Kansas babysitter checking for monsters finds man hiding under bed

‘One child complained there was a ‘monster’ under their bed,’ police said. Photograph: Colorblind Images LLC/Getty Images

A babysitter in Kansas who was asked by a child to check for monsters under their bed was stunned to discover a man hiding there, police have said.

The shocking incident occurred on 24 March at a property just outside the city of Great Bend, when the sitter was seeking to put the children she was looking after to bed. However, one of them was afraid.