There is something running around on my roof.

[crispini]

Not in the attic, there's no attic crawlspace in this section of the house. It sounds small and fast. The squirrels are probably asleep, I would think. Could be a rat? Are they nocturnal? Or maybe possum?

hope it's not a rat. I HATE RATS!

[loveable liberal]

1. might be a gnu....or an ostrich.

[qnr]

2. Might be a tiny hippo

[crispini]

6. it's got nails. i can hear them scritch scritch scritch.

so no hippo. :D

or do hippos have nails?

[qnr]

7. maybe a tiny rhino and you're hearing the horn?

[crispini]

9. A very small, fast one.

I could see that. presumably it was carried from africa. by a swallow.

[qnr]

13. Could be (drat, what movie was that?) maybe it was a package

deal with the gnu & ostrich...

I had bats once, they scritched. Nice neighbors actually, they really cut down the pesky visitors in an environmentally conscious way, plus, it kept the dogs occupied.

[crispini]

20. African swallow or European swallow?

Wish I had bats. have heard good things about them. Was thinking about getting a bat house at some point...

MAN, that thing can RUN. Cats are totally freaking out.

[qnr]

27. Thank goodness, I'm not totally senile yet... Monty Python n/t

[MnFats]

3. where are you?

Oppossums are nocturnal. we're on the very northern end of their range, but a couple of years ago i almost ran over one on my bike out for a moonlight ride.
A squirrel might run about if looking for a way out.
sorry but i think mice and rats are largely nocturnal, too.
might want to adopt a very large cat...

[crispini]

8. Texas. plenty of possum here.

but it's moving fast.

Maybe young possum... all the old possum I've seen go slow.

I WANTED to go outside for a smoke. but I'm not doing that now!!!!!

[MnFats]

10. Oh, c'mon, get out there!

whatever it is, it's going to be more frightened of you than you are of it!
Probably, I mean.

[MrSandman]

14. That is what I was told about...

Black Bears.

There is no way anything could have been THAT scared.

[qnr]

16. I agree,

Let's go check ... but you go first

[crispini]

17. it's got CLAWS, man.

I'm not fucking with it, whatever it is.

[qnr]

19. Yeah, but you're only 36 posts from 1,000

You'll outsmart it. Hopefully.... you go first

[crispini]

21. LOL.

Not even going up in the attic to look around. Not tonight. :D

[qnr]

23. Hmmm, maybe if you run around in scritchy shoes, you

will scare it, instead. But you go first, just in case.

[crispini]

30. No, no, you first.

Be my guest. :evilgrin:

[qnr]

32. Um, actually,

now I am starting to hear things running around, but in the next room....

[crispini]

37. hee hee hee!

<insert scary Jaws music here>

[qnr]

42. grrrrr heheheh

Hmmmm time for me to go to bed before what passes for a mind on my part conjures up anything else.

[MrSandman]

4. Do armadillos climb?

[Eye and Monkey]

15. I used to have a poster of an armadillo humping the Texas Capitol

wish I could find a copy of it online. They may not climb too well, but they sure look good on top o' the Capitol.

Hat's off to Guy Juke.

[Eye and Monkey]

5. too early for Santa Claus

[LosinIt]

11. red squirrel? they like to get into attics

and tend to cause a hell of a lot of damage.

[Blue-Jay]

12. It's me!

"It puts the lotion in the basket."

[crispini]

18. Oh great, now i'm going to go hide under the bed.

THANKS! :D

[Kipepeo]

22. Where do you live?

any primates around?

:)

[Tom Kitten]

24. El chupacabra ?

naah, not likely....but still...

[crispini]

28. Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah!

well, this IS the right territory for 'em.

thank goodness I wasn't watching any old x-files tonight. :D

[necso]

25. Get really drunk,

break out the 12 gauge, fill it full of turkey-shot shells and let loose whenever you hear anything.

You'll get a whole new level of respect from the neighbors -- when you get out of jail.

...

Maybe rats -- they are websites that discuss the signs and how to get rid of them. Some of the tips work for other critters too. They call them "roof rats" for a reason.

[crispini]

29. Now THAT would be the true Texas thing to do.

but I think I'll stick with the Orkin Man. or whoever comes out for rats. URGH.

[necso]

33. I don't know

about Texas.

But I've come close to doing this myself -- but then again only when I was starting off drunk.

[Swamp Rat]

26. It's Ashcroft!

[crispini]

41. Now THAT's scary!

Or maybe it's a swamp rat! :D

[Eye and Monkey]

31. Small and fast? maybe it's your tax-cut?

It'll be gone by morning.

[qnr]

34. Mine was way too small to make any noise

[crispini]

36. Bwah!

Maybe it's Karl Rove's brain. Small, fast, with claws... that all fits. :D

[Kipepeo]

35. The Aye Aye

Is nocturnal.

Do you live in Madagascar or North Carolina? :)

[qnr]

38. Madagascar or North Carolina?

Do they commute?
Are they on speaking terms?
Are they so large that they straddle Africa & The Atlantic and live in both simultaneously (man, I'd hate to see crispini's roof repair bill if that is the case)

Enquiring minds want to know!

[Kipepeo]

44. LOL

The Aye Aye is a species of lemur (it's one of the most endangered of the lemurs). North Carolina is home to the only Primate Center that is ONLY for prosimian primates (lemurs and lorises and bushbabies, oh my!). So they have the only Aye Ayes in the country. But they sometimes loan them out to zoos....but statistically speaking...you'd only see one of these creepy things in Madagascar or escaped from the Duke Primate Center in NC.

:D

My favorite Halloween animal....so of course I thought of them.

here's another picture:



They have a 6-inch middle finger that is almost completely bone and it is in a ball & socket joint (like your thumb) so they can spin it around to hunt for insects in wood.

So maybe they could go scritch scritch scritch on your roof. :)

[crispini]

39. Oooooee! Neither, and I'm glad! n/t

[realisticphish]

40. ever seen "Signs"?

just saying, id get out a glass of water if i were you...

:hippie: The Incorrigible Democrat

[crispini]

43. ok, NOW ya'll are trying to scare me!

I'm going to bed before IT COMES BAAAAAAAAAAAAACK!!!!! :D

And I'll have sweet dreams of a Kerry presidency, yeah! :)