When you hear something fall in the middle of the night, do you check?

[Bretrick]

Happened last night. Something fell on the floor while I was in bed watching Coming home in the Dark. Got up to check and could find nothing.

 

[VaughanJB]

Yes, I check. Most of the time I find it's my dog removing things from their place with his tail, which is constantly wagging.

 

[Capt Lightning]

No. This is an old house and occasionally a small piece of plaster will fall, or a loose slate will rattle in the wind. There is also the wonderfully named 'exploding brain syndrome' - usually just as you wake and you think you heard a noise, voice, phone etc.., but it's only a trick of the mind.

 

[Widow of Vietnam Vet]

I always check a noise-and it is usually something that fell on the floor, slipping off a stack of slippery store catalogs or penny savers.

We have to separate our recycles here for my rural garbage man- the pennysavers and newspapers must be separated from anything with slippery shiny pages, like those catalogs we get from online stores we deal with.

It rained yesterday, my recycle day, so I could not put my paper recyclables out.

I eliminated my mouse problem many years ago so that is never the noise culprit.

 

[Fyrefox]

I don’t check…I’ve got cats!

 

[timoc]

"Alexa, find out what that noise was!!"

 

[Bella]

When you hear something fall in the middle of the night, do you check?​

Happened last night. Something fell on the floor while I was in bed watching Coming home in the Dark. Got up to check and could find nothing.

Yes, I check. The last “something” I heard fall in the middle of the night was a huge oak tree hitting my house. Yeah, that'll wake you up.

 

[PeppermintPatty]

Yes, I check. Most of the time I find it's my dog removing things from their place with his tail, which is constantly wagging.

And you can’t get mad at the happy dog. Thats ultra sweet. Dogs make life so much better.

 

[C50]

I absolutly check.

 

[dilettante]

Yes. Could be anything, though more likely a raccoon on the roof than one of those aliens from the movie "Signs."

 

[birdy]

I get up and check.

 

[PeppermintPatty]

I get up and check. Usually it’s the cat playing but she’s now gone. I sure miss her. 18 years.

 

[SeaBreeze]

I don’t check…I’ve got cats!

I have one cat, and sometimes he knocks somthing off the kitchen table to play with, like a pen or something else small. He also jumps off the kitchen counter, so it sounds like a thump, like something fell that was soft and fluffy.

 

[PeppermintPatty]

I have one cat, and sometimes he knocks somthing off the kitchen table to play with, like a pen or something else small. He also jumps off the kitchen counter, so it sounds like a thump, like something fell that was soft and fluffy.

You sound like you are describing our cat. She’d often sleep during the day and play during the night. She’d also jump down off high places and land with a big thud. She was 7 pounds most of her life but then went down to 4. At times it was annoying but I’d give anything to hear her again.

 

[Aunt Mavis]

Heck no. I send Aunt Mavis to check it out.

 

[hawkdon]

Only occaisionaly I will get up and check...this old house also
has its creaks andd groans...and the furnace is located on this
floor also so it makes some strange noises..,.also there was the
time raccoons were trying to break in at the furnace room!!!

 

[VaughanJB]

And you can’t get mad at the happy dog. Thats ultra sweet. Dogs make life so much better.

He's a terrible organizer, always makes a mess.

I bought him two new duvets on Monday of this week - he's chewed a hole through one already. Why? Coz he's a dog.

 

[hollydolly]

Yep, always check if it's a loud noise.

The other night I was watching TV downstairs, and I heard an Almighty bang, so loud it sounded like a piece of furniture had fallen over.. shook the walls almost..so I got up and went upstairs, looked in every room.. nothing was out of place. I thought that can't be, the noise was room shaking... so I looked again and again in every room up and downstairs.. nothing !!

It wasn't until the next day that my neighbour told me there's a group of young youths who are going around, the latest craze apparently is kicking people's front doors as hard as they can in the hope the door will burst open.. so that was clearly what had happened..

I was very angry I have to tell you because we don't live in a bad area or an area where there are youths hanging around... so this was very annoying, and something to be particualrly aware of, if I wasn't home in case the door does or did get burst open..

 

[SeaBreeze]

You sound like you are describing our cat. She’d often sleep during the day and play during the night. She’d also jump down off high places and land with a big thud. She was 7 pounds most of her life but then went down to 4. At times it was annoying but I’d give anything to hear her again.

I'm sorry she's gone, I know it's still very fresh and heartbreaking for you. May she rest peacefully. Hugs.

 

[fuzzybuddy]

No. This is an old house and occasionally a small piece of plaster will fall, or a loose slate will rattle in the wind. There is also the wonderfully named 'exploding brain syndrome' - usually just as you wake and you think you heard a noise, voice, phone etc.., but it's only a trick of the min

There is also the wonderfully named 'exploding brain syndrome' - usually just as you wake and you think you heard a noise, voice, phone etc.., but it's only a trick of the mind.

Thanks. I wake up and sometimes I think I hear two mouse traps snap. I do gat mice at times, so I keep traps under the kitchen sink. And, nope, they haven't been sprung. I was about to try google something about it, But I couldn't figure out how to ask.

Exploding brain syndrome??? My brain may not be working well, but at least it's still working.

 

[jujube]

I occasionally "hear" dull explosions in the middle of the night. I figure it's just another brain cell imploding. I'm getting pretty low these days.....LOL.

 

[helenbacque]

When I lived alone, I always did. Now it is someone else’s problem.

 

[IKE]

I keep loaded handguns and flashlights (one of each in both nightstands) and if I hear something loud enough to wake me up I arm myself and go investigate.....probably had to do it no more than 1/2 dozen times and thankfully it ended up being a false alarm (burglar wise) each time.

 

[PeppermintPatty]

I'm sorry she's gone, I know it's still very fresh and heartbreaking for you. May she rest peacefully. Hugs.

Thank you Seabreeze. I still miss her terribly. She was almost always around. I miss her humble presence. When she got older she started meowing louder and sometimes I’d poke fun of her and she’d instantly meow softer.

 

[Teacher Terry]

Now that I live in a condo in a secure building I don’t have any strange noises.