skybytch 273 #1 February 7, 2003 There's something living under my house. It's making my dogs crazy. They keep trying to dig through the carpet and floor to get to it. Luckily the carpet was already garbage so it's not like they're destroying anything good, but it is slightly irritating to open the door and see torn up carpet padding strewn throughout the living room. Last night the thing living under my house ran into the plumbing that goes to my bathroom. Of course it hit it hard enough to break it. And of course I didn't realize that the water was spraying all over the bathroom floor until a half hour later when I went to go use the bathroom. I ran to the water main and shut it off, then pulled out towels, bucket and mop. Gosh, that all made for a fun and exciting evening. Tonight I get to call the landlord so he can come over this weekend and fix the plumbing. He also gets to evict whatever is living under my house. It's times like this I'm really glad I'm a tenant and not a homeowner. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JJohnson 0 #2 February 7, 2003 be afraid, be very afraid. I've seen Amithy Horror and Poltergiest and Exorsist...this is how the shit starts...next thing you got voices, moving objects..get out now while you still can!!!!JJ "Call me Darth Balls" Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
skymama 37 #3 February 7, 2003 My guess is it's a mole. My old dog tore up most of the backyard looking for those little critters. The worst part was when she actually caught one and left the remnants of it laying around on the porch. The biggest clue that there was one laying on the porch was when I heard the blood curtling scream from my daughter when she would be the one to discover it. She is Da Man, and you better not mess with Da Man, because she will lay some keepdown on you faster than, well, really fast. ~Billvon Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
hooked 0 #4 February 7, 2003 I would have been 'freaking'!!!! To hear something running around under there and then breaking the pipes. I wouldn't have been able to sleep at all. J -------------------------------------- Sometimes we're just being Humans.....But we're always Human Beings. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Cornholio 0 #5 February 7, 2003 I bet it's Deuce's LIZARD!!! Ask him how to get rid of it, since he spent so much time with it yesterday. Butthead: Whoa! Burritos for breakfast! Beavis: Yeah! Yeah! Cool! bellyflier on the dz.com hybrid record jump Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sebazz1 2 #6 February 7, 2003 It may be sitting in your closetMaybe you got some racoons down there. Something big enough to break a water pipe? That's kind of scary. It took some balls to go outside and shut the water main off. Hmmm maybe a possom? Wild poo flinging monkeys? Get the gun... Make sure it's not a fish before you shoot Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
yardhippie 0 #7 February 7, 2003 NOOOOOO its come back to life...Goddam dirty hippies piss me off! ~GFD "What do I get for closing your rig?" ~ me "Anything you want." ~ female skydiver Mohoso Rodriguez #865 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
QTPi 0 #8 February 7, 2003 It could be worse!! I have a skunk living under my shed (my house is on a slab, thank goodness!). Every night he comes up on the back porch to eat the cat or dog food, whichever is left in the bowl. They're fast little boogers! -- A mind that is stretched by a new experience can never go back to its old dimensions. -Oliver Wendel Holmes Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SpeedRacer 1 #9 February 7, 2003 QuoteMy guess is it's a mole. Moles are as small as mice! How the hell could it break the plumbing? I'm leaning towards poltergeist. Or a 200 lb lizard. Or possibly a giant mutant radioactive spider. Speed Racer -------------------------------------------------- Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Tee 0 #10 February 8, 2003 AAACK!! And you're still sleeping there. I would be too scared that I would wake up and it would be staring at me!! I'm sure one of these big strapping men here would be more than happy to stay over just in case. tee Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
rgoper 0 #11 February 8, 2003 it's just ALF eavesdropping, or looking for a cat to eat! --Richard-- "We Will Not Be Shaken By Thugs, And Terroist" Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
steve1 5 #12 February 8, 2003 My guess would be that it's either a skunk of racoon. If you walk around the house there should be an entrance hole. That would be a good place to set a trap. If it's a skunk it might turn into a stinky affair. Racoon are powerful little critters and are hard to hold in a leg hold trap. They'll walk right into a catch-em-alive trap, and this might be a good option. If a cat get's into it you can release it unhurt. Sometimes rental places have them to rent. I don't know anything about possum. That is another possibility but I'd imagine they are easy to trap also. Steve1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ltdiver 3 #13 February 8, 2003 QuoteThey'll walk right into a catch-em-alive trap, and this might be a good option. Had 7 skunks under my parent's house way back when. My dad went to the local ranger station where they convinced him that a 'special' live trap's slanted door would keep the skunk's tail down where he couldn't spray. NOT! Wow, did the house (and car) smell for weeks! Note...if it's a skunk and gets to spraying, get a little produce called "Super CD". Only a few drops takes the skunk smell out of anything... ltdiver Don't tell me the sky's the limit when there are footprints on the moon Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bbarnhouse 0 #14 February 8, 2003 I think its some "other" nasty critter....notice my personal ad in the classified section? Bwahhhhhhhh Luv ya Lisa!!!! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
AirMail 0 #15 February 8, 2003 How close do you live to a nuclear power plant? It could be almost anything. Maybe it is a mole. A 200 lb mole. Patrick-- It's never too late to have a happy childhood. Postal Rodriguez, Muff 3342 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
fudd 0 #16 February 9, 2003 Sounds like it's probably a boa constrictor or a huge python...btw, they make great boots edit: OK, I'm curious about what's living under your house. Keep us posted when you find out what it is. There are only 10 types of people in the world. Those who understand binary, and those who don't. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
