Motels and their guests can be the unfortunate victims of pranks from time to time and the consequences can be extreme.
We have posted before about a pranks at motels that are reported from time to time, particularly in the United States. The MO of the prank is simple. A prankster telephones a motel and asks to speak to a guest by a random room number and after being connected, the mayhem begins...
Once a mischievous caller is connected to an unsuspecting motel guest, a popular prank is claiming that there is a gas leak and instructs that the windows be smashed immediately.
Another variant involves the prankster instructing a guest to smash through a wall in their guest room to free a small person trapped next door.
Other reported cases involve a caller urging a guest to trip the motel sprinkler system that causes thousands of dollars worth of damage. One random call convinced one hotel guest to drive a truck through a hotel lobby in order to turn off a fire alarm.
An epic-prank that is probably the most outrageous, convinced a guest staying at a Motel 6 in Texas to ingest his own urine and stool samples in order to avoid contracting the H1N1 flu virus.
On the face of it, the chances of a stranger convincing random motel guests to perform ridiculous and outrageous acts would appear to be fairly slim. However as most moteliers can probably attest to; the public ain't getting any smarter.
