<bzzzzzpt> thanks for playing, nope. They tend to be about 6 inches too high for this average height broad to get into them wihtout jumping, and being handicapped, I don’t jump. I have to get some sort of step stool of about 6 inches to manage to get in.
But you are right, better too high than too short. The Atlantis in Reno has beds that are bottomed out, I swear they are box spring and mattress set on the floor. If you add a ‘hollywood frame’ to the average mattress and box spring, it makes it the perfect height to get on and off the bed.
I actually first heard this legend sometime during the 82-83 school year. The guy who told us said it happened to some friends of his friends. Note that urban legend doesn’t necessarily mean it’s untrue. It has to do with how the story spreads.
My partner is 6’10" and travels a lot on business, and he’s always requesting a super-long bed if one is available. One helpful concierge suggested that he remove his stilts and store them under the bed . . . presumably with the dead hooker.
One convenience of having higher beds is that they make them easier to sit on. Sort of like having extra chairs in the room.
In my experience, the base of motel beds are closed in. Not possible to slide things under them without doing some lifting. But makes hiding the dead hooker a lot easier … or so I’m told.
I did this in college. Make sure that your ceiling hooks are solidly screwed into the ceiling joists. It sways a bit, but I got used to it fairly quickly. The movement is not like a hammock, more like the deck of a large boat.
I used six lengths of chain, six eye bolts, and six hooks rated at 150 lbs each. I built my own pallet out of 2X6s and a sheet of 3/4’ plywood. It was a little overbuilt.
