At 12:40 a.m., I was awakened by a noise.
BOOM!
It sounded like a car ramming into the side of my house.
THUD!
No, I think it's actually coming from the attic.
Thump...Thump...Thump, Thump, Thump!
It's definitely coming from the attic.
This is not the first time I've heard noises up there. For months, there have been a plethora of sounds emanating from above that, with enough denial, could easily be confused with the settling noises of a house -- a knock here, a bump there, the occasional scratchy sounds of nails dragging across plywood. Whereas those noises may have been ambiguous in their origin, these screamed an undeniable truth -- something living and breathing has taken up residence in my attic.
Who knows what kind of creature has decided to share my abode. A squirrel, a raccoon, the Loch Ness monster? Whatever it is will remain a mystery because attics, like basements, are scary places for me. Based on the number of horror films involving attics, I think it's clear that nothing good ever happens there.
When I purchased my house 11 months ago, the inspector, accurately sizing me up as the clueless, mechanically-uninclined woman that I am, tried to lecture me on how to change the filter on the air conditioning unit located in the attic. Did he say change it once a month, once every few months, once a year? I don't remember. I wasn't listening because I had no intention of ever going up there.
My attitude pretty much ensures that the one critter will eventually turn into a family of critters intent on building an entire community in the critter-friendly environment that is my attic. Whatever. I don't care. Just keep the noise down so I can get some sleep.
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Well, if it gets too bad, you can always pay an extirminator to quiet the noise for you...
Wood rats, cute little mousey looking things with long tails.
I tried the exterminator thing once but never again. Couldn't stand the squeaking and then flies.
I live and let live. But your filter does need changing or cleaning once a month. Get a friend to go up in the attic with you for this maintenance.
K...
1) Change the filter (or find someone who will)
2) While they are up there ( cause it's clear that it wont be you), have them set some traps.
If that doesn't work...
Call a priest!
that is a great attitude!!!
You might want to get that checked out. It could get bad.
Don't go up, I am pretty sure there are monsters there.
That's the funnies thing I've read all day. Good luck on whatever you decide.
I lived in an apt. once that had a wasps nest in the wall. Every night I would hear this rustling in the wall, this went on for months. Then one night I walked into a room FULL of wasps. Holy Crap. Hundreds and hundreds of wasps. Needless to say, we moved out for a week while the wasps were killed and the wall was repaired where they chewed through.
Angel, that's the scariest thing I've read all day. Hundreds of wasps? That seriously sounds like one of my nightmares.
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