5 • 710 Ratings
🗓️ 20 October 2025
⏱️ 25 minutes
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From abundances of junk to filthy old socks that look as if they may be breathing, there are plenty of interesting things to be found under people’s beds. But in this episode we’re delving beneath beds that have hidden truly extraordinary things. From treasures worth millions, to monsters in every sense of the word, stay tuned to see what lies beneath the treasure troves we call beds!
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| 0:00.0 | From abundances of junk to filthy old socks that look as if they may be breathing, |
| 0:05.0 | there are plenty of interesting things to be found under people's beds. |
| 0:09.0 | But in this episode, we're delving beneath beds that have hidden truly extraordinary things. |
| 0:16.0 | From treasures worth millions to monsters in every sense of the word, stay tuned to see what lies |
| 0:23.5 | beneath the treasure troves we call beds. |
| 0:26.3 | You're listening. People often think that monsters under your bed is merely a thing of childhood imagination. |
| 0:45.8 | But the truth is, when the lights go out, you can never be certain of what phantoms creep below. |
| 0:52.3 | Someone who knows this all too well is former Zimbabwean international |
| 0:56.6 | cricketer Guy Wittall. In 2013, Guy checked into the Humani Lodge in Zimbabwe. As he tucked |
| 1:05.7 | into breakfast one morning, he was alarmed by the shriek of a housemaid coming from his room. |
| 1:13.0 | He burst in and found the source of the maid's terror. A beastly 330-pound crocodile was prowling beneath the bed. |
| 1:21.5 | Amazingly, this crock had gone undetected the whole night as it's thought to have climbed |
| 1:26.7 | under there seeking warmth as Guy |
| 1:28.3 | slept. Guy even recalled how he'd perched on the edge of his bed when he awoke and dangled his |
| 1:34.4 | feet unaware of the bitey beast below. And I know what you're thinking. How could you not notice a |
| 1:40.7 | 330-pound crocodile under your bed? Well, you'd be surprised at just how sneaky these creatures can be. After all, it's how they hunt. |
| 1:51.0 | With the crock found, it wasn't long before hotel staff wrangled it back outside from whence it came. |
| 1:57.0 | Hopefully, the reptile will have the courtesy to book a room in advance next time. |
| 2:02.8 | If you're anything like me and the other 100 million people in the US who suffer from |
| 2:07.0 | arachnophobia, aka the fear of spiders, then you might want to skip this next story. |
| 2:14.1 | Close encounters with these eight-legged critters can be intimidating, and no one knows this |
| 2:18.9 | better than photographer Gil Wizen, who crossed paths with the world's most venomous spider |
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