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Knock knock knock

hellie jo — Tue, 22 Oct 2024 19:41:12 GMT

I was sitting on the couch watching t.v. My husband was on a motorcycle trip. Our dog Sadie was laying on the floor sleeping.

I heard a knock knock knock by the dining room window. It is midnight. The blinds are closed in the dining room windows but open in the living room.Our house is small,it used to be a caretakers cottage. The living room and dining room are one. The knocking occurred again. Who would be out there? It feels creepy. The hair is standing up on my arms. When it happened again I went into the hall so no one could see me. Great! my phone is in the living room.Now what?

The knocking happens again. I can see Sadie still sleeping. Why doesn't she growl or bark?

As the knocking happens again I see Sadie,her tail is thumping on the floor 3 times! I can understand it now. What a great big relief!! Thank heavens all is well!

Anyone else have a weird story?

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rms1954 — Mon, 21 Oct 2024 20:38:40 GMT

That's weird? Why?

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Desertdi — Mon, 21 Oct 2024 20:46:14 GMT

I have experienced numerous phenomena in this house. I have reason to believe that I am living over ancient burial grounds.

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Marp — Mon, 21 Oct 2024 21:09:59 GMT

@hellie jo, Sadie must have been enjoying her dream.

I've had similar experiences with my animals causing unexplained sounds until I finally focus on them and realize they are the explanation.

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DottieBlue — Mon, 21 Oct 2024 21:17:11 GMT

Glad it wasn't anything serious.

But I keep all of my blinds closed after dusk, especially if I'm home alone. Guess I watch too many true-crime shows.....

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lynnie61 — Mon, 21 Oct 2024 23:00:59 GMT

Years ago I had a woman pounding on my apartment door near 2 am. I know he's in there! I called 911. Granted, she was drunk, but I lived in a complex with probably 20 buildings that were exactly the same. Her man or friend was not in my apartment! It was very scary. The dispatcher stayed on the phone until the police got there. About 10 minutes. She was arrested. First and only incident.

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scruffsmom — Tue, 22 Oct 2024 12:45:19 GMT

I once woke up to noises coming from the basement. My husband was working nights and I was scared. Ready to call 911 when I bump into the laundry shoot door being open. Darn cat was having a heyday in the basement.

Another time when hubs was working I heard knocking in the back of the house. I eventually got the nerve to check it out. Another cat had opened the cupboard and was licking a soy sauce bottle. He'd lick it and lift it then the bottle would make the knocking sound when it dropped down.

Darn cats.

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ID2 — Tue, 22 Oct 2024 14:32:57 GMT

I have no idea what a dinning room is.

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Stray — Tue, 22 Oct 2024 14:39:06 GMT

We had an incident that we still talk about today. My sister & her two kids moved in with my father after her divorce. I was out on my own & living in NYC. I came home for the weekend & slept in my nieces room with her for the night. She had bunk beds for sleepovers & I took the lower berth.

During the night, we heard the front door open, footsteps across the living room ( bedrooms were upstairs & my father’s bedroom was downstairs), footsteps going up the stairs to the bedroom door of my nieces room. There was a hesitation & the door opened slowly & we saw a person standing there. The light was behind the person so we couldn’t see the face, only the silhouette but it was a man. We assumed it was my father who was checking to see if everyone was home even though it wasn’t his usual practice & he’d always knock before entry. The person then closed the door, hesitated, I guess outside of my sister’s room & my nephew’s room. We heard the steps in reverse, down the steps, across the living room & out the door.

The next morning we were talking at breakfast & in the course of conversation we mentioned my father doing room check which was odd for him & he went out so late. My father walked in during the conversation & asked what we were talking about. He wasn’t upstairs & was sleeping soundly; it wasn’t him & he didn’t go out. So now we were really creeped out. My nephew & sister heard the footsteps but the person did not open their door. My father didn’t hear any footsteps & was sleeping. Funny thing, we didn’t feel fear & our dog didn’t bark ( who slept in my sister’s room). At that time, we never locked doors but we did after that. We have no idea who it was to this day but my niece & I always talk about that night & that we didn’t feel fear; I guess because we thought it was my father.

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SoCal Bred — Tue, 22 Oct 2024 16:22:58 GMT

Years ago we had a husky tabby cat named Tyson, one night while reading in bed, our sliding glass closet door started opening and scared the la-la's out of me, it was Tyson, I was hanging up clothes and didn't realized he went into the closet and inadvertently closed the door he'd been in there for quite a while too, guess he realized it wasn't too much fun in there, LOL

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J Town Girl — Tue, 22 Oct 2024 20:30:37 GMT

A number of years ago I had just adopted a pair of young guinea pigs. The cage that we had made for them had a second floor loft with a ramp going from the first level to the second.

It was very early in the morning and my husband had just left for work and I was getting ready for work. Suddenly I heard what sounded like someone trying to break into our front door. My heart stopped and I just froze. After a minute or so I realized it was the piggies running up and down the ramp chasing each other in play.

When I realized what was making the noise I felt so silly but those few moments were so frightening. I was so surprised that such tiny little girls could make that much noise.

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J Town Girl — Tue, 22 Oct 2024 23:47:59 GMT

@SoCal Bred That would have scared the heck out of me. I'm glad it was only your cat.

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Karie2022 — Wed, 23 Oct 2024 02:56:51 GMT

@Stray wrote:
We had an incident that we still talk about today. My sister & her two kids moved in with my father after her divorce. I was out on my own & living in NYC. I came home for the weekend & slept in my nieces room with her for the night. She had bunk beds for sleepovers & I took the lower berth.

During the night, we heard the front door open, footsteps across the living room ( bedrooms were upstairs & my father’s bedroom was downstairs), footsteps going up the stairs to the bedroom door of my nieces room. There was a hesitation & the door opened slowly & we saw a person standing there. The light was behind the person so we couldn’t see the face, only the silhouette but it was a man. We assumed it was my father who was checking to see if everyone was home even though it wasn’t his usual practice & he’d always knock before entry. The person then closed the door, hesitated, I guess outside of my sister’s room & my nephew’s room. We heard the steps in reverse, down the steps, across the living room & out the door.

The next morning we were talking at breakfast & in the course of conversation we mentioned my father doing room check which was odd for him & he went out so late. My father walked in during the conversation & asked what we were talking about. He wasn’t upstairs & was sleeping soundly; it wasn’t him & he didn’t go out. So now we were really creeped out. My nephew & sister heard the footsteps but the person did not open their door. My father didn’t hear any footsteps & was sleeping. Funny thing, we didn’t feel fear & our dog didn’t bark ( who slept in my sister’s room). At that time, we never locked doors but we did after that. We have no idea who it was to this day but my niece & I always talk about that night & that we didn’t feel fear; I guess because we thought it was my father.

Thats terrifying!!

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FancyPhillyshopper — Wed, 23 Oct 2024 05:37:20 GMT

Just a few months ago late evening I heard a knock at my family room window--then again and again. It scared me a bit because the only way to reach the window is to walk around on my front porch. My husband was already in bed.

So, I took the dogs outside with me and a flashlight to investigate--lo and behold there was an owl who had flown into the glass a few times--maybe he saw something moving inside and it attracted him. When I shined the flashlight on him he blinked a bit and then flew away.

Now remember, I live in a big city--I have NEVER seen an owl up close before near my house, so it was a real surprise!

The first time I heard a fox scream near my house it was also quite startling.

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Stray — Wed, 23 Oct 2024 13:06:07 GMT

@Karie2022 - I know. When we talk about it even today my hair stands up!

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Stray — Wed, 23 Oct 2024 13:11:06 GMT

@monicakm - I enjoy horror films but that event is etched in my mind. We thought maybe it could have been my sister’s ex husband but he was out of the country at the time. We asked everyone we knew.

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LTT1 — Wed, 23 Oct 2024 13:53:35 GMT

@hellie jo

Reminds me of how I felt sleeping in my own home (late 20's) living by myself with my dog and my cat!

Across the street was undeveloped woods (which I thought was a plus lol) and I was PETRIFIED.

No cell phones in those days!

My brain was concocting all kinds of scenarios of someone breaking in!

Your story reminds me of either Halloween ghost stories or April Fools Day!

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San Antonio Gal — Wed, 23 Oct 2024 13:55:47 GMT

@FancyPhillyshopper wrote:

Just a few months ago late evening I heard a knock at my family room window--then again and again. It scared me a bit because the only way to reach the window is to walk around on my front porch. My husband was already in bed.

So, I took the dogs outside with me and a flashlight to investigate--lo and behold there was an owl who had flown into the glass a few times--maybe he saw something moving inside and it attracted him. When I shined the flashlight on him he blinked a bit and then flew away.

You're brave @FancyPhillyshopper . I would have been too scared to walk outside with a flashlight.

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MoonieBaby — Thu, 24 Oct 2024 01:18:46 GMT

@hellie jo

yikes! your story gave me the creeps, until Sadie was revealed as the culprit. How cute. kiss that lil stinker on her soft forehead and tell her she has a new fan (Aunt Ko) & I'm glad it was nothin after all.

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50Mickey — Thu, 24 Oct 2024 11:31:44 GMT

Many years ago when we bought our first house I used to go home from work for lunch. One day while I was eating lunch I kept hear noises coming from the attic. It creeped me out but I left the house without checking and went back to work. Came home that afternoon and I still heard the noises. Finally I got up the nerve to pull down the attic stairs. Down came a neighbor's cat Pokey walking down the stairs like he owned the place.

The houses in this neighborhood were built in the 50's and the utility rooms were attached to the back of the house. You had to go outside to enter the utility room. The rafter on one side of the room was open to the attic. It turn out that Pokey had gone into the utility room climbed up on the washing machine and into the open space between the room and the attic. Pokey's owner told me that he had been in every attic in the neighborhood. From then on I kept the door to the utility room closed to prevent any animals other than Pokey from getting in the attic.