The Hotel Hightower was built by a man named Harrison Hightower III, who was a collector of antiquities that he didn’t always come by honestly. Once, while traveling down the Congo River, Hightower met the native Mtundu people and stole their Shiriki Utundu idol for his own collection. Due to the lack of respect, when Hightower showed the idol, it came to life while in his hotel penthouse, cursing the building and leading to the events of the attraction.
