Reged: 11/04/03
Posts: 5918
Loc: Northwest Washington State
When we bought the old house on the lake in Oregon, it was pretty beat up. It was a second residence for us (we lived in California), so we were seldom there. While we were busy fixing it up, we had no furniture in it so we were sleeping in sleeping bags in front of the fireplace on New Years Eve 1986. I wasn't sleeping well -- strange sounds, you know -- and when I opened my eyes I saw the little eyes up above me, watching me from the balcony of the upstairs bedroom. It was the biggest rat I've ever seen! OMG! I freaked out. I immediately woke up hubby, and, in the middle of the night, we chased that thing, trapping him in the storage attic, where we closed the door behind us. I told hubby we were gonna put the place back on the market first thing in the morning!
Unfortunately, that animal would not let us sleep. He kept us awake all night long, scratching on the attic door! Finally -- SOMEHOW -- he managed to find a way out through the roof. When we got up in the morning, we opened the door to the attic, only to find huge claw marks all up and down the door.
I won't tell you about the bats -- Brrrrrrrrrrrr!!!!
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