It’s straight out of a horror movie.
A Florida woman was ordered to abruptly end her stay at an Airbnb in Kentucky and get a hotel room after returning from a night on the town and making a disturbing discovery.
Laura Schilling flew to Lexington late last week with her daughter, three friends and her mother to participate in a horse competition. After she arrived at the rental facility, she realized for the first time that something was wrong. According to FOX56.
Although the front door was “fully open and the glass shutters were closed,” the statement said on Facebook that the home was “thoroughly” checked before letting the girls in, despite feeling “uncomfortable” with the situation. argued.
she told WTQV It was her first time staying at an Airbnb.
Schilling said that when he returned after leaving the property, he discovered that someone had “unlocked” the deadbolt on the front door, although he had only used the garage to enter the Airbnb. insisted.
“When we returned later that night, the girls hung out and we got ready for bed around 11:30,” she said. She said: “One of the girls came in and said the window was open. When my mother and I went in, both of the windows in the room were indeed unlocked and cracked open.” Ta.”
Mr. Schilling noticed that all the windows in his house were open in the same position, even though they should have been closed when he went out to dinner.
But what happened next forced her to call the police.
“When I opened the window, there was a car parked across the street with tinted windows. I looked up and saw their car, and the car immediately started and drove off.” she claimed in the post.
Fortunately, “a representative arrived quickly” and searched the Airbnb around 11:38 p.m., but found no signs of forced entry into the rental property.
“I feel like someone brought the girls in,” Schilling said. told WTQV. “I said, ‘I think I could have woken up tomorrow morning to something completely different.’ And he said, ‘Trust your gut.’ He said he couldn’t say for certain that that’s what’s actually happening. ”
Police told the group to leave the Airbnb if they felt unsafe and to find a rental property for the remainder of their stay.
Schilling wrote that police officers graciously escorted them to their home while they packed up their belongings and left the premises to head to a hotel.
“The deputy had a strong feeling that someone was set up to take the girls after we went to bed that night,” she claimed.
According to the message, she explained to the Airbnb host, identified only as Rosanna, that the door was open the first night and that the window remained open after she returned from dinner.
“Oh my god,” the host seemed to reply.
The concerned mother contacted Airbnb about the incident, but claims she has “not yet received any results.”
There were 148 break and enter crimes in Lexington from January to February 2024. According to nationally released statistics.
Unpleasant experiences and crime during stays in home-sharing services have been an ongoing problem for many years.
In July 2023, a woman allegedly discovered a camera in the bedroom of a Florida apartment she rented on Airbnb.
After a failed extortion attempt triggered by bad reviews, an Airbnb host in Mississippi took security photos of a married guest “with another woman” in September and then used the images to show the man’s face, according to a lawsuit filed. He was caught emailing it to his wife. During February.
