questions you sleeping. There's bathrooms and it's not weird to brush your teeth.

@ShawnJonesHellion

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah the TV set it sounds true I should go check it out

@Pleasestoptalkingthanks

2 жыл бұрын

I’d take my chances outside tbh. People irritate me.

@Verdoyant933

2 жыл бұрын

@@Pleasestoptalkingthanks Try being homeless first

@tehrage4044

2 жыл бұрын

The only thing is that you can't get some quality sleep.

@byungcho9145

2 жыл бұрын

I slep at the airport in Bangkok for three nights when I was running low on funds. COMFORTABLE !!@@!@

Kudos to people who helped him in the airport

It really does make sense as to why he didn't want to leave. He came in in a vulnerable mental state, his situation lead to people pouring love on him so he latched onto that and, as he said, it became his home. He didn't know anything else for 11 years. Leaving would've meant losing everything and everyone he had

@atlantic_love

3 жыл бұрын

Beautifully said.

@derekbelhumeur6383

3 жыл бұрын

Probably had something to do with the huge growth on his head. Maybe it made him delusional?

@desratlinda8639

3 жыл бұрын

YES..exactly!

@GGT950

3 жыл бұрын

@Sean Livingston Excellent point. Hopefully he’s Sir Alfred knocking around in Paris somewhere. Certainly had plenty of money by the time he left the airport

@troodon1096

2 жыл бұрын

The abandonment of his life seems to have been almost entirely his own doing. Before he even arrived in France he likely decided he wanted to leave his life behind. Whether his initial stranding in the airport was his own doing or an accident of circumstance is debatable, but it's clear at one point he decided he would actively resist any avenue of action that would allow him to leave, and that he intentionally sabotaged processes that could have gotten him out of there sooner, not just sooner than 2006, but sooner than 1999.

Here’s the thing. France and Belgium offered him residency but he declined because the papers listed him as Iranian and not British.

@anaphylacticpete5788

3 жыл бұрын

If I was held captive and tortured for a decent while because someone who rules the country didnt like what I might have said, I'd probably do the same.

@joseislanio8910

3 жыл бұрын

@@anaphylacticpete5788 well, the thing is nothing of that happened to him

@vaevictus4637

3 жыл бұрын

Yes, this was mentioned in the video.

@poorcollectibles4827

3 жыл бұрын

He had a safe space...free room...free water...no bills...he loved it there and he wasnt leaving. Like he said..."I am home". He knew what he was doing. He was happy there and he wasnt leaving. He had his safe space living in an airport. Why go out in the real world to pay bills and loose all his money. Why get a job when he could live there and do anything he wanted...yup...he loved it there. He was happy there.

@BuddhaBless328

3 жыл бұрын

@@anaphylacticpete5788 It's been confirmed that he made the stuff about the torture and his parentage up.

There's something about the choices he made and the way he changed into Sir Alfred that makes complete sense. As is said in the video, for years, he saw other people return back to their home and reach their destinations, while feeling that he had none or that it was taken away from him. It's a sort of emotional torture that he had to go through, or that he put himself through. The easiest way to resolve this unbearable situation was to adopt a new identity, one in which he was in charge of things, special and at home. He fulfilled a series of basic emotional needs, all by making this change of identity. After all, he did try to get to his destination again when he had first saved up enough money and was refused again. After that, he settled in the only place where he knew he belonged. It makes total sense to me.

@deadlykam

2 жыл бұрын

Those are some really good points you make. In the end probably due to his emotion he had to adopt.

@PurgPurg

2 жыл бұрын

How was it taken away from him though? The story about his biological mother is a lie. He knew who his real family was the whole time. He never had an identity taken away.

@crystalnero1877

2 жыл бұрын

Read wiki about him. He was given citizenship by France and England both but he refused them as he wanted to become british. The stupidity of him is beyond comprehension. Would rather live in airport or in place where you wanna go under supervision.

@rigvedrane

Жыл бұрын

@@crystalnero1877 if he accepted England's citizenship, doesn't that make him British?

@amuroray9115

Жыл бұрын

@@crystalnero1877 he’s clearly not mentally stable.

Attempts were then made to have new documents issued from Belgium, but the authorities there would do so only if Nasseri presented himself in person. In 1995, the Belgian authorities granted permission for him to travel to Belgium, but only if he agreed to live there under supervision of a social worker. Nasseri refused this on the grounds of wanting to enter the UK as originally intended. Both France and Belgium offered Nasseri residency, but Nasseri refused to sign the papers as they listed him as being Iranian (rather than British) and did not show his preferred name, "Sir Alfred Mehran". His refusal to sign the documents was much to the frustration of his lawyer, Bourget. When contacted about Nasseri's situation, his family stated that they believed he was living the life he wanted

@Pedram_Aphotic

Жыл бұрын

think about it this way... that how horribly Iran, my country has turned into a hellhole under mullah's regime(with the help of the west) that a man will not budge living for 18 years in limbo but wont return to hell.

@tomasviane3844

3 ай бұрын

That could be a perfect summary of the whole situation. He def did not seem like a desperate person. A desperate person would make a big show to attract attention. He just settled into the situation and found it comfortable.

The day France told Alfred he can't smoke inside anymore, he left the building.

@doeeyes2

3 жыл бұрын

Nice 👌

@tejasness

3 жыл бұрын

🤣🤣🤣

@thrillcollectors

3 жыл бұрын

Exactly what I was thinking

@barcaarticle7592

3 жыл бұрын

😅😅😅😅😅😅😄😄😄😄

@qdgamer7183

2 жыл бұрын

Hahahaha

Incredible how the mind can hold one hostage, in this case both psychologically and physically.

@TheAoalec14

3 жыл бұрын

Z

@jasonblahafitness6349

3 жыл бұрын

Nah, just another freeloader who wanted to move to the US, Sweden or the U.K., where there is plentiful welfare and he could live without working just like he did in the airport. No empathy.

@onicma8151

3 жыл бұрын

Incredible how without my glasses your profile picture looked like Johnny Bravo to me.

@d.flipot4049

3 жыл бұрын

@@jasonblahafitness6349 you forget the part that he have plenty of money to live good were he wanted but he choose to live in airport that isn't a decision of someone who is ok mentally.

@NOOBHAMMER3000

3 жыл бұрын

@@jasonblahafitness6349 lmao, you're a pathological liar and complete douchebag. Take your loser opinion elsewhere. www.quora.com/Who-is-Jason-Blaha-and-why-do-so-many-people-rag-on-him

that would actually blow my mind if i left for a plane flight seeing this man waiting for a flight, only to come back from my week long trip to see this dude still waiting.

He got caught in the middle of a loop, and it wasn't too bad, so he forged a new identity 'cause the other one was awful, and lived as best as he could from that point forward. There's a lot of people in that same situation.

@ToThoseWhoVanished

2 жыл бұрын

In other words madness can be created to escape reality.

@HittokiriBattousai17

2 жыл бұрын

@@ToThoseWhoVanished Madness IS a escape from reality, but, in his case, it became reality. It was not just madness but sheer will that kept him in the airport. My point is: Sir Alfred was the better version of himself.

@ToThoseWhoVanished

2 жыл бұрын

@@HittokiriBattousai17 a false version tho. We can live our fantasy and still not be a part of it. That's what this is about.

The fact that nobody kept in contact with him after and was quickly forgotten about proves why he probably never wanted to leave.

@into.the.wood.chipper.

3 жыл бұрын

I knew someone like this. A man, an animator. He was peculiar but talented and became famous for his smallscale sculptures and films. He lived his entire life in his head and rarely left the house he inherited from his dad. When he died of pneumonia complications, his work was moved to museums- something that he could never seem to coordinate while he was alive. I was fortunate to make the wax mixture that held his creations together while they were being restored.That would turn out to be a last goodbye. It is not known what caused the pneumonia, but I think it was his beloved clay that he gave so much life to. What cruel irony...

@piranhaplantX

3 жыл бұрын

@@into.the.wood.chipper. yeah, I've learned to be a bit more cautious when dealing with anything that can give off particularly fine particles. If you're breathing that stuff in too often, you're just rolling the dice. I've had a nasty case of pneumonia before and it wasn't fun.

@santiagocortez9554

3 жыл бұрын

@@into.the.wood.chipper. clay is wet and it's probably the catalyst to bacteria that causes his illness

@noheader

3 жыл бұрын

if you had watched the whole thing you would have learned his family came for him and he denied he knew who they were, basically because he is a pathological liar

@BobBob-pr4eh

3 жыл бұрын

Every story has an end.

The authorities that allowed him to live there for 18 years are equally nuts.

@alexamani2537

3 жыл бұрын

👏🏻👏🏻🤣🤣

@kittycake1294

3 жыл бұрын

It says in the beginning that his residence in the airport doesn’t violate any laws.

@rabiileomar7395

3 жыл бұрын

May be it was social experiment and he was paid along the way lol One thing for certain he was not mental or stupid.

@jordanabeaulieu2530

3 жыл бұрын

@@kittycake1294 I was thinking that what if a bunch of homeless people started to do the same, I bet they would change the law!

@themandalorian7352

3 жыл бұрын

@@jordanabeaulieu2530 I didn't watch the whole thing. Does he have family, where does his money come from? It seems like the poor old man has mental problem. But I'm not sure if this is a more morale solution than getting him to a psychic ward.

Courts should have declared him insane once he refused to accept his papers. The state would have become legally responsible for him and he would have been deported. This is/was bureaucratic madness.

Rest in peace Mehran, returned to the terminal a couple weeks ago. Almost like he knew he was gonna pass, and died tonight. Rest easy, hope the next life will treat you better❤

To be honest, as someone with depression, I get it. It seems unlikely to me that he wanted fame, as much as understanding that entertaining celebrity would be the cost of staying indefinitely. You can really feel the annoyance at the people who want to help him leave, because in that context, it's easy to perceive it as "they're really not helping, they're just trying to feel better." Sir Alfred found a way to eke out an existence in a place without a home and without family or friends. The sheer dread and lack of motivation for daily life makes this situation really tempting. He could fully withdraw from society without dying on the street. That would be *incredibly* difficult for me to give up, frankly.

I had no idea he willingly stayed after Getting his papers back. He definitely was lost in a fantasy he created and staying in the airport kept the fantasy legitimate.

@thepuppethead1188

3 жыл бұрын

I don't think it's a "fantasy" per se,he was obviously mentally ill

@subhazard4297

3 жыл бұрын

@@thepuppethead1188 Yeah I imagine spending a shitload of time in an airport like that can shatter the mind.

@Crabbadabba

3 жыл бұрын

The Puppet Head I think he might have found his "zen", in some kind of way.

@undergroundvideos1732

3 жыл бұрын

@@Crabbadabba yeah man, thats strange, have you ever had to wait like 4 hrs for your plane? How fucking boring is that. Nów imagine spending 18 years there XD thats so fucked up it makes me laugh

@ginxxxxx

3 жыл бұрын

@@undergroundvideos1732 he had his pipe and books

The mind is a fragile thing. It can break in strange and unpredictable ways, but more importantly, it can survive incredible things, sometimes by breaking.

@SomberYeti

3 жыл бұрын

I wouldn't call that survival

He’s a lot more relatable than we can imagine. When coming face to face with the world all you see is other people minding their own business & going to different places. Only difference is that he was in one spot for a chunk of his life.

RIP Mehran Karimi Nasseri. It wasn't a happy ending, as he expected.

This made a more interesting story than the Spielberg movie.

@ricksanchez5841

3 жыл бұрын

@@HelenGPitts fuck u bot

@averagebritishguy7082

3 жыл бұрын

@@HelenGPitts So is this a bot or what?

@agnusdei3575

3 жыл бұрын

ya spielberg aint much of a storyteller, cant name a film of his i actually liked and wasnt normie pandering garbage

@ChampionPlagueNexus

3 жыл бұрын

@@HelenGPitts tell me more, bot.

@airborne101st45

3 жыл бұрын

@@agnusdei3575 leave it to a fucking weeb to call Spielberg's movies "normie pandering garbage". That's some nasty cringe

As someone who has worked in an international airport for over 5 years: there are a BUNCH of people in situations similar to this one out there right now. It’s actually very common.

@limeadel303

3 жыл бұрын

Daniel Rocha Wait? Seriously? Is there anybody else with publicity right now that’s still stuck in an airport? Even if theirs only a handful of people stuck that’s way too many, somebody needs to be assigned to this sort of stuff

@angelwings1979

3 жыл бұрын

Daniel Rocha I've luckily never been in a situation like this but it seems like a big airport would offer the best quality of life over so many other choices.

@ratboygirl

3 жыл бұрын

@@limeadel303 it's not the exact same situation, but wei jianguo has been living in the beijing capital airport for like 12 years now because he had a fight with his wife and decided he just wouldn't go back. denis luiz de souza has been in sao paulo guarulhos airport for 20 years(?) because he had a poor home life and found the airport to be a safe place. these sorts of situations happen often, but not to THIS extent. people take refuge in airports quite a lot

@9razzler9

3 жыл бұрын

@@angelwings1979 yeah but how long will you last without money?

@vengiger9311

3 жыл бұрын

i would imagine at least some people passing by would give money, or if talking to them and realizing the struggle, provide small help

I feel bad for him and I wish he's okay now, though something tells me that he's beyond saving. Genuinely frightened that I can relate and understand how he feels and refusing to move on ..

@fanfan54old

Жыл бұрын

He reportedly went back to the airport, by itself I guess, a few weeks / months ago, and he died recently, at the airport... The same airport... I heard about it in the news today, never heard of his story before... sad 😕

@fanfan54old

Жыл бұрын

The Terminal 1 (where he was?) has been closed for years, due to the pandemic I think (less traffic...), and for works. I think he couldn't go back to the terminal 1, I'm not sure if it has reopened or not... Only the newer terminals 2 and 3 were still open

What a story... 18 years! RIP Mehran Karimi Nasseri

I don't see how people don't understand how incredibly frightening the outside world must feel to someone who has been stuck in a place for so long. By the time he was able to leave, he had created a safe haven in his mind where he was comfortable. I wouldn't have left either. I used to live in my mind to deal with certain things in my life, and have slowly managed to come out of it. If I had been trapped in a building during that time, I probably would have completely lost my mind. This poor man.

@mccarthy5825

2 жыл бұрын

Well said. I remember I was in prison for a while and my first day out was say 16 months in.... I didn't know what to get in the shop... I got anxious in them. I didn't know what to choose for a takeaway. And I vomited my pizza up after. I felt tired at the same time. I woke up at the same time. I felt too exposed. I had from 8am Friday until 8pm Saturday out and I went back at 5pm Saturday and just rushed inside. It was so unsettling. I got a few more days and weekends out and only did 2 years out of 4 but it took me a long time to re adjust. And I am a fairly hardy person. I absolutely agree with you and without a doubt he got 'institutionalised'. I knew some people there getting out after 10-15+ years and they are sweating, anxious wrecks coming back after their first few days out. I feel sorry for him of course but there are many, many things at play here and he didn't help himself whatsoever... But sure we can only speculate. I feel bad for his mother. Especially him saying what he said. We all only have one mam. Anyway great comment and all best from 🇮🇪

@PraveenSriram

2 жыл бұрын

@@mccarthy5825 sorry you were in prison. It isn’t for me to judge what you did or didn’t do to end up 🆙 in there but I’m sorry about your experience in there even if some of it might’ve been your own fault.

@mccarthy5825

2 жыл бұрын

@@PraveenSriram thank you for your lovely comment. I am glad I went to prison because I got off heroin and it saved my life. I fully rake all responsibility for my actions and I cannot tell you how. Much it means to not be judged. Wishing you well from 🇮🇪 my friend

@TONADRIEL

2 жыл бұрын

​@@mccarthy5825 i'm glad you're here today. readjusting to regular life after getting out of prison is something i feel like nobody talks about enough, & being in that situation sounds terrifying. the first thing i thought of when i read the original comment is how it sounded like somebody getting out of prison. anyways, i hope you're doing good now

@user-ce1cu5my4j

2 жыл бұрын

Fat back account of his would certainly help

Morgan Spurlock - "I'm Gonna eat McDonalds everyday for a month!" Sir Alfred - "Hold my passport."

@kmc7355

3 жыл бұрын

🤣

@SBytheway

3 жыл бұрын

hahaha

@ivanlozano2019

3 жыл бұрын

It was stolen tho

@chrimony

3 жыл бұрын

@@ivanlozano2019 No, it wasn't. He mailed them to Belgium officials. His entire life is a fraud.

@ivanlozano2019

3 жыл бұрын

@@chrimony forgot quotes, he wouldn't of said hold my passport because he said it was stolen

He reappeared recently and passed away at the airport. What a sad story. He never got the help he so desperately needed, I guess. I really want to know what he was up to between 2006-2022. May he finally be at peace. 😢❤

@lenas6246

4 ай бұрын

he got all the help, wtf are you talking about

@Mynameisdarkxxo

4 ай бұрын

@@lenas6246why are you mad? Is everything ok?

@tomasviane3844

3 ай бұрын

He got a doctor, legal representation and food. For free. What other help did he need? If you watched the video then it becomes clear that he did not really wanted any help, besides some handouts from strangers.

@yogsenforfoth5948

3 ай бұрын

@@tomasviane3844 GETTING the actual help and being provided with help are two completely different things. And besides, who are we to say that he was given proper treatment off camera? He was out of the public eye for many years before his death.

Well. Unfortunately, Mehran died on Nov. 11, 2022 in Terminal 2F at the Charles de Gaulle Airport of a heart attack. He was 77. Apparently, he left a care home and returned to the airport to live in September 2022.

@fanfan54old

Жыл бұрын

And "his" terminal 1 has been closed for years, due to the pandemic (less traffic...) + renovation I think... He couldn't even go back to his bench... Sad story... 😕

Such a strange story. Not sure whether to be sad, or frustrated, but wow, it made me feel something at least.

@bigredmarchingon3200

3 жыл бұрын

Why not both

@portable_rat

3 жыл бұрын

John Doe yeesh... styrofoam 😬

@alidawood8833

3 жыл бұрын

shit got me angry, no mention of psychiatric help? he clearly needed it.

@Lunk42

3 жыл бұрын

@John Doe lmao what the fuck?

@ilikemathematics1590

3 жыл бұрын

John Doe you need help

This is utterly depressing. Childhood trauma, adulthood trauma, inner loneliness, the lost meaning of life, lost motivation can do these types of misfortunes.

@edwardschmitt5710

2 жыл бұрын

The thing I just watched concluded his "trauma" was all made up. His mom was heartbroken when she heard the lies he spewed about her.

@kaylaisnothere4397

2 жыл бұрын

@@edwardschmitt5710 Abusers often resort to gaslighting and deny any of their wrongdoing, her words aren't definitive proof. Not saying she is one but a person's testimony alone doesn't prove anything

@prprpr3108

2 жыл бұрын

@@kaylaisnothere4397 then go with your argument, his one single accusation also does not do anything

@Cloudstone86

2 жыл бұрын

Well put.

@Shauriatas

2 жыл бұрын

@@kaylaisnothere4397 Neither Mehran nor his siblings have ever made any accusations of abuse. The Paul Berczeller article notes that his siblings have successful middle class lives. Mehran on the other hand failed his university course (once again he lied that he ran out of money) and then spent the rest of his life acting out a delusion.

He is no more now RIP Mate..

After being looked after by the French Red Cross, Sir Alfred was transferred to a homeless reception centre in Paris, where he has lived since 2008.

@Celiktaban

2 жыл бұрын

All they had to do was to move him else where.

@TiberiusX

10 ай бұрын

And then he died November 12 2022

@aimeeinkling

9 ай бұрын

They didn't help him all that much, since he returned to the airport, where he then died of a heart attack.

At the beginning; Doc: His physical health is great, mental not so much. People after 10 years in a airport: Why won't he leave??? Gee I wonder.

@vaevictus4637

3 жыл бұрын

Exactly.

@gerek4235

3 жыл бұрын

@@Lolerstomp What I'm saying is he clearly had mental health issues to begin with and the airport made them worse, honestly its common sense.

@campkira

3 жыл бұрын

he not long had a choice or a will.. he is just waiting to die...

@voidnoire7256

3 жыл бұрын

I think you might've missed that he sabotaged himself by mailing his own documents to a belgian post office?

It’s weird but somehow I get it. It’s almost like the feeling suicidal people describe where they don’t really want to die but they don’t want to keep living their life. Sometimes you just want to give up on work and school and rent and everything and quit with no responsibility, and he found a way to do that

@ianmiles2505

3 жыл бұрын

And he became wealthy.

@hanifmckagan4448

3 жыл бұрын

@@ianmiles2505 what a scam

@JS-vh4yq

3 жыл бұрын

He's genius. He figured out how to become somewhat of a celebrity and make a bunch of money by doing nothing. Genius....

@Peakfreud

3 жыл бұрын

Deep

@Peakfreud

3 жыл бұрын

@@JS-vh4yq Very True, he would have suffered in some form or another in pursuit of 200k like we all do. This man managed to raise enough money to afford a Home not a Mortgage but a home by doing absolutely nothing and not even having work papers. Maybe he isn't the crazy one.

You know the ones that I feel sorry for are the doctor and lawyer who really went out of their way to help him. They went and recovered his missing papers and he refused them. But it really makes you wonder if he had psychological problems or if he was just a huge phoney. I think that he enjoyed his celebrity status and was afraid that if he left he would lose it.

@Manticorn

11 ай бұрын

I could never even entertain such a nasty thought, personally. That seems far too shallow and jaded.

@kyle93watson

11 ай бұрын

I mean he did have a brain tumor. They've been known to completely change the way a person thinks.

@xxcreoxx4599

11 ай бұрын

@@Manticorn it sounds shallow, but the man was the one who sent his documents to a different country. He didn't have them stolen as he had claimed. And considering that his family had attempted to help him but he pretended that he had no one to turn to makes me question how legitimate he is. I truly believe he did it for fame from the beginning. Even before he adopted the name Sir Alfred, he exaggerated events in his life drastically, like the whole being beaten up by religious cops thing.

@popsy1100

8 ай бұрын

​@@xxcreoxx4599if he wanted to become famous, why did he choose to spend 2 decades in an airport, of all things? i can think of a million safer, more noble ways of becoming famous than that. i cant believe that anyone would actively seek out that lifestyle, being trapped in one building, constantly being on display, with no means of income and your only source of food being fast food chains. i think maybe he did go mad or did come to revel in it, sure, but i dont think he initially wanted it. nobody would.

Rest in peace, Sir Alfred. 12-11-22.

"A lone man hiding in plane sight." I see what you did there.

@mackhomie6

3 жыл бұрын

boo

@maykazawa2497

3 жыл бұрын

🤣😀🤣😝👍

@kim7990

3 жыл бұрын

Good ones haha

@bethel1019

3 жыл бұрын

😂

@gabbishleegifted4752

3 жыл бұрын

Ha

McDonalds -- the food of stranded refugees worldwide

@thewildcardperson

3 жыл бұрын

Makes you think doesn’t it how who really helps feed and help the world

@SankofaNYC

3 жыл бұрын

And shout-out to those employees who I am sure were hooking him up with food before he got money

@Xerdar36

3 жыл бұрын

Para papa Papa.. I am loving it!!!

@lerk2009

3 жыл бұрын

thewildcard person are you implying that McDonald’s is helping the world?... lmao

@goonfish1704

3 жыл бұрын

@@thewildcardperson yeah, it's the people working there putting extra patties in his burgers that are feeding and helping the world, not the objectively horrible corporate monster they work for. mcdonalds exists to make money, and has really done nothing to benefit society (yes, I know they run charities, it's the least they could do after getting the public addicted to their drugfood)

I lived a life thinking that I was different than everyone. I couldn't fit in. Being a student the only thing I knew and was good at. Eventhough the desire of getting done and over with was there, the thought of graduation and start of a new life where you have to work and answer to your boss was scary. In my final year at the uni I was on antidepressant. After school, life felt useless and without a goal. I can totally understand how someone can be stuck in an unusual situation!

@en2p187

Жыл бұрын

Wow where can I meet people like you. In college we just talk about surface level weather shit, I want deeper connections but don't know where or how to go about it.

@sdsfgsty

Жыл бұрын

@@en2p187 Usually people don't admit they have problems.

@deaddropsd1972

Жыл бұрын

@@sdsfgsty hope things are better now

Mehran Karimi Nasseri, the man who insipired Philippe Lioret for his movie « tombés du ciel » (fallen from the sky) in 1994 and later Spielberg for « the terminal », has sadly passed away at the age of 77 this 12 November 2022 after coming back to the airport, may his soul rest in peace, and may he find the trail of heaven.

Almost made me cry. He came there in a very vulnerable emotional state, trying really hard to escape his past and make a new life. He wanted to escape so badly he eventually convinced himself of what he wanted to be true. And accepting his fantasy actually kept him from making it a reality. That's heartbreaking. I feel awful for the two men who tried to help him as well. They spent years trying to help him but mental illness got to him first. I'm sure they've shed their own tears over him.

@ThePhallusAnnihilators

3 жыл бұрын

Your description matches with some of the symptoms of schizophrenia

@edwardseverinsen5598

3 жыл бұрын

@@ThePhallusAnnihilators Now that I think of it kinda. My mom has schizophrenia and often has delusions of grandeur. Same with my older brother.

@Susan2361

3 жыл бұрын

It was of his own doing. His mother WAS his REAL mom. He was never arrested or tortured in Iran and his papers were NOT stolen...he mailed them to Brussels HIMSELF. (on a folly, he said). So the things he said for sympathy were NOT true. He made it up from the beginning. No one knows why.

@ak47is

3 жыл бұрын

@@edwardseverinsen5598 That's called "Narcissistic Personality Disorder"

@yanguYT

3 жыл бұрын

@@Susan2361 wait how

The French probably thought it was performance art.

@anaysayersyes

3 жыл бұрын

Bwahahaha this is brutal

@igoratfargo

3 жыл бұрын

lmao :D

@kristof2507

3 жыл бұрын

rofl

@MonolithMike

3 жыл бұрын

🤣🤣🤣

@GoHARD99

3 жыл бұрын

Good one lol

Very sad 😥,,Today this Gentleman Died in Terminal of France 🇫🇷,,that was his ego, R.I.P

Terrific video, gorgeous music, wonderful narration! I've seen this video so many times, not only for the fascinating story, but something about this video feels calming and nostalgic.

This is a French surrealist's version of the Odyssey.

@PaulRudd1941

3 жыл бұрын

😱

@oneDonly

3 жыл бұрын

Just a short trip.

@davidbelmont213

3 жыл бұрын

Well said

@briandesroches518

3 жыл бұрын

best comment

@gabrielgeorgemartins1103

3 жыл бұрын

You might be onto something here... The timespan of the narrative, the matter of forged identity, the escape from a war zone. It all kinda matches

They never replaced the airport furniture for at least 18 years.

@tissuepaper9962

3 жыл бұрын

Probably just didn't replace that specific bench because there was a crazy guy sitting on it 24/7 for the better part of 20 years.

@garrysekelli6776

3 жыл бұрын

I wonder what that Bench smelled like.

@ihateeverything9887

3 жыл бұрын

Garry Sekelli old man balls. Come on we all know.

@abkostura

3 жыл бұрын

ocelot. The video said it was dismantled

@asmrtpop2676

3 жыл бұрын

Adam Kostura these people didn’t watch the video

Never knew this story. Passed through Charles debGaulle a few times. Passed through ORY Paris a week ago, 13 hour stopover. Slept on the floor, behind a bank, 2 other men were sleeping there too and 3 armed airport police woke us up at about 5 am. Seemed like a security measure. Great video

Thank you for creating these amazing docu films. I am currently going through your catalogue for the third, or four time.

I guess if he ever got homesick he could say he was terminally ill

@roybatson7551

2 жыл бұрын

LOL

@gameplay4ubooboo731

2 жыл бұрын

LOL HAHAHAHA

@Jaimito1981

2 жыл бұрын

Lmao

@disciple2742

2 жыл бұрын

That was actually pretty good

@PerryUK

2 жыл бұрын

😂😭👏👏👏

I bet the real reason he left in 2006 was because that was when they banned smoking in the airport.

@aspiringmultiplicity

3 жыл бұрын

Was it really? That's surprising, I would think in a Parisian airport the ban would've come later. (Smoking has always been very popular in France, even today moreso than in other developed Western countries.) But it sounds from this video like it's undisputed that he had a health emergency--after all, that info didn't come from him as the media apparently lost track of him after that. Edit: One thing I wonder is, where was he getting his tobacco? Even pre-ban, it's odd to imagine pipe tobacco being sold in an airport. Cigarettes sure--even today, there's duty-free shops--but pipe tobacco? And before the movie deal, he was penniless, right? So somebody was giving him free pipe tobacco each day?

@Cornerstanding

3 жыл бұрын

LOL!!! 😂😅😆 PROBABLY!!!

@Cornerstanding

3 жыл бұрын

@@aspiringmultiplicity I'm sure airport employees probably made sure he was comfortable I bet it was quite an amusement.

This video was the first thing I thought of when I heard the news

Immediately came here when I read he passed. This video made a large impact on me for some reason when I watched it, and now I’m wondering if he ever just got to enjoy his own life, and made any more of it. Sounds like he didn’t, going back to the airport. RIP Sir Alfred, may you have more to see in the next

This is probably the longest McDonald's commercial ever..

@iamkalkidan3800

3 жыл бұрын

Was it a real fish though?? 😂😂😂

@aristonrusal194

3 жыл бұрын

I think he might have had some decent meals here and there. Its not like he didn't have money.

@aijazali455

3 жыл бұрын

But how could he afford that , if its in the video i have not watched it full yet .

@aristonrusal194

3 жыл бұрын

@@aijazali455 this guy was satisfied with the attention he got from being stranded in an airport so it wouldn't suprise me if he hide from the public and enjoy a dencent meal, just so he could keep his image intact.

@aijazali455

3 жыл бұрын

ARISTON RUSAL kind of make sense but was he getting free meals ?

The poor man clearly lost his mind. Someone should have taken action alot earlier.

@PeaceOfMake

3 жыл бұрын

He was obviously unwell even before he arrived at the airport.

@FC-hj9ub

2 жыл бұрын

Do you pay for your travel expecting to miss it? Everyone in airports need to look out for themselves too.

@Roadent1241

2 жыл бұрын

And you know someone there just went "Lol well it's not OUR fault. The country doesn't exist to go back to and he can't go forward." My question is where did he get money to pay for his food? Change like beggars get?

@Youtuber-yq2di

2 жыл бұрын

@UCcY4vgAbG1ozUm37JpysMkQ Watch the video dumbass

@daddykarlmarx6183

2 жыл бұрын

Well the circumstances of how he even got there in the first place are strange

Minute 25:00 is now true! RIP Sir, Alfred

I think that he was trying to escape something. Once he was there a while his mental disorder took over and just went down hill from there. He lied to escape the reality of things. Thought he might just be able to get where he wanted to be. I bet it was the war he was trying to escape and though that if he did go back that he might face punishment for not presenting during the conscripted period. Some countries have harsh penalty's. I wish this man well though. Hope that he gets the help he needs.

If being homeless wasn't a threat, if being unemployed wasn't a threat, if deportation wasn't a threat, I would have a hard time giving him a sane reason not to leave, but frankly, this was self-preservation.

@alexsm3882

3 жыл бұрын

He made 100s of thousands from this I'm sure he could afford a place, job, and he was offered to stay in france or belgium several times. The man was a lunatic.

@poorcollectibles4827

3 жыл бұрын

He had a safe space and no bills...he wasnt going to leave somewhere where he was happy. He loved it there and he wasnt leaving it. Dude knew what he was doing and he liked the attention. It was his safe space and home. Why move out and have to get a job and pay bills. He was happy living in a airport. Good for him. He was a bum with all his needs met. That simple.

@theMoporter

3 жыл бұрын

@@alexsm3882 Nobody wants to hire a "madman" or a "bum" with a huge gap in his CV, who was likely to have major issues reintegrating into society.

@The-Alpha-Niner

3 жыл бұрын

He'd be on the welfare cushion like the rest are once he left that place but he was too crazy to know or want it?

27:42 "Sir Alfred remained in the hospital for several months..." Aww shit, here we go again

@im19ice3

3 жыл бұрын

lol

@megamike15

3 жыл бұрын

this is the end credit scene of the film. he wakes up and is told where he is. and he is still not allowed outside due to what kept him in the airport.

that we live in a world that allows people to be stuck in airports for days, months and even years is more terrifying than any cosmic horror you could imagine. however Sir Alfred ended up in The Terminal, who would leave when they had achieved a level of fame that you couldn't buy?

@GeorgeC00per

2 ай бұрын

There's a Chinese man who has been in a airport since 2000!!

Love your voice, it really helps paint the picture more vividly. Subbed and looking forward to more videos.

The mind is more fragile then we think. This is very sad when people are willing to help you and your own mind won't allow it.

@African.empress

3 жыл бұрын

Than

@L.Adavesworld1942

3 жыл бұрын

Mental illness is a bitch.

@thomassmith5548

2 жыл бұрын

@@African.empress , iiiiiu,666⁶

@melody3741

2 жыл бұрын

He has no family and no identity except for a woman that may not even except him. He now has a home and an identity. Is it really your business to tell him hes just fucked up and its a sad story?

@maskettaman1488

2 жыл бұрын

@@melody3741 He is fucked up and its a sad story. The guy was clearly nuts.

I've watched The Terminal (2004) and felt that was pretty mad. Once again reality turns out way crazier than fiction.

@garyjohalasmr727

3 жыл бұрын

Same great movie

@fearless6947

3 жыл бұрын

i didn't know it was a true story lol That is where they got the idea i believe

@MrArthurbanks

3 жыл бұрын

Viktor Navorski from Krakozhia!!

Rest in Peace. I didn’t know you or your motivations but they must have been strong to have kept you there for so long.

@deaddropsd1972

Жыл бұрын

He was mentally ill

i watched from beginning to the end, better than most netflix movies these days thanks guys

When I saw the title, you had my curiosity, but when I realized it was a new Atrocity Guide video, you had my attention.

@01234cinco

3 жыл бұрын

Curiosity requires your attention.

@supremeleader7863

3 жыл бұрын

0123four stfu

@iSyriux

3 жыл бұрын

not brushing the teeth often enough, or at least twice a day You must keep brushing teeth twice a day too keep it clean , Try not pay attention on the taste of the toothpaste, you will used to it after few day If you not keep brushing your teeth everyday, you will loss all your teeth in the young age like 25 something, I’m not scare you, it is the fact . Too much plaque . Tartar, bacteria will destroy your gums ，then teeth root. And now you already have at least 5 years old plaque bacteria in your teeth now , when you brushing teeth , trying to brush away these old plaque, off cause your gum will bleeding .

@01234cinco

3 жыл бұрын

ThisIsMyRealName for comebacks to be clever, they require a clear relevance

@01234cinco

3 жыл бұрын

ThisIsMyRealName so what you’re saying is I’m right, thx xx

18 years in an airport? Must've been an American Airlines layover.

@number62

3 жыл бұрын

Well played sir.

@thesuperiorspyderdan9470

3 жыл бұрын

That hits way to close to home for me to find that comment funny.

@thesuperiorspyderdan9470

3 жыл бұрын

So this guy is a bum and never worked a job, and lived off of people’s kindness. This dude seems like a piece of shit to me.

@whitemonoblos3605

3 жыл бұрын

@@thesuperiorspyderdan9470 And you sound like one to me

@user-xm3gp9zs5v

3 жыл бұрын

@@thesuperiorspyderdan9470 God you're such an insensitive asshole

This is very unfortunate but very interesting. I always love your work, AG.

one of the best and most interesting videos i have seen in a long long time very good job i especially like the calm voice+music

I remember seeing this story on a TLC show back in the early 00's called "Mostly True Stories: Urban Legends Revealed" and I've been fascinated ever since. Thanks for covering it in-depth!

@tux1468

3 жыл бұрын

how did you comment before it was released

@BeefiusGravius

3 жыл бұрын

@@tux1468 Patrons get to see the Video Unlisted and Before Release

@nedisahonkey

3 жыл бұрын

Holy shit id totally forgot about how much I loved that show as a kid

At least he didn't stay in my woods for 18 years I've actually found people trying to live out here before

@in_the_pines

3 жыл бұрын

so do you sneak into the library at night to use the computer or something?

@sportaflop169

3 жыл бұрын

How do you get internet access out thete

@EXTENDEDWARRANT

3 жыл бұрын

Nice bit

@sentientcardboarddumpster7900

3 жыл бұрын

@@in_the_pines he just said he caught some people trying to live out there

@in_the_pines

3 жыл бұрын

That's what happens when you don't use a VPN. "We got him, boys!"

He recently just passed a few days ago rip

Thank you for posting your video and thank you for your time

"How did you acquire the title 'Sir'?" "By virtue." 😎😎😎

The airport was probably the first place where he felt accepted by people around him in his life, and that's rather sad.

@paulbismuth10

3 жыл бұрын

Maybe it's just a prison syndrome, the uncertainty of the unknown, what was waiting for him outside... no home in Iran nor in England and 10 years of solitude can make u go nuts. No wonder his mind saw an opportunity to live another life. We will never be sure.

@YouOnlyIiveTwice

3 жыл бұрын

I think he was probably pitied more than accepted.

And I thought I was pissed when they discontinued the Arch Deluxe. Imagine how this poor dude felt

30:19 "Either you stop drinking and smoking, or you leave the house" "Aight, the airport it is then" Priorities

Karim Mehran deserves an Oscar and a Lifetime achievement award for his role as Sir Alfred

@marlyseedmond7667

3 жыл бұрын

🤣😂😅🤣😂😅🤣😂

@mugumyapaultheafricannomad9488

3 жыл бұрын

Haha hahaha hahahahahah

@diannabaumgartner8023

3 жыл бұрын

@Dangerz Own it's Sir Alfred's birth name; the gentleman who lived in the airport!

@james_fisch

3 жыл бұрын

@Dangerz Own Yeah, Mehran is fantastic. There's a crazy fascinating documentary about this guy. Use watch?v=JQfXd1YlkS4&ab

@Gabor.P.

3 жыл бұрын

No way ! He should for eating McDonalds crap for 18 years ! I would like to see somebody try it ! Nothing but McDonalds ..... Hard to put my head around it.

after a mental breakdown, i lived in a mental hospital for a whole year. what struck me the most, was that even though most of the permanent patients there were OBVIOUSLY OBVIOUSLY chronically mentally ailed, most of them still held great fears about ending up having to sleep and beg on the sidewalks. i remember how emotional and harrowing it seemed for those of us to simply just get transferred to a "more permanent" care facility, because really, how could you ever know if the next place is gonna be as safe as "here"?

@Navigator001

3 жыл бұрын

This makes perfect sense. I hope you are doing better now. God Bless.

@wachox

3 жыл бұрын

In a sense we all are afraid of change and moving on.

@mfrank3518

3 жыл бұрын

Well as the cities and states in America go broke funding unnecessary things they’ve closed many of the mental institutions and just let the people go to live on the streets. Some go to outpatient facilities to get meds but most don’t. Our government has failed its people horribly

@RichieD_21

3 жыл бұрын

They need to bring back insane asylums

@hillarycolen1163

3 жыл бұрын

The fear of change,the unknown! Are you more comfortable making/accepting changes?

The major problem with mental illness is that people who try to help (even with the best intentions) do it like they are trying to help a "sad" or "strange" person up.. He didn't need to get out of the airport. He needed to feel safe, and that's all he found. He was just scared to loose that.

Rest in peace, Sir Alfred!

Saw him a few times in early 2000’s flying in and out of CDG airport frequently. Every time I saw him he did have McDonald’s and his pipe.

@terry8794

3 жыл бұрын

Interesting, dude.

@louisfleur4184

3 жыл бұрын

That’s mad that!

@curleypubes3672

3 жыл бұрын

Sure you did chum....

@domzy9666

3 жыл бұрын

Sure you did

@Homerlad

3 жыл бұрын

Belm

Imagine that, instead of traveling to see the world, the world traveled to see you.

@dylanisaac1017

3 жыл бұрын

In russia the world sees you

@boboloon

3 жыл бұрын

That's poetic in a way

@ZebbeCali

3 жыл бұрын

Kryptnyt sounds like Rod Sterling couldn’t have written it better!

@goosetaylor2336

3 жыл бұрын

Perfect analogy

@stephanietaylor5477

3 жыл бұрын

I love it

rest in peace, sir alfred.. may you soar the skies at your own leisure, as you wished.

great video! thank you for your work!

I find it fascinating from a sociological or even philosophic perspective of someone living in an archetypal example of what is called the “nonplace”, an airport. Spaces that are the open and transient liminal spots of global capital, commerce, travel, hospitals, hotels, etc. Places that surround us but are never “owned” or “dwelled in” (to use a heideggarian term) by people or communities. Sir Alfred himself by choice becomes the perfectly adapted to the nonplace, living as a stateless transient, homeless in every sense but not quite on the streets, but rather welded to the liminal environment around him. He suspended an identity, a home with roots and a place of dwelling for so long that he created a new identity out of his willful lack. I can’t help but think with the way things are going, there will be more rootless transience going from airport to airport. New age hobos that the modern world and late stage globalization has left behind.

@bigchungus9880

3 жыл бұрын

Damn

@benaldridge6341

3 жыл бұрын

What is a hedgarian

@spencerhardy8667

3 жыл бұрын

@@benaldridge6341 Someone who only eats hedges. Heidegger, however, was a renowned philosopher and writer (often referenced by Monty Python.) Although I find Sir Alfred to be more a Kafkaesque character.

@caitlinstauffer8685

3 жыл бұрын

So Alfred was the Zack and Cody of airports?

@Zombiemahboye

3 жыл бұрын

Wow bro you watched a recommenced KZread video too? Damn you are smart

He had a bone tumor growing on his skull. Those can take decades to grow. Slowly placing pressure on the brain , destroying memories. I think he created the story about being tortured and expelled for no other reason than to get refugee status so Iran couldnt force him to return and be conscripted. Then the bone tumor started growing and he started making mistakes, one of those mistakes was mailing his papers to the wrong embassy. When he became trapped in De Gaulle and couldnt remember where he mailed his papers, he tried to scam his way into the UK by claiming he was the illegitimate son of a Scottish nurse...and when that didnt work then he was genuinely stuck. By the time his family found him his mental state had declined to the point that he couldnt recognize them and was terrified of leaving the only place he had a clear memory of. The next 12 years was him sitting on that red bench , trapped by his own mind.

@glennchartrand5411

3 жыл бұрын

@@seyedolshohadaBy 1979 he was so far gone he couldn't recognize his own mother. Near the end of his stay at the airport, you could actually see the bone tumor bulging on the top of his head. This looks like a genuine case of amnesia , where a person loses their memory to brain injury and he was left with only recent memories of the Airport and the stories he had told to customs officials.

@glennchartrand5411

3 жыл бұрын

@@seyedolshohada What I said was he fabricated the story to avoid conscription. Then the bone tumor began growing and he started believing it.

@MrZZooh

3 жыл бұрын

Well said. Good summary.

@MrGrinny

3 жыл бұрын

I was thinking the same.

@sherryditzler7908

3 жыл бұрын

Glenn very well done I would say after all I have seen and read you are right on!!! His brain was the issue!!! Too bad the airport Dr. didn't have a brain scan done. They could have determined the situation long ago and maybe had the tumor removed and the man could have returned to himself. If not at least they would know why and have him placed in a place he could retire rather than living on a bench.

I really liked this piece, but I was thrown by how easily everyone, including the narrator, accepted Sir Alfred's families explanation. First the Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi regime was a brutal and repressive monarchy, so it's plausible what Sir Alfred said happened to him, did. Second, it's clear that Sir Alfred had psychological issues, those usually don't just pop up cause you got stuck in an airport for years. Anyone with crappy parents knows that, childhood trauma makes you much less psychologically resilient later in life. Also, why would his family want to tell the truth? Why say bad things about themselves, especially knowing they'd be in the spotlight? Would you tell some random filmmaker from another country the dirty secrets of your family? I feel like this is a case of stigmatizing a person with mental illness and just writing him off as a liar because of it. Maybe Paul Berczellar went with it because he thought it made a better story. Documentary filmmakers do that all the time. I think this piece would have been a lot more impactful if we had a better understanding of Iran and what was going on while he was there. As well as taking what his family said about him with a large, large grain of salt.

@D4NOMAUS

2 жыл бұрын

Why would he mail his papers to Belgium when he was about to travel London? Something wasn't right in his head to begin with

@AllohaAllohaSnackbar

Жыл бұрын

He probably lied about everything just to gain attention. And his family flew to see him but he never acknowledged them. If you'd seen the documentary they showed the passport stamps on the siblings. They really went to see him. But what evidence does this "sir Alfred" that he was tortured? None. Just a bunch of lies to make him famous

@doozsromhacks

Жыл бұрын

Definitely “lying” (not in a malicious way but in a dissosiative way) about being half Swedish (no way, look at my man) and he’s lied about being robbed of the papers. Regardless I 100099% ageee with the comment, he’s definitely gone through some shit, a lot of shir and kinda sucks everyone is so quick to just be like he’s a sad delusional pathological liar.. like people don’t do that shit unless they’ve been through some shit. He clearly has. And agreed on family testimony. The real truth is probably somewhere in between, but what I can definitely conclude is he’s a victim of trauma and that’s what brought him to where he ended up

@tahani3639

Жыл бұрын

@@AllohaAllohaSnackbar have you red any thing in the comment you’re replying too?!!!!!!

@AllohaAllohaSnackbar

Жыл бұрын

@@tahani3639 and the comments are more credible than the whole documentary and courts? If you choose to believe a liar then go. But the facts remain that he is Iranian and not British he faked everything to gain attention. He even denied his own iranian mother. Digusting, good for iran for not letting him back.

really well put together documentary liked and subscribed.

This is a toxic relationship between Alfred, and reality. He knows he can leave at any time, but has immense executive dysfunction. He knows he can leave, but he’s too afraid to accept his reality.

@iizben

3 жыл бұрын

When your whole identity has been taken and you to find out your family is not your family I can only imagine how withdrawn you would become

@chaomatic5328

3 жыл бұрын

@@iizben ...except that it was always his family?

@ryhanzfx1641

3 жыл бұрын

Its just reality that any years for people who live too long in certain strange places, once they get used to it, they called it home, but unlike prison, this man still has freedom, and certainly that freedom create a chaos towards identity

@SaintJames14

3 жыл бұрын

He can't leave. If he left he wouldn't be him anymore. Ego death. It's tantamount to death.

@arunak1818

3 жыл бұрын

D brain cud have something to do it

At least he proved that you can eat mcdonald's everyday without getting fat

@JeffWithAnF

3 жыл бұрын

yea but at the end of the day it’s calories in calories out so he was most likely in a caloric deficit

@antenedilbert7191

3 жыл бұрын

Not to forget the tumor that grew on his head. And aprt from that psychological disorders

@Aguijon1982

3 жыл бұрын

@@antenedilbert7191 Well you can't have it all

@sydneyreyes7852

3 жыл бұрын

@@Aguijon1982 lol

@someguy2135

3 жыл бұрын

I was surprised at that. Most people would in that situation. Especially since he had little to do other than eat. He is a unique case. Part of the reason might be that his smoking suppressed his appetite.

RIP beauty, I hope your story lives on for an eternity.