- [Narrator] When you stay in a hotel, you're usually on vacation. Which means it's a great
opportunity to kick back and relax. However some people take
relaxation to a whole new level. Leaving important belongings
behind when they check out. While most of us could be
forgiven for leaving behind a toothbrush or phone
charger, others leave behind weird and sometimes crazy things. Let's take a look at the top 20 Incredible Things Found in Hotel Rooms. (upbeat music) Number 20 Inflatables We can all agree that it's totally normal to take an inflatable ring with us when we're staying in a hotel with a pool. But as a recent list of abandoned
hotel rooms items showed, some guests had other ideas when it came to inflatable companions. Such as one inflatable sheep found in the Travelodge Hotel in Edinburgh UK. Things get even weirder in a
story posted by Reddit user Lancerman360 who worked at a hotel where one regular guest
had hidden a blow up doll under the hotel bed mattress. Needles to say, the embarrassed
customer didn't return once the item had been
discovered, and removed by staff. That would have been one
awkward conversation. Number 19, Goat Dressed
Like Abraham Lincoln This incident has to take the cake for one of the strangest things left behind in a hotel room. Not many people would ever
expect to come face to face with a goat dressed as Abraham Lincoln, but that's exactly what happened
to Reddit user bluepaul. The animal in question was
left behind by a group of guys on a bachelor party, though bluepaul notes that he never found out
how the goat got there, or how it was eventually
removed from the hotel premises. Number 18, Winning Euro Millions Ticket. Hiding an important
item under your mattress is a great idea in your own home. But not so much when
you're staying at a hotel and forget to retrieve it. Especially if the item in question happens to be a winning lottery ticket. This was what happened
to one unfortunate guest at the Travelodge in Watford UK. While the value of the
prize was never announced, the guest did at least
remember to return to claim it. Number 17, Pet Boa Constrictor As it turns out leaving
animals and even beloved pets behind in hotel rooms is much
more common than you'd think. A hotel cleaner in North Carolina
got the fright of her life when she discovered a
five foot boa constrictor under the bed covers, so much so that the police were called to collect it. The snake was called Chuck
and belonged to hotel guest Neil Miller, who explained
that he forgot all about Chuck when he went out
to visit some friends. Number 16, Share Certificates. It's bad enough leaving
behind your own possessions at a hotel you checked out of, but what if the items actually
belonged to someone else? This is what happened to
an American stockbroker who forgot his briefcase when staying at a Travelodge Hotel in
Liverpool Street London. In doing so, he left
behind a massive £500,000 worth of share certificates
owned by his client. It's unclear whether the
stockbroker was reunited with his briefcase but it
raises an interesting question about who now owns the share certificates. The hotel could have had a
very significant windfall. Number 15, Cats It's pretty clear by now that animals and hotel rooms are a bad mix. Whilst it can be fun to bring your pet to animal friendly hotels,
using a hotel room to detain large numbers of cats is not only cruel, but downright illegal,
yet this was the case brought against two sisters, in the state of Georgia back in 2013. In all, 31 cats in various
states of mistreatment were kept hidden in a hotel bathroom. The case is too shocking
to be fully described here, so go check it out if you
have a strong stomach. Number 14, Pizza in a Safe. Who on earth would mistake a hotel room safe for a microwave oven? Well, according to
Snopes.com, there have been many such incidents
reported by hotel staff! The original story dates back
to 2007 when a housekeeper at the Hermitage Hotel, in New Zealand, reported that an American
tourist had tried to cook a frozen pizza in the safe. The pizza later had to be removed from the locked safe by the
baffled housekeeping staff. Number 13 Wok Unless you opt for a hotel suite, it's fair to say that your
food options are limited. But this didn't stop
one hotel guest at the Lake Terrace Motel in Virginia, from attempting to serve
up something special. It was only when hotel
staff found an abandoned wok sitting on top of a melted
toilet that they realised that the guest had used
the toilet as a stove, by removing the water from the toilet bowl and filling it with charcoal. When you see a toilet as a cooking tool, you must be seriously hangry! Number 12, Fancy Dress Costumes. Visit any hotel and you're likely to find a bachelor or bachelorette party. But they leave behind more
than just their inhibitions. If the reports from UK hotel Travelodge are anything to go by. In one branch of the budget chain, staff found 20 Bob the Builder costumes left behind in a single room. Of course, funny costumes
aren't just limited to bachelor parties. At a Travelodge in Leeds, one actor left behind his
pantomime horse costume from the local performance of Cinderella! Number 11 A Trunk of Chocolate This sounds like a dream scenario, right? Finding a trunk packed
full of chocolate bars. But why on earth would a hotel guest leave such a bounty
behind in a hotel room? While the reasons for the
abandonment are unknown, the origin of the chocolate
filled trunk was explained. The guest in question
was a Chinese tourist who had recently been to
Cadbury World in Birmingham UK, which is an amusement park based around a popular British confectionery brand. Number 10 Someones Mother's Remains Whilst it's understandable
that certain things can slip your mind when you're grieving, surely leaving behind your relative's remains is a major error? In this story, not only
did the hotel guest leave behind his backpack,
but that backpack contained his mother's ashes. When the item was discovered,
staff at the resort in California had to contact
the local coroner's office before the woman's
relatives could be found. Number 9 Diamond Encrusted iPhone I'm not sure about you,
but I wish I was so rich that I could just misplace
my diamond encrusted iPhone! This is exactly what
happened at a London branch of the Travelodge hotel
chain back in 2012. One customer had bought the
iPhone 5 on the day it launched, but apparently lost interest
in her purchase soon after. When the phone was
collected from the hotel, the owner had 228 missed calls! Maybe it was her attempting
to locate it via its ringtone? Number 8, Harry Potter Wand Now for a story that will make
all Harry Potter fans cringe. One lucky owner of a prop wand
from the Harry Potter movie series was careless enough to leave it behind in a hotel in
Scunthorpe, in the UK. The customer eventually
returned to claim the wand, which had been locked
away for safekeeping. That's a good thing, too,
as it was worth over £2,000. That could have been
a very costly mistake! Number 7 Salad Book A book about salad may sound
normal if you're thinking that this was a compilation
of different recipes, but that's where you'd be wrong. As reddit user ShaneMcDeath
explains, he found a hotel guest's personal notebook,
which detailed all of the reasons why he loved salad,
which seemed to have been written over the course of several years. The book was over 80 pages
long, and according to Shane, contained the occasional
suggestion that the author believed salad to be alive in some sense. Spooky stuff. Number 6 Everything Cut in Half In another installment from the goldmine that is Reddit, user Muteent2
tells the story of a man who checked in for only 5 hours
at a small airport hotel. After the customer had left the premises, staff made a shocking discovery. He had cut everything in
his hotel room in half, including towels,
flooring and even the bed. Needless to say, the room
was in such a bad state that it was later gutted
and used for storage. Number 5 Shark in Bathtub At the Marinotel Hotel in Portugal, staff got more than they
bargained for when they found a live shark in a guest's bathtub. Apparently, an unidentified
British holiday-maker decided it would be a good idea
to bring his prize catch, a 1 metre shark, back home with him. Of course, the shark needed seawater, not tap water, to survive, and sadly died before he could put it back into the sea. It was only at this point
that the hotel customer called staff to inform them of the
"extra guest" in his room. Number 4 Baby Sea Turtles As bad as forgetfulness is, abandonment is much worse. A hotel housekeeper in
Tybee Island, Georgia, found five baby sea turtles in a waste paper bin of all places. The rare baby loggerheads
had apparently been picked up after they hatched and were
then dumped in the hotel, according to wildlife experts. Unlike the bathtub shark,
this story does have a happy ending as all
five of the turtles were released into the Atlantic Ocean. Number 3 Rapper Possessions? The richest people out there are just as forgetful as the rest of us. In 2012, not only did a UK
Travelodge guest leave behind their Rolex worth £500,000,
but the same hotel chain also ended up with Bugatti
keys in lost property. It's a haul that could only be owned by a rapper flexing his wealth. You would think that if a
person had forked out cold hard cash on pricey items such as
a Rolex and a Bugatti, that they'd remember not to leave
them behind at a hotel, right? Wrong. It's not known whether
the two items belonged to the same culprit, but you have to wonder how the Bugatti owner got home. Number 2 Pie Guy In an account that is both
puzzling and slightly unsettling, Reddit user ladywug
introduces a hotel guest who became known by staff as "Pie Guy". This was a man who would
pay in cash and rent a room, only to leave it in
disarray with the remains of several expensive pies smeared over the bathroom walls, floor, and in the bathtub. As the pies often contained dark fruits, the staining was a
housekeeper's nightmare. The staff also reported
finding a note which simply contained the words "pie" and "pants" written over and over again. Number 1 Prosthetic Leg I have to be honest, this
one boggles the mind. Wouldn't the owner of a
prosthetic realize their mistake as they walk away? But this incident really happened, at the Fairmont Queen Elizabeth
Hotel in Quebec, Canada. The guest in question
had already checked out, but hotel staff found their leg hidden under the bed
while cleaning the room. Just goes to show, you
shouldn't feel too bad if you happen to leave your
phone charger behind at a hotel. Their staff really have seen it all! So, Which of these did
you find the strangest? Have you ever left anything
unusual in a hotel room? Let us know in the comment
section down below. Thanks for watching! (Exit Music)
