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Posted on 04/19/2024 10:59:42 PM PDT by Morgana
A family fled the Airbnb they were renting in rural Kentucky after making several startling observations about the house.
The family, which consisted of the renter, Laura Schilling, her mother, and four teenage girls, were visiting Lexington the weekend of April 13 for one of the girls' equine competition.
They were from outside the state, so they booked an Airbnb for the duration of their stay.
They landed in Kentucky late on Thursday night, and were alarmed to find the front door wide open. In a Facebook post that chronicled her harrowing stay, Schilling wrote: 'I went in knowing that it was the right home based on pictures, but was very leery that there could be someone in the house.'
She checked under all of the beds and inside the closets. Only after Schilling made sure that the house was clear did she let her daughter and her daughter's friends enter the house.
Then she made sure that all of the windows and doors were 'closed and locked.'
The next day, April 13, they left the house, and when they returned, they found 'that someone had been in the home.'
Schilling explained that they were certain someone had entered the property because 'the deadbolt was unlocked and the hotel style latch was now open.'
They assumed that the Airbnb owner had dropped by the house and ignored it.
Later that same day, they went to dinner and then returned to the Airbnb, where they hung out and then got ready for bed around 11:30pm.
It was late, and it was dark outside. Schilling, her mother, and the four teenagers were ready to go to sleep.
But then one of the girls burst into the Schilling's room.
(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...
After only reading the headline, I’d guess they found a severed horse head…
It’s a strange time and as someone who avoids social media like the plaque, I can only surmise that it’s social media culture that made this woman want to expose a genuinely distressing experience to the whole world
That was a disappointing story
I thought “unsettling discovery” would mean they found a satanist convention in the basement, or a cursed ancient indian burial-ground on the site.
Was Joe Biden under the bed?
Well that was a waste of my time.
That would truly be a horror story.
Perhaps she wanted to warn people to be careful.
I find it very creepy and something people should be on the lookout for when renting, because someone else will always have a key.
I would have checked for hidden cameras
With a large group of 7 or 8 single ladies, they should have rented a few rooms in a hotel
Why put yourself, your mother and several minors in such an unpredictable spot? It should not matter that the group was female, not in year 2024, but it does. Actually, for any group that large, renting in an established business is going to be smarter.
I rid myself of plaque two or three times a year...
‘Rural Lexington” is not so Rural anymore. It’s the 2nd largest city in Ky.
I remember a few years ago they had a murder, a senseless killing where a person was in their car and someone snuck up and killed them for no apparent reason. It was a ghetto thug if I recall.
Sure this does not compare to mega cities like NYcCbut still not exactly your grandpas Lexington:
https://www.lexingtonky.gov/homicide-investigations
A well placed, cheap, game camera would have answered a lot of questions here. I carry one when I stay in rentals, as has been said...someone else always has a key.
A well placed, cheap, game camera would have answered a lot of questions here. I carry one when I stay in rentals, as has been said...someone else always has a key.
Camera....good idea. Is it connected to your cell phone so you know when someone is in your space while you are out? Does it only collect data when motion is detected?
I found it interesting that the journalist writing this story did not identify and contact the rental owner and ask if this had been a problem in the past. Has the local PD had similar calls to this rental? Has criminal activity been reported from this address in the past?
I guess it is possible that one of the girls decided to play a prank based on the initial wariness of the group after arriving and finding the door open and then was embarrassed to ‘fess up after it was taken so seriously and cops were called.
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