Hotel guest noticed ‘weird smell’ in her room and was shocked by what she found under the bed

Thursday, May 1, 2025 -  A model has shared what she experience in a hotel that left her shaken. 

Natalisi Taksisi, who lives in Thailand, explained in a TikTok clip that she’d picked Japan to vacation in because she’d thought it was a “very safe country.” 

She said she stayed at the APA Hotel & Resort in Tokyo, which initially seemed like the ideal accommodation. 

“The place looked legit, and I had a key card which gave me access to the hotel and my room,” explained Taksisi. “The first day, everything was fine.” 

Things went awry on day two, when the content creator returned to the hotel to catch some sleep “after a day of sightseeing,” she explained. 

“I came back around 7:30 p.m., unlocked my room like usual, took off my clothes, and lay down on the bed,” said Taksisi. 

That’s when she noticed a “weird smell.” 

“At first I thought it was coming from my hair or the bed sheets, but then I realized it was coming from under the bed.” 

She said she leaned over to try and find the source of the stench. 

When Taksisi peered under the bed, she “saw a pair of eyes” staring back at her. 

“I saw a man under my bed, and I started to scream and jumped to my feet,” the startled traveler said. 

“The man climbed out from under the bed and stared at me for three seconds.” 

She added, “Those seconds felt like my life was over.” 

The intruder then “screamed” and ran out of her room. 

Horrified, Taksisi yelled for the hotel staff, who alerted the police of her uninvited bedfellow. 

Authorities discovered a power bank and a USB cable beneath the bed, reported Jam Press, but hotel staff didn’t have any explanation for how he got in. 

“I kept asking the hotel, ‘How did it happen?’ and they didn’t have any answer for me,” she lamented. 

To make matters worse, hotel employees claimed they would have trouble locating the culprit due to the lack of CCTV cameras inside the building. 

The police haven’t yet been able to identify the resort squatter. 

The influencer was so shaken by the intrusion that she booked a different hotel for the same night. 

She also requested that the hotel refund her the over $600 she’d paid for three nights, but they allegedly did not offer her any compensation at that time. 

When she reached out to Agoda, the booking site through which she reserved the hotel, they reportedly offered her $178 in coupons — an amount Taksisi deemed “ridiculous.” 

Fed up, the model called the hotel directly, demanding reimbursement, whereupon they agreed to refund her in full. 

Taksisi said that the next few days of the trip were a “nightmare,” recalling, “I couldn’t sleep, and I was constantly on edge, checking every corner of my room.” 

“I’m left wondering how someone could get into my room, how someone knew that I was alone in my room,” she said. “And how can the hotel not take responsibility for such a severe breach of safety?” 

Taksisi hopes her traumatising ordeal will inspire the hotel to “take real action” and also alert fellow travellers to the potential dangers that can befall them even in a safe nation.