CW on 04/27/2012
At approximately 5:30am on the morning of April 26, I was awakened by a bedbug-looking insect running across my hand. I immediately turned on the lamp to get a closer look and called the front desk clerk to come retrieve the bug from the bed where I lay.
At 7:30am I proceeded downstairs to check-out of the hotel--after leaving several personal effects in the room for fear of further contamination of my own property or, worse, my home. I was informed that a "bedbug trained staff member" had d
etermined that the insect in question was "too big be a bedbug" and that it was "some type of beetle". I was then handed my hotel bill and told to "Have a great day."
I have pictures of the bug in my bed as well as Internet bedbug pictures (not to mention photos of all the personal items I left behind). I have since sought the opinion of others--who have NOT had any formal "bedbug training"-- who concur with me that the bug in my hotel bed appears to have been a bedbug. I have reported the incident to the national Embassy Suites customer service department and am in contact with the Jefferson County Health Department.
9 bedbug reports near this address:
| 1600 14th Ave S | 1.623 km |
| The Hotel Highland At Five Points South | 1.752 km |
| 1327 16th Ave S, Apt 4 | 1.862 km |
| 1343 14th Ave S | 1.942 km |
| 951 18th St S | 1.998 km |
| 1150 14th Ave S | 2.364 km |
| 1108 Cullom St S | 2.400 km |
| 1509 10th St S | 2.905 km |
| 300 Royal Tower Dr | 3.277 km |