I hear sounds of something in the attic..

[deluxe]

late at night i here things in the attic. A sort of sound that sounds like a mix of the sound preadtor makes and a rattlesnake. :eek2:

I'm about to lose my wagon in a few seconds............

Just kidding, but has anybody ever had this happen to them before? or similer?

I know its not simon in the acctic because he lives in the basement and only breaks lose and trys to rip my heart out and eat it if i don't feed it whale blubber.

[Haunted]

Could be squirrels or rats. Happened to us last year.

[Todash]

Squirrels. Squirrels in the attic.

<whistles innocently>

[staropeace]

I have very little patience this morning............could it be toys in the attic,mayhaps?:biggrin2:
Just joking..............almost.

[brownmouse]

Squirrels! Those darn creatures! Have I got a story-:eek2:
A few years back I kept hearing attic noise and , keeping my imagination in check, figured it was squirrels. My husband didn't believe me (he wouldn't hear a buffalo in the china cabinet at night he sleeps so sound) until I showed him one in the act of jumping from a neighbors tree and then disappearing into our roof. And then the quest was on.

He nailed a shingle over the hole in our roof and put out traps full of grapes and nuts in the attic to catch 'em- the 'have a heart' type-see we had good intentions! And everyday - a few times a day actually- he would check the cages . It became a routine. "Time to check the cages" - he would climb into our blown insulation attic and come out shaking his head(and leaving a cloud of fluff about him). The nuts and grapes- always gone- the trap- unset, empty; the noise louder and louder. ( It had lots of energy now. I don't think the squirrel (it was but one squirrel) had ever eaten so well as when it was in our attic). And the little guy (or gal as we found out later) was getting brave- really brave. See the attic door was a poor fit for the entrance and one could see into the attic at its trim- or out of it -as the case may be. Our little squirrely friend decided it wanted to see the hand who was feeding him (I guess) because it started poking it's little nose through the slats watching us. It became quite the voyeur! I would be standing in front of our hall mirror checking myself out when I would look up (at the door- directly over my head) and see this pointy nose and beady (and yes, they are beady) eyes watching me. It was creepy- not at all cute.

It also found a hole in our ceiling where a ceiling hook had been (the last reminder of an IV bag hung for a cat during his final moments-but that is another story). It was a sizable hole because my husband and I are not very good at hanging things (I'd say a good inch across). Ms. Squirrel enjoyed sticking her nose through it - I do believe she found it humorous to tease my husband about her unending presence and his inability to catch her. She taunted him every morning as he drank his coffee. Really! Or perhaps she was just trying to send him a thank-you for the many wonderful meals of grapes, dried cherries and nuts that he kept providing for her in the nice little metal box (that never closed!). It finally got to him, my husband that is. Every night hearing the celebrations of a , now quite large, rodent- every morning seeing its twitchy nose mocking him (or thanking him- hard to tell with squirrels)- it broke him. And he retaliated. He found a wire hanger -straightened it- and stuck it up the ceiling hole and , with the anger of a beaten man, he swung the newly made weapon around and around- and he got a response! Ms. Squirrel did not like this intrusion! Not one bit and she let him know! She screeched and hissed and ran all around that attic (he never did land a blow- which wasn't his intention- he just wanted to scare the darn thing). And, let me tell you, squirrels have some good vocal chords on them! I never knew. It is sort of a deep guttural 'ehhhh, ehhhh'. Very weird. And , thus, a new routine began. It was now "Time to f*** with the squirrel"- every morning , as he drank his coffee. And I would be lying if I said he didn't start to enjoy the new ritual. But it all ended when finally the trap slammed shut on our attic friend. We figured out that nuts and grapes were too easily removed before the weight sensored trap could react so we put down a nice layer of peanut butter under the grapes and, behold, our , by now, quite confident squirrel, was caught within the hour. Now what?!?!
My poor husband had no idea what to do with this angry creature. And , honestly, they both looked sad that the game had ended. It was decided that he would drive to a local park and set the girl free. I stayed home with our very excited daughter who was all for nominating it as a family pet (we had recently lost our cat...) while he drove with it, next to him, in the Nissan. I guess parting was sweet sorrow as the thing wouldn't get out of the cage and he had to give it a pretty good shake ( I picture a tearful farewell: "Just go, you , you- darn rodent. Go! The attic is no place for you! We just don't belong together! It had to end sometime...."- something like that) And here the story should end. And for the really delicate lot it really should.
See here- a few days later I was taking a shower and above me I heard noises- scuffling squirrely noises. But above the shower? And with the attic sealed? Must be my imagination, right? My husband thought so. Or so he wanted to believe. I tried to tell him there were more but he wouldn't hear of it. He was tired, drained, and not at all ready to do battle again. So the story should end here. It really should. Let it be my imagination. I beg you - don't go there...but if you must -it's a new post as I ran out of room -I should take that as a sign but the story- it wants to come out. :oo:

[brownmouse]

here goes:
It wasn't my imagination; there were more squirrels. Only there was no trap set out with food to catch them, no juicy grapes. Which is a bad, bad thing. Because we didn't find the squirrels until they were dead. Three baby squirrels. Trying desperately to reach water- smelling it as I took my showers- it was the thirst that got 'em. And now- really, don't go there! Don't ask yourself how we found them![/


You asked for it! One night I went to tuck my daughter in bed. Upon entering her room a stench so bad my eyes watered hit me. It was somewhere in her room. But where? And but WHAT!?! I really hate to admit this but the squirrels, well they deserve the truth, I pretty much instantaneously blamed my daughter. I wasn't mad or mean (never that) but I was concerned and I truly believed my daughter had hidden something organic in her room. It had that organic smell. What it could be I didn't know- but I feared bad things. I began to do a sniff out - but could not find the source! I called my husband into the room. My husband who is much taller than me (6 ft) , much closer to the ceiling. And his nose told him pretty quickly that the stench hung high. We both drew a blank for about 3 seconds and then we both closed our eyes, hung our heads and said a prayer for squirrels. Finding 3 small squirrel bodies in blown in insulation in a hot Summer attic isn't easy or fun. But it had to be done so it was done. And we got a new roof in a months time. Now you know. :eek2:

[hipmamajen]

Ugh, Brownmouse, how awful!

Deluxe, I don't know what's in your attic, but I suggest you follow horror movie rules until you find out. Don't split up, don't go anywhere dark and DEFINITELY don't have sex with anyone, those couples always get ganked first!

[Ubasti]

I'd say rats. We had rats in our attic ... over my room conveniently. They would wake me up in the middle of the night. It could be squirells too though ... or possum ... or raccoons ... bats maybe?

[Todash]

here goes:
It wasn't my imagination; there were more squirrels. Only there was no trap set out with food to catch them, no juicy grapes. Which is a bad, bad thing. Because we didn't find the squirrels until they were dead. Three baby squirrels. Trying desperately to reach water- smelling it as I took my showers- it was the thirst that got 'em. And now- really, don't go there! Don't ask yourself how we found them![/


You asked for it! One night I went to tuck my daughter in bed. Upon entering her room a stench so bad my eyes watered hit me. It was somewhere in her room. But where? And but WHAT!?! I really hate to admit this but the squirrels, well they deserve the truth, I pretty much instantaneously blamed my daughter. I wasn't mad or mean (never that) but I was concerned and I truly believed my daughter had hidden something organic in her room. It had that organic smell. What it could be I didn't know- but I feared bad things. I began to do a sniff out - but could not find the source! I called my husband into the room. My husband who is much taller than me (6 ft) , much closer to the ceiling. And his nose told him pretty quickly that the stench hung high. We both drew a blank for about 3 seconds and then we both closed our eyes, hung our heads and said a prayer for squirrels. Finding 3 small squirrel bodies in blown in insulation in a hot Summer attic isn't easy or fun. But it had to be done so it was done. And we got a new roof in a months time. Now you know. :eek2: Ooh, that's bad.

But I love your stories. I find myself consistently entertained by the bad things that happen to you. :biggrin2:

[Srbo]

I have very little patience this morning............could it be toys in the attic,mayhaps?:biggrin2:
Just joking..............almost.

Yeah.

In my attic, anyhow.:wink2:

[bio_chem06]

You need to call the students from Penn State that investigate paranormal activity....ooooooooo

[brownmouse]

I'd say rats. We had rats in our attic ... over my room conveniently. They would wake me up in the middle of the night. It could be squirells too though ... or possum ... or raccoons ... bats maybe?

...flowers? (Come on- we all read V.C Andrews back then!)

[tillyn]

I've had drips of water in my attic through a vent but thankfully no critters. (Knew someone who had tons of bats in there's, 10,000 $ to get them out and clean up the mess.(it is illegal to kill bats in ON.)

[JRLauer]

I remember when I was a kid, we lived in a 120 year old house in Ohio. The basement was a crawl space but the attic was huge. During the winter we could hear the mice and rats crawling up the inside of the walls to reach the attic where it was warmer. What a lovely sound that was.

[LadyPain]

We had a family of raccoons living in our soffits once. Scared them out with Raid spray, but they ripped a hole in the edge of the (old) roof to get away.

[Todash]

Hmm. At this point I'm feeling pretty good about the occasional spider, Japanese beetle, frog, etc., that makes it inside here (my in-laws'). We did have one mouse, but my cats (who have lived only in mice-free houses) scared it away by chasing it down the hall, and we never heard it in the wall or ceiling again. Yes, all four cats joined in; it sounded like a herd of buffalo. Apparently cats learn to deploy stealth by practice, because clearly it isn't entirely instinctual.

[Jax]

Deluxe, I don't know what's in your attic, but I suggest you follow horror movie rules until you find out. Don't split up, don't go anywhere dark and DEFINITELY don't have sex with anyone, those couples always get ganked first!

:biggrin2:

[mudpuppy]

It could even be birds, maybe? We had raccoons in our attic at the same time that I snuck my mom's copy of The Exorcist to read. I couldn't believe my ears. Regan heard scratching on her ceiling, and so did I. Dad caught the raccoons in a no-hurt trap and they went to live in the woods somewhere.

[LadyHitchhiker]

When i go to work at the bookstore sometimes I hear a gigantic BANG that sounds like the security door closing in the back but that's not what it is. It is actually the heating/air conditioning making a loud BANG! That's creepy...

[TBlack]

My sister heard noises upstairs too.
She called the landlord who exterminated the whole building.
A month later she came home to find the ceiling had collapsed in her bedroom(turns out there was a leak up there also) There were about 350 dead mice all over her bed!:barf:

[Lizard slushie]

My sister heard noises upstairs too.
She called the landlord who exterminated the whole building.
A month later she came home to find the ceiling had collapsed in her bedroom(turns out there was a leak up there also) There were about 350 dead mice all over her bed!:barf:

EWWWWWWWWW! Eww eww eww eww I'm not going to be able to get that image out of my mind now.

[Haunted]

My sister heard noises upstairs too.
She called the landlord who exterminated the whole building.
A month later she came home to find the ceiling had collapsed in her bedroom(turns out there was a leak up there also) There were about 350 dead mice all over her bed!:barf:

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAGH!!!! I would tell the landlord I wanted out of my lease and he was going to pay for a new bed and my moving expenses!!

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAGH!!

[mudpuppy]

My sister heard noises upstairs too.
She called the landlord who exterminated the whole building.
A month later she came home to find the ceiling had collapsed in her bedroom(turns out there was a leak up there also) There were about 350 dead mice all over her bed!:barf:

Ha! YES!!! That takes some kind of cake. Your sister is lucky for two reasons:
a) she wasn't in the bed at the time
b) she has one of the sickest "I can home and found ______ on my bed" stories EVER!

My "came home and found_____ on the bed" story: on every square inch of quilt there was a chunk of meat and fur. Our mamma cat dragged a rabbit through the window and ripped it to shreds to feed her kittens. When I got home I yelled "MOM!" She came in and said "Oh, I thought I got all of that cleaned up". Makes me wonder, what the heck did it look like BEFORE she cleaned up?

[hipmamajen]

Makes me wonder, what the heck did it look like BEFORE she cleaned up?

Ba ha ha ha ha ha!!!!!!!!

[SKfan2006]

could be any kind of rodent.

here's a story, don't remember who told it sorry,: she was reading Jurassic Park and when she settled for the night she started hearing a scratching sound from below. she had this mental image of a raptor either under the bed or house. she went investigating and found a skunk under the house.

[SKfan2006]

tblack and mudpuppy, that just sounds funny for some reason.
another story, heard this from my mom, a couple kept seeing this wet spot on the ceiling every month and they couldn't figure out what it was. they just kept putting paint over the stain and one month later the stain would come back. after some time they were tired of this and investigated. turned out there was a HUGE beehive in their attic.

[TBlack]

I went out last summer to turn the garage light off at about 2:00am,
on the way back in something warm & wet went, "Squish" under my bare foot.
I turned on the light to find the cat had left us another present...
Ever step on a dead Chipmunk?:barf:

[Cowboy]

Trolls. Just my opinion.

[hipmamajen]

I went out last summer to turn the garage light off at about 2:00am,
on the way back in something warm & wet went, "Squish" under my bare foot.
I turned on the light to find the cat had left us another present...
Ever step on a dead Chipmunk?:barf:

Nope, but I stepped on a fresh dead bird once in my closet. We had a kitty at the time who was an expert huntress. Hurl.

[Jax]

I went out last summer to turn the garage light off at about 2:00am,
on the way back in something warm & wet went, "Squish" under my bare foot.
I turned on the light to find the cat had left us another present...
Ever step on a dead Chipmunk?:barf:

Ick! My foot feels yucky just thinking about it.

[Jax]

Trolls. Just my opinion.

:biggrin2::biggrin2:You crack me up Cowboy!:biggrin2::biggrin2:

[Wendybird]

tblack and mudpuppy, that just sounds funny for some reason.
another story, heard this from my mom, a couple kept seeing this wet spot on the ceiling every month and they couldn't figure out what it was. they just kept putting paint over the stain and one month later the stain would come back. after some time they were tired of this and investigated. turned out there was a HUGE beehive in their attic.

So it was bee pee then? :oops:

Nope, but I stepped on a fresh dead bird once in my closet. We had a kitty at the time who was an expert huntress. Hurl.

I can empathise. 2 cats in this house and we have had mice, rats, birds, slow worms, a baby rabbit (I went balistic at the cats!) we even had the next door neighbours pet gerbil once but luckily it wasn't badly hurt so I returned it with a very red face.

I think the worse they bring in are the frogs and toads! Toads SCREAM! Really I mean it! When they are cornered they let out this scream like a woman. Scared the bujeezus out of me the first time it happened. Even if I took the frogs and toads outside the cats would bring them straight back in. So I started taking them over the road to my friends house as she has a large bird bath and they would be safe until morning. Imagine sneaking across the road at 2 am with a screaming toad in your hand? Funniest thing was that I forgot to tell my friend and she was very confused by a load of frogs and toads managing to get into her bird bath. :biggrin2:

I suppose I should really tell her this year before I start doing it again? :glare:

[Haunted]

Ha! YES!!! That takes some kind of cake. Your sister is lucky for two reasons:
a) she wasn't in the bed at the time
b) she has one of the sickest "I can home and found ______ on my bed" stories EVER!

My "came home and found_____ on the bed" story: on every square inch of quilt there was a chunk of meat and fur. Our mamma cat dragged a rabbit through the window and ripped it to shreds to feed her kittens. When I got home I yelled "MOM!" She came in and said "Oh, I thought I got all of that cleaned up". Makes me wonder, what the heck did it look like BEFORE she cleaned up?

Ms. Mod!!!!! We need to have a Yucka button!!!!!:vomit:

[Jax]

Ms. Mod!!!!! We need to have a Yucka button!!!!!:vomit:

I think that is a great idea!:laugh:

[Agincourt Concierge]

Ha! YES!!! That takes some kind of cake. Your sister is lucky for two reasons:
a) she wasn't in the bed at the time
b) she has one of the sickest "I can home and found ______ on my bed" stories EVER!

My "came home and found_____ on the bed" story: on every square inch of quilt there was a chunk of meat and fur. Our mamma cat dragged a rabbit through the window and ripped it to shreds to feed her kittens. When I got home I yelled "MOM!" She came in and said "Oh, I thought I got all of that cleaned up". Makes me wonder, what the heck did it look like BEFORE she cleaned up?

Well..I don't know about "came home and found_________on the bed" story
How about "I woke up and found...my dog had puked up dark sticky brown congealed thin mints and stomach acid on my bed".....WITH ME IN IT!!!!!!
How's that for a story......LOL....ewwwww...I had accidently put my hand in it in my sleep......ewww I thought the dog was having massive blood loss until I smelled that familiar "thin mint" peppermint smell....BOY WAS I PISSED...so there I was at 2:30 AM...washing out my freakin comforter....please....

There you go.....:rofl:

[SKfan2006]

wendybird, it was actually honey that was overflowing from the hive.
and thats gross agincourt.

[Todash]

Well..I don't know about "came home and found_________on the bed" story
How about "I woke up and found...my dog had puked up dark sticky brown congealed thin mints and stomach acid on my bed".....WITH ME IN IT!!!!!!
How's that for a story......LOL....ewwwww...I had accidently put my hand in it in my sleep......ewww I thought the dog was having massive blood loss until I smelled that familiar "thin mint" peppermint smell....BOY WAS I PISSED...so there I was at 2:30 AM...washing out my freakin comforter....please....

There you go.....:rofl:
Thin Mints are irresistible. Not the dog's fault, really. It's those Girl Scouts and their crack-laced cookies.

[mudpuppy]

Well..I don't know about "came home and found_________on the bed" story
How about "I woke up and found...my dog had puked up dark sticky brown congealed thin mints and stomach acid on my bed".....WITH ME IN IT!!!!!!
How's that for a story......LOL....ewwwww...I had accidently put my hand in it in my sleep......ewww I thought the dog was having massive blood loss until I smelled that familiar "thin mint" peppermint smell....BOY WAS I PISSED...so there I was at 2:30 AM...washing out my freakin comforter....please....

There you go.....:rofl:

Awesome! I think the best part about that is the moment it took you to put together the feeling in your hand and the peppermint smell - priceless!

I don't know if I should even tell this story, but since I've come this far: I was sleeping. My dog was under the covers next to me sleeping too. Well I thought he was just having a gassy night because I was getting overwhelmed with that smell. I go back to sleep. Hours later I wake up and the smell is still there. I guess he dreamed I was taking him for a walk or something, because one or two dukes apparently slipped out in his sleep. And my elbow was smashing it. It was flat and cold. I flew out of the bed it the worst kind of shock. I tore the sheets from the bed and applied fresh ones. I went to the bathroom to splash my face and noticed in the mirror another one (a really tiny one) glued to my shoulder.

I can't believe I'm going to actually post this. And I wonder why I don't have any friends?

[LadyPain]

Awesome! I think the best part about that is the moment it took you to put together the feeling in your hand and the peppermint smell - priceless!

I don't know if I should even tell this story, but since I've come this far: I was sleeping. My dog was under the covers next to me sleeping too. Well I thought he was just having a gassy night because I was getting overwhelmed with that smell. I go back to sleep. Hours later I wake up and the smell is still there. I guess he dreamed I was taking him for a walk or something, because one or two dukes apparently slipped out in his sleep. And my elbow was smashing it. It was flat and cold. I flew out of the bed it the worst kind of shock. I tore the sheets from the bed and applied fresh ones. I went to the bathroom to splash my face and noticed in the mirror another one (a really tiny one) glued to my shoulder.

I can't believe I'm going to actually post this. And I wonder why I don't have any friends?

:rofl:

I giggled so hard I damn near re-injured my ribs.... Tears are running down my face here!! Puppy let 'em slip!

[Todash]

:rofl:

I giggled so hard I damn near re-injured my ribs.... Tears are running down my face here!! Puppy let 'em slip!
"Get me a towel, Rita, I think that last fart had a lump in it."

[Agincourt Concierge]

Awesome! I think the best part about that is the moment it took you to put together the feeling in your hand and the peppermint smell - priceless!

I don't know if I should even tell this story, but since I've come this far: I was sleeping. My dog was under the covers next to me sleeping too. Well I thought he was just having a gassy night because I was getting overwhelmed with that smell. I go back to sleep. Hours later I wake up and the smell is still there. I guess he dreamed I was taking him for a walk or something, because one or two dukes apparently slipped out in his sleep. And my elbow was smashing it. It was flat and cold. I flew out of the bed it the worst kind of shock. I tore the sheets from the bed and applied fresh ones. I went to the bathroom to splash my face and noticed in the mirror another one (a really tiny one) glued to my shoulder.

I can't believe I'm going to actually post this. And I wonder why I don't have any friends?

:rofl:.......and I thought my story was bad.....:rofl: :biggrin2:
glued to my shoulder"..........:rofl: :biggrin2: you keeling me...!!!

[Agincourt Concierge]

Thin Mints are irresistible. Not the dog's fault, really. It's those Girl Scouts and their crack-laced cookies.


Not the cookies!!! the little round, candy mints.....LOL

although the cookies are good too!!! :rofl:

[Speedy2]

I have been told that people think I have bats in my belfry? Does that count? Kind of like "toys in the attic" but a little more restless I think. :)