Hotel Guest Returns to Room and Finds it Taken Over by a 'Grumpy' Seal in Need of 'Beauty Rest'

A wild grey seal in the Netherlands skipped check-in and went straight to a guest room.

According to a Feb. 4 Facebook post from the Zeeland Animal Welfare Foundation, a guest returned to their room at the Pier 7 beachside hotel in Vlissingen and found the adorable intruder snoozing away on the ground near the bed.

"We often receive strange reports and are not easily surprised anymore, but when we received a report tonight, we could not believe it at first," Zeeland Animal Welfare Foundation, an animal welfare nonprofit in the Netherlands, shared in their post translated from Dutch to English.

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The social media post added that the rightful owner of the room spotted the wild animal snoring away through the window and decided to give the adorable marine mammal some space to nap. Instead of kicking the seal out, the guest informed the hotel about the unusual predicament, and the hotel contacted local animal rescue groups for assistance.

Zeeland Animal Welfare Foundation shared that animal rescuers with Reddingsteam Zeedieren Nederland RTZ (Marine Animals Rescue Team Netherlands RTZ) assisted with the relocation and informed the hotel guest that they were right to leave the animal alone.

"The grey seal likes to bite and is not an animal, despite its cute appearance, to be touched," the Zeeland Animal Welfare Foundation added on social media.

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To return the hotel room to its rightful owner, the animal welfare groups carefully removed the seal from the room and relocated it to a safer area. The seal appeared healthy and did not sustain any injuries during the ordeal, but the animal's rescuers noted that it did act "grumpy" about having its "beauty rest" interrupted.

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According to Reddingsteam Zeedieren Nederland RTZ, grey seals tend to nap wherever and whenever the mood strikes, including in the middle of the road or a stranger's hotel room.

ABC News reported that the grey seal likely gained access to the hotel room after the guest accidentally left the beachfront door to their room slightly open.

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