The mother was frightened by the moving balcony curtains in the hotel room: he suddenly ran out of them… A scene like a horror movie!

VILAMOURE – Forty-two-year-old Rachel Brown was on vacation in Vilamoura, Portugal, with her seven-year-old son, Jaxon. They were in the room when Brown suddenly noticed that the curtain on the window was shaking strangely. What she finds next will take your breath away.

It turned out that late in the evening, an unknown person entered Brown’s room on the second floor of the luxurious Epic Sana Hotel. This ended in an argument, and Brown eventually threw the man off the balcony. According to her, he was supposed to climb over two nearby balconies and steal her Apple watch. The violent thief is still at large. Mom wants to warn tourists that it is important to lock balcony doors. She told the Daily Star: “When I first saw the curtains moving I thought a bird had flown in – then a man appeared behind the curtain. It was scary. I had a small child in the room, so my goal was to get the man out of the room. I started pushing and pushing him until he went out of the room and onto the balcony – then I started screaming for help. “

The mother admitted that although she closed the balcony door, she did not lock it before an unwelcome visitor burst into the room on July 22 at 10:20 p.m. She mistakenly thought she and her son were safe because they were on a high floor with a private balcony. She said: “I immediately shouted at him to get out and started hitting him and pushing him out of the room. Before climbing the balcony, he grabbed my arm and ripped off my Apple Watch.” Security was called to her room, but there was no CCTV. The hotel staff did not call the police, and the Apple Watch was returned to her only after it was found dumped in nearby bushes. Brown couldn’t even tell the police about the incident because her flight was in the morning.

She reported this via email to the civil police and filed a complaint against the hotel staff for not calling the police. She also asked for compensation for a ruined holiday, which the hotel manager refused via email. Andre Romeiro, CEO of EPIC SANA Algarve, said: “On July 22, 2024, there was an incident when a stranger tried to enter the guest room through the balcony, which was open at the time. No harm was done as a result of this effort. Immediately after the hotel found out about this situation, it implemented internal security procedures, in particular moving the security service to search the building to find the suspicious person and check to take on the surveillance cameras. “