When we pulled up at about 10:30 pm, exhausted from having traveled all day, we saw the pentagram hanging over the front door, in the place where a business sign should hang. The idea of staying at a hotel where the signage is the most recognizable symbol of the occult, satanism, and witchcraft, was extremely troubling. We wondered what sort of things go on in such a building where the demonic realm is welcomed.
We were told that the doors to the suite would be unlocked. My husband and I decided to at least go inside to look at it. It was creepy. There were no lights in the bedroom. We felt around in the blackness for a light switch to no avail. We found three lamps and tried turning them on, but they wouldn't turn on. Then I used my phone as a flashlight. I found that one of the lamps was unplugged, so I plugged it in, and it dimly lit the room. The other lamps appeared to be plugged in but would not turn on. There was also an index card with numbers all over it and a note that said, "This just randomly fell off the wall." This card was left by the key. Why would that card accompany the key left for us? Everything felt wrong.
I called the owner. He did not answer the phone. I left a long message saying that we wanted to talk to him. I had also already texted him the moment we arrived. He lives above the rooms but might as well have been halfway around the world.
An hour later, we finally were able to make a reservation at an inn 53 miles away. We left and texted the owner, saying "The pentagram was a deal-breaker." We weren’t willing to subject ourselves to that type of spiritual energy. We lost our money but knew we'd sleep better.
He finally texted the next day, acting like he didn't understand my text, didn’t see the missed call, and had not heard my voice message. The biggest lie was when he denied knowing anything about a pentagram on his building! I sent him a photo of the it and he STILL denied that it was on his building and told me that we must've been at the WRONG hotel! (I have photos and Google street views showing it too, but VRBO reviews don’t offer a way to add them).
I don't have a problem with warlocks or Satanists or people who just really like pentagrams owning and operating a VRBO. But the pictures on the VRBO site need to clearly show this. If he is going to be bold enough to have this on the front of his hotel, then he needs to be bold enough to not conceal this significant symbol to potential guests.
