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Holy sh!t, there's something *large* living in my wall

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Can't believe no one has said it yet... it's obviously hippies. Just be careful in case it's college know-it-all hippies, they're the worst.
 
Originally posted by: Riverhound777
Can't believe no one has said it yet... it's obviously hippies. Just be careful in case it's college know-it-all hippies, they're the worst.
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Yeah, prolly the drum circle is what those thuds are you're hearing.
 
I await the inevitable "Holy sh!t, there's something *large* living in my pants" parody thread.
 
i had a bat find it way through a hole in my closet's drywall ceiling (large hole, mind you)... that sucker made noise like you wouldn't believe, considering this thing was a small bat, something like the size of a typical mouse for a body.
don't underestimate the noise a small critter can make inside a wall...

if it is making noises during the day, however... it's likely not a bat as it would rest during the day as much as possible.
 
typically, you would hear a scratching sound if it was a raccoon. We used to have one right beside the shower i used in the mornings...just like yours. It would always scratch at the wall, but never ram the wall or anything to make thud noises. It also depends what the walls are made out of and how loud the thuds are. It could be a squirrel or something nesting if the walls are just drywall. Anyways, i don't know a whole lot about badgers, but i would guess a badger would have already been through the wall by now :x
 
Originally posted by: AStar617
I recently bought my grandfather's 3-family house in Cambridge, MA. It was built in 1873 (likely with lots of easy entry points) and my bedroom is on the 3rd floor. For the last few days, from the wall between my bedroom and the bathroom, I am hearing heavy construction courtesy of something that can't possibly be smaller than a squirrel... or racoon. I mean, can squirrels make legitimate *thuds*? 😕 My new roommate appears to come and go at will from the outside because sometimes it's dead silent... but other times it sounds like he's trying in vain to get around the cast-iron tub in the bathroom. I'm concerned that if I don't do something he'll eventually get through the interior wall into my room.

Note the obligatory not-to-scale paintbrush reenactment... the double-lines are exterior walls with a slanted/vaulted roof ceiling directly above them. The red represents the suspected breach. My room is shaped like a "T" so the space to the right of the bathroom is still the bedroom, with the doors to both off the top of the image.

My grandfather was a roofer for 38 years, so we have a 3-story ladder here... but I'm not looking forward to going up 30+ feet in the winter cold just to have a fvcking rabid badger leap out at my eyes claws-first screaming bloody murder. :thumbsdown:
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Squirrel or other small climbing rodent. Probably found a way down next to your sewer vent. Or climbed up the sewer pipes to the bathroom wall. Plenty of room for rodents when they cut out holes for the plumbing. 1873, when did they do the plumbing? Now you use screen and foam around the pipes to make them rodent proof.
 
Originally posted by: torpid
Does it sound like construction, or does it sound like a thumping heart?
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True! --nervous --very, very dreadfully nervous I had been and am; but why will you say that I am mad?
 
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