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There's a B grade SF monster about to explode out from under my tub....
Seriously... For the second time in a week, there is some seriously loud and weird noises coming from under my bathroom, particularly my tub. Scratching, banging noises. The first time it woke me up, I thought it might be some animal trapped under the house. My mom had raccoons last summer and you could hear them scratching at things under the house. Tonight though, I'm not so sure. If it is an animal, it's a dang big one. I mean I suppose it could be raccoons... Big, sword-wielding ninja raccoons that are having an epic battle that involved hitting the pipes and the floor under the tub and producing vibrations through the floor when you stand in the bathroom. Noises that are loud enough to wake me up...
I don't know if it's related, but the other evening, we heard more, but different noises. There was scratching, but not nearly so loud and not under the tub. But there was also this really weird sucking noise, kind of like a pump with an incomplete seal. That set of noises seemed to be coming more from under the house between the kitchen and bathroom (they share a wall).
In any case, the really loud bangy noises from tonight have me spooked and I'm having a hard time going back to sleep. I keep thinking, "what if giant, 30 foot long, man and beast eating worm come erupting through my floor? I don't have a personal arsenal of explosives at my fingertips to fend the thing off with...." heck. I don't even have a really good baseball bat...
Yes, I'm a whimp. But it does make me nervous...
I called the Landlord the first time to tell him I had heard something weird. Jeff says he's going to call the landlord tomorrow and confirm that he heard it too and that it sounds like a B grade SF monster is going to explode from under the tub.
No, I have no clue how to see under the house. We don't have a crawlspace hatch in our apartment. There are some metal grates in the sidewalk outside, but... I don't think they've been moved at all.
anyone ever had anything like this?
I don't know if it's related, but the other evening, we heard more, but different noises. There was scratching, but not nearly so loud and not under the tub. But there was also this really weird sucking noise, kind of like a pump with an incomplete seal. That set of noises seemed to be coming more from under the house between the kitchen and bathroom (they share a wall).
In any case, the really loud bangy noises from tonight have me spooked and I'm having a hard time going back to sleep. I keep thinking, "what if giant, 30 foot long, man and beast eating worm come erupting through my floor? I don't have a personal arsenal of explosives at my fingertips to fend the thing off with...." heck. I don't even have a really good baseball bat...
Yes, I'm a whimp. But it does make me nervous...
I called the Landlord the first time to tell him I had heard something weird. Jeff says he's going to call the landlord tomorrow and confirm that he heard it too and that it sounds like a B grade SF monster is going to explode from under the tub.
No, I have no clue how to see under the house. We don't have a crawlspace hatch in our apartment. There are some metal grates in the sidewalk outside, but... I don't think they've been moved at all.
anyone ever had anything like this?
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Access will either be from a hatch in an exterior wall (which should be obvious, unless a bush grew in front of it) or through a hatch on the floor, most likely in a closet. The hatch may be covered over by stuff.
You can probably see in through the vents- you'll need a light, or have someone shine a light through one vent while you look through an adjacent one. That might be enough to give you a clue about what is happening down there. If there is a side hatch, you might be able to see it. Unlikely you would be able to see a floor hatch.
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the house that I don't know anything about. There might be an access
hatch somewhere there...
As far as access hatches, I can only speak for the front and side of
the house I can see... There is a pretty dense hedge on the other
(neighbor's side) of the building and I have no clue what's behind.
Not a yard, that's for sure... :-)
the front doesn't have any hatches that I can see. On my side there
are 3 grates in the sidewalk right next to the building. Jeff put a
camera down there this morning and there is a trench between beams or
something that goes under the house. There's black at the end of the
trench. Not sure if that is an opening to the rest of the under the
house or what. Probably not the end of the trench...
I wish I could shine a light through something to see what was going
on down there.
I asked our neighbor if she was hearing anything the evening of the
wierd sucking noise. She had been watching TV, though and didn't
notice anything. They often have the tv on pretty loud, so I don't
doubt her. I guess I should go over and ask if they heard the wierd
noises last night...