10 Real-Life Tales More Disturbing Than Fiction: True Stories That Could Rival a Suspense Film

I showed up at a very nice resort hotel, extraordinarily late, for a company-wide meeting. My flight from the East Coast to the West Coast had been delayed, re-routed, and so on, and I ended up walking into my hotel at 4 AM. The scariest-looking guy I’ve ever seen behind a hotel desk greeted me.

When I said I was checking in, he seemed immediately flustered and started calling rooms. He apologized if someone answered. It took me a couple of seconds to realize he had no idea who was in which room, and he was calling rooms at 4 AM to see what was empty. He finally located an empty room and gave me the key. I went to the room, closed the door, and hoped to get about two hours of sleep before my morning meeting. Realizing what he had done, I thought I’d be smart and take my phone off the hook before I went to sleep.

At 5 AM, someone was trying to get into my room. Apparently, he still couldn’t figure out who wasn’t answering and who was busy. I found out the next morning that the person who tried to get into my room went back to the front desk and was told there were no more rooms. The desk clerk offered him the sofa in the lobby for an hour or two if he wanted to sleep there.

9. The Miscounted Passenger: A Desert Tour’s Oversight

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