To be really shitting myself? Think we may have a guest.

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To cut a long story short........ Moved to our lovely detached (this is relevant) house at the start of the year and everything has been fine and dandy, we have plenty of space, 3 large bedrooms, family bathroom, downstairs w.c. conservatory etc.... The house is 30s style with bay windows etc

Anyhoo, a couple of months ago dh were in bed on a sunday morning a lovely bright morning, birds singing outside etc and started to hear banging noises coming from the attic it was coming from both the outside wall where the bay window is and the wall opposite (next to dd1 bedroom) as soon as I sat up in bed it stopped immediatley. Then the following weekend it happened again, this time I kept myself laid down with my eyes closed and it carried on for a good 5/6 mins untill there was a loud bang that shocked me and I sat up, again it stopped and DH and I had the "what the fuck was that?" conversation.

We haven't really thought about it or spoken about it until now, we have been upstairs with DD I have been in the shower etc, DH waiting to get out of work overalls and jump in etc and started to play with DD and is jumping around, doing a silly little dance etc to make her laugh and the banging started again only this time really loud and was echoing DH's banging. This happened around half an hour ago, it went on for around 10 mins.

If this is not a ghost what the hell else could it be? I am at home during the day with DD and am now bricking it for tomorow and being home alone.

TheBolter that was probably rats - they make a terrible sound, and I have heard that 'dragging' sound too - really spooked me!

She never came back [shrug]

She has been sucked into the telly!!! Carolanne, keep away from the light!!

Maybe a Troll ate her.

Go up to the attic and say loudly "I renounce your invitation"

That'll get rid of any vampires.

Take a cricket bat in case it's zombies.

OP dont think ur kookyb for considering a supernatural explanation, once our home got broken into and one of the policeman actually asked if we had ever had paranormal activity. being deadly serious.

I was really hoping this thread would turn into another spooky thread, loved the last one (even though it freaked me out so much I made dh leave the hall light on)

We actually do have a ghost in our very old house - either that or I had a hallucination or am going mad (either of those is possible).

OP you may have a ghost too, but the banging isn't it. That will be the pipes. We get that too. The clue being it echoed your dh's jumping, vibrations from floorboards making the pipes knock.

Yes I made the mistake of reading this thread late last night before having to put my car away involving reversing my car into a pitch black garage cos I cant be arsed replacing striplight .

I had wound myself up to such a bag of nerves I'm a 50 yr old woman ffs that I let out a blood curdling scream cos 'the thing in the garage' was about to kill me a large piece of polystyrene packaging that I cant be arsed to move-fell against my car when I caught it.

It's yer pipes woman. Get 'em checked and yer radiators bled.

Oooh- err im a sceptic but this thread is giving me creeps for some reason, I feel a little uneasy about it all

Madam52 - that just made me spit coffee all over the laptop.....but I am sitting here in blazing sunshine. I would have done the same if it was dark!!

at some of these posts.

You never go up into the attic to investigate a strange noise, never, never, never. That's how you die.

You need to get the experts in to see if you have problems with the pipes, bats or rats. These are supporting roles and so are expendable.

OP you have a DD, so obviously not a virgin. That's a shame, virgins are more likely to survive the ghosties and ghoulies.

Have you tried saying Beetlejuice three times.... ?

Panic - thank-you .

I have caused the drenching of a few keyboards in my time makes me sound like an ageing porn star by making people laugh. I am rather proud of every last one but must admit to a deeper satisfaction there I go again - I will be outed if not careful if it is a workplace one. A personal one ruined is always tinged with guilt - so very sorry and I will pay for its repair.

Oh and B52 dont use that word ...BLED - some of us are already in tatters.

Well, I would get one of those crack teams of parapsychologists out, you know the ones that always exist in TV dramas with fabulous resources at top universities with achingly beautiful PhD students.

Anyway.

So.

Who you gonna call?

An online acquaintance of mine went for an interview for a job as a paranormal investigator recently, so they do exist.

Well, my friend went for one as a plumber. Now, they do exist and so do their bills.

Air in the central-heating system would be my first guess - can be incredibly noisy and if you have a thermostat or a timer will happen at odd times.

Oh aliceliddell I think I love you!

I'm sure that paranormal investigators exist.

But do ghosts?

I'm glad that Annette Fielding is not a figment of my imagination. I'd be worried about the state of my mental health if she were.

gethelp does that mean you're chipping in for the washing machine pump?

what if the ghost got her!?!?

Sorry alice I'm an online acquaintance, just words on a page.