Holy Shit! The Kid's Right! There IS a Monster Under The Bed: A Shocking True Crime Story

Do all kids work from the same playbook? A babysitter could hardly be blamed for feeling exasperated on the evening of March 24, 2025, when one of the kids in her charge complained about a monster under the bed.

OMG! WTF? Like I haven’t heard this before? She mumbled under her breath, not at all happy. It’s not like this home in the 2000 block of Patton Road in Grand Bend, Kansas, was any different from any other house on any other road anywhere in America.

There are no monsters under any bed. Period. It’s a truth learned relatively early in life, drilled into the minds of children by parents who mutter, Wait till you have kids of your own.

So yeah, the babysitter was probably annoyed. Who could blame her? It was 10:30 p.m., after all. This kid should have been under the covers, sound asleep, long ago.

But fine. She sighs. "Come here with me, and we’ll look under your bed together."

She kneels down, the child squatting beside her, hands on his thighs, holding his breath as they peek under the mattress and box spring.

The babysitter looks at little Mr. Adorable and starts to say, See? There’s nothing to worry about...

And then she sees it.

Holy Shit!

A pair of eyes stare back at her.

THERE IS A MONSTER UNDER THE BED!

And he comes out fighting.

To her credit, the babysitter fights back, landing a punch right in his left eye. But he’s stronger. She does her best, but the monster shoves past her, slams into the boy, knocking him to the floor, and bolts out of the house.

Shaking, the babysitter grabs her phone, dials 911 as fast as her trembling fingers allow, and breathlessly tells the dispatcher, There’s a monster on the loose!

The cops arrive fast. They investigate. They give chase.

But the trail is already cold. No sign of him.

Damn.

The babysitter does her best to get the kids back into bed, but who could sleep after that?

The next morning, Barton County sheriff’s deputies return to the home and the neighborhood, searching again for the Monster Under the Bed.

The house is clear, so the cops fan out. And guess what—or rather, who—they find.

None other than the Mr. Monster himself.

Martin Villalobos Jr.

He sees the cops—just a second too late.

He bolts, sprinting through the neighborhood like he knows it well. He does. But he’s not fast enough.

Deputies wrestle him to the ground and into the back seat of a squad car.

Turns out, 27-year-old Martin Villalobos Jr. used to live in that house on Patton Road. But he was under a Protection from Abuse order—legally barred from being anywhere near that home.

For reasons unknown, he showed up anyway—and hid under the bed.

Martin was arrested and booked into the Barton County Jail that morning, March 25, on charges of aggravated kidnapping, aggravated burglary, aggravated battery, child endangerment, felony obstruction of law enforcement,and violation of the Protection from Abuse order.

Last word? He was being held on a $500,000 bond.

So.

Moral of the story?

Next time a child warns you about a monster under the bed...

Believe them. And be ready to FIGHT!

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