KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) - After a motel guest complained for three days about a foul odor in his room, the cleaning crew found a man’s body hidden under the bed, police said. The guest started complaining about the smell when he checked in Thursday at the Capri Motel, just east of downtown Kansas City, police Capt. Rich Lockhart said in a statement. Management told the man nothing could be done about the odor, and he finally checked out Sunday, saying he could no longer tolerate the smell, Lockhart said. Police were called Sunday when the cleaning staff lifted the mattress on the only bed in the room and found the body, which had been concealed by the wooden panels around the base of the bed. The remains had not been identified. No arrests had been made, police Sgt. Darin Snapp said Monday. Lockhart said the body’s advanced stage of decomposition suggested it had been in the room for several days.
Are they sure it wasn’t the Bates Motel?
Not an uncommon occurrence, reports Snopes–over ten cases since 1982.
Which begs the question: how many times does an event have to occur before we can remove it from “urban legend” status?
Yeah but they still haven’t found the ones I left.
Maybe I shouldn’t be bragging about that.
here’s a question: what would be you first thought (apart from SHIT!!) upon discovering a dead human in your room?
My first thought would be something along the lines of:
“I’ve been sleeping with a dead guy for 3 days?!”
I don’t think I would ever get the scent of ‘corpse’ out of my head after something like that.
“No tip.”
“Its times like this I wish I were into necro…”
ooooh, I’m gonna get letters for that one.
You know, it’s just plain murder disproving Jan Harold Brunvand!
I would be sleeping on the floor for the rest of my life! Horrors.
Hey…you’re the one they call “Undead”!
Wallet!!!
[sub]what? he doesn’t need it anymore…[/sub]
I should stop drinking. The consequences are NEVER good…
That is the funniest thing I’ve read today.
Thank you. =)
On one of their FAQ pages, Snopes makes clear that just because it’s an urban legend doesn’t make it necessarily true or false. The whole point of urban legends is that they get passed around in order to teach moral lessons and/or reinforce common prejudices and beliefs. Whether they actually happened or not is immaterial.
Hey, a girl I used to work with went to a hotel with her mom and her son. They unpacked all their stuff, turned on the TV and pulled the blankets back, only to find…A BLOOD-SOAKED PILLOW! They had to press the management for a new room, I shit you not. This is the kind of thing that gives people nervous tics.
Funny, my first thought was going to be along the lines of ‘how can I make money and/or fame from having this happen to me,’ but going for the actual dead guy’s wallet did not occur to me.
first thought: " ick, death cooties." second thought: “hhhmmm, wonder how to get hold of the coroner’s report.”
Looking at the Snopes link…
What’s up with all the Germans finding the dead people? That’s a bit suspicious, don’t you think?
Insert ‘Princess and the Pea’ joke here