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pinboy3niner

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28. Announce loudly, "I hear you knockin' but you can't come in!"

Reply to Are_grits_groceries (Original post)

Sat Jul 5, 2014, 02:37 AM

Jul 2014

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(UPDATE:7am)That was weird.Heard someone(something) beating on or around my bedroom window. [View all] Are_grits_groceries Jul 2014 OP

Why wouldn't you let me in? Jackpine Radical Jul 2014 #1

Couldn't resist... tymorial Jul 2014 #2

Gonna kill that bird! nt Are_grits_groceries Jul 2014 #4

That is too f unny. tymorial Jul 2014 #8

Welcome to DU. =) nt AverageJoe90 Jul 2014 #19

When I was growing up in Newark (a college town), we used to get woodsprite Jul 2014 #3

I hear fireworks in the near distance, Are_grits_groceries Jul 2014 #5

maybe someone who thinks everyone is at a party and nobody is at home JI7 Jul 2014 #7

No, not a dream. Are_grits_groceries Jul 2014 #10

So we can rule out Expoding Head Syndrome? dixiegrrrrl Jul 2014 #11

Since I live in SC, Are_grits_groceries Jul 2014 #15

Newark as in Delaware? (New Ark) phylny Jul 2014 #12

Yup! Still live here about 5 min from campus. Was at UD last night for the fireworks! woodsprite Jul 2014 #33

Jeez! Stay inside and call a friend! nt elias49 Jul 2014 #6

Probably a drunk who got the wrong apartment. It's happened to me before. n/t winter is coming Jul 2014 #9

fireworks often sound like that to me hfojvt Jul 2014 #13

Nope. Are_grits_groceries Jul 2014 #14

Could have been one though. Lancero Jul 2014 #34

just last night i was recalling a clearly remembered childhood nightmare reddread Jul 2014 #16

Why not call the police and ask them to check around outside? DebJ Jul 2014 #17

That happened to me once Samantha Jul 2014 #18

phase #1 mission complete snooper2 Jul 2014 #20

Concur on asking the police to check the area. Safety comes first. madamesilverspurs Jul 2014 #21

Could it have been fireworks? roody Jul 2014 #22

Proabably just some untamed youth kentauros Jul 2014 #23

Once I had people knocking on my 3 external doors...at the same time. Scary. madfloridian Jul 2014 #24

There is a very bright outside light on a pole in the parking lot. Are_grits_groceries Jul 2014 #25

lol madfloridian Jul 2014 #26

I locked my keys in the car. Let me in. Jamastiene Jul 2014 #27

That's why I didn't call them. Are_grits_groceries Jul 2014 #29

Announce loudly, "I hear you knockin' but you can't come in!" pinboy3niner Jul 2014 #28

on the first floor MFM008 Jul 2014 #30

You would not liked to have been me then. woodsprite Jul 2014 #35

Well obviously your friends are awake in the dead of night from coast to coast, checking on you Hekate Jul 2014 #31

A couple of times last week I was jolted awake by deer underneath the window Vinca Jul 2014 #32

OK, now you have to tell us what it was. Did you ever read Stephen King's "Salem's Lot?" Squinch Jul 2014 #36

Exploding Head Syndrome!!! ret5hd Jul 2014 #37

True, it could be that. But you can't rule out the vampires. Squinch Jul 2014 #38

Did anything turn up to explain this? Squinch Jul 2014 #39

Considering your update, what you heard may have been your upstairs teen neighbor... pinboy3niner Jul 2014 #40