I've Never Seen Anything Like That Before, but I'm Not Sure Why

"I'd never seen anything like that house in my entire life," he says. "It was surreal in the extreme, the kind of place you'd never believe existed until you actually were in it." He recalls being almost gagging from a rotten stench and retching as he stepped into what had to be the filthiest room in the house. It smelled like their cat had died rather than just taking a poop.