An Austrian woman who was kidnapped at age 10 and held captive in a secret cellar for 8 years says the online abuse she endured since her escape was so bad she didn’t want to leave the house
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Kampsuch, who repeatedly tried to report death threats to the police, has been attempting to heal through horse riding and catching up on time with her family."Just die!" they like to write, or: "Why don't you just go back to the cellar and stay there..." What affected her the most was when anonymous people on social media claim they doubt her story. She gets a lot of questions asking why, as a child, she didn't flee the cellar earlier. Her kidnapper killed himself after Natascha fled and the secret cellar had been discovered. Přiklopil kidnapped Natascha when she was just 10 years old and kept her in a windowless and soundproof, 54 square-foot room underneath his garage for eight years.
Natascha has tried to shake off her past but sometimes finds it difficult to do so. Most recently, she wanted to sell the house of her kidnapper — which she was given after his death — to a group of refugees. But the neighbors and the mayor of her town were against it. She still has to pay for electricity, water, and taxes for the house she was held captive in. It still remains today and so do Natascha's nightmares. She doesn't like to talk about the topic further.
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