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Can someone please help me find an explanation?

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IWantWine · 25/10/2011 18:05

Ok. I would never dream of putting this up here if I had not had confirmation from daughter that this happened!

I had been in my bedroom, late morning, for about two minutes when I heard this awful 'groaning' noise. I have never heard anything like that before in my life. I have lived in this house many years and we bought it from new, so no history.

I leapt up and looked around, it seemed to be coming from the head of my bed but I honestly did not dare to pull back the bed covers. I wasnt scared so much as unnerved, but I didnt feel threatened.

The first sound was the loudest, it repeated off and on about 12 to 14 times, over the course of about two hours, each time getting weaker. My daughter heard it too.

It really wasnt pleasant.

I pulled out all the furniture and turned everything upside down in an effort to find an explanation but I cant find anything.

You can call me crazy, but I would rather you didnt :( It isnt even Halloween!

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ncjust4this · 25/10/2011 18:12

Not very haloweeney but could your building have subsidance issues?

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IWantWine · 25/10/2011 18:18

No, fairly modern building.. no cracks and anyway, the sound was .... well, I would say human, could have been animal. My daughter likened it to a 'growly teddy bear' but it didnt sound that 'friendly'.

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hiddenhome · 25/10/2011 18:29

Could it have been an animal stuck somewhere? My cat makes sort of groaning noises when she's not happy.

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IWantWine · 25/10/2011 18:34

Anyone?

My bedroom is my sanctuary. Or it was. If my daughter had not heard it I would really be worried about my sanity!

What could it have been and why? It is very unsettling.

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IWantWine · 25/10/2011 18:40

Well I thought about an animal at first but we dont have any pets and I cant see how any animal could get inside an interior first floor wall. The first sounds were rather loud didnt sound muffled, in fact none of them actually sounded muffled. The only animal I could think of would be a squirrel but this was definitely no squirrel sound.

I have never in my life experienced anything like it.

I am keeping my phone on 'record' just incase it comes again. I dont really think it will be repeated, I dont know, just a feeling.

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LynetteScavo · 25/10/2011 18:54

I have heard cats make this sound, when neighbours cats have got in and ended up under a bed.

Is there a chimney? Could an animal have fallen down it?

BewitchedBotheredandBewildered · 25/10/2011 19:02

Water pipes can make very weird loud, groaning noises.

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IWantWine · 25/10/2011 19:08

I know what you are saying but I have lived here for over 20 years, there are no water pipes in this part of the house. I wish there was! And no, no Chimney either.

ah I know I am being unreasonable. I have been through all of these scenarios already myself.

If I hear it tonight I will be sleeping downstairs on the sofa. I sleep alone. My 'D'H wont be home tonight, I dont know where he will be but that is beside the point :) Our relationship is such that that is the least of my worries! My son sleeps on the other side of the wall which is comforting. Somehow though I dont expect to hear it again, and I dont want to.

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LynetteScavo · 25/10/2011 19:24

It's a ghost.

RufousBartleby · 25/10/2011 19:27

I got massively freaked out by a pigeon down our chimney - could it be something like that?

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IWantWine · 25/10/2011 19:43

No. Definitely not a bird. The chimney is too far away from my room anyway.

I am now wishing to hear it again so I can record it. I have been through all of the rational explations I can possibly think of but what makes a horrible moaning sound without something obvious to produce it?

Lynette I wish I could find that funny! I really do! I only posted on here because I just couldnt not talk about it, if you know what I mean. It isnt something you can lightly bring up in every day conversation.

I can only say thank goodness it really isnt Halloween. That really wouldnt be funny.

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Pollykitten · 25/10/2011 19:48

I just have to say that there are 8 million explanations (wind, pigeons, assorted animals, a stowaway family) before anything weird of freaky or 'supernatural' can even make it onto your list! Don't worry, you'll find it....

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IWantWine · 25/10/2011 19:57

PK I am sure you are right. I have lived here for many years and I know every creak and groan but this was something entirely different. I have never heard anything like it in my life.

I thought about the wind, but why it would be different yesterday to any other? I closed my window but that didnt stop the groaning.

I know I was expecting too much to hope for an answer lol but really, it did shake me. Okay. It was windy yesterday so I am going for that explanation. Maybe it was blowing through a misplaced roof tile! :) That sounds plausible doesnt it?

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IWantWine · 25/10/2011 20:22

No. It doesnt. Because the wind was constant, blustery yes, but these noises didnt coincide with the wind. They just didnt. Confused

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tunaday · 01/11/2011 21:01

Is it definitely coming from inside the house? Mating foxes make the eeriest and disturbing groaning noise - I'd describe it like someone in terrible pain or being tortured even! It's horrible and unearthly. If there's any chance that it could be coming from outside then perhaps it's a randy fox? Though, you do sound as if you're saying it's inside the house. How odd.

springydaffs · 01/11/2011 22:26

I had an experience recently where I heard a trapped ... animal (kitten?), making the most plaintive mewing sounds - agonising to hear it was. I opened all the kitchen cupboards but couldn't find anything (trapped somewhere?).. but as I walked around the house it was everywhere! Eventually I emptied out my bag (which was still on my shoulder, hdn't taken it off), convinced some poor creature had got trapped in there somehow - but nothing. It was driving me bonkers, I couldn't find the poor thing and ws getting quite distressed.

Turned out it was my sandals! I had just been caught in a rainstorm and water had got trapped in the sole: as I walked, lots of mewing! (Ridiculous!!)

Seriously though, the CofE offer a service where the vicar can come out and 'cleanse' your house. I do believe that sometimes there's a spiritual explanation for strange goings-on (mewing sandals aside).

Or it's a randy fox. I was woken up one night (almost unheard of to wake me up once I'm zonko) by what sounded like a pig - no boar - making the most incredible chomping, snorting racket outside my window. I told somebody the next day and they said it was a hedgehog having his supper! Animals can make some unearthly noises.

LivingDead · 01/11/2011 23:01

I can't offer an explanation but I can say I had a similar experience. When we first moved into this house I heard a really odd sound twice in our bedroom. It was kind of growly and loud, like a really old man grumbling, couldn't make out and words though, the first time was when I had just gotten into bed next to dp, I tried to wake him up but it had stopped by the time he had stirred.

The second time I was sat on the bed sorting socks and it was much quieter Confused. Very odd and haven't heard it since thankfully.

SolidGoldVampireBat · 04/11/2011 18:26

There will be a rational explanation, whether it's pipes, subsidence, wildlife or indeed a mate of yours playing a prank.
Because there are no such things as ghosts.

springydaffs · 05/11/2011 00:28

oh hush SGVB. you don't believe there is such a thing as ghosts, ok?

SolidGoldVampireBat · 05/11/2011 00:32

There are no such things as ghosts. If there were, there would be proper evidence, not some squawking scouse ponce with a bit of green cellophane on the camera lens.

But if it's going to make all the supersitious fuckwits feel a bit better then yes, OP, of course it's a ghost. Wooo. It's going to eat your eyes and steal all your valuables. Oh no, sorry, that would be either the crackhead down the road or the Extra Large you pay a fortune to who comes in and waves an incense stick around for a bit.

springydaffs · 05/11/2011 00:40

what are you doing on this board anyway? It's not on the main thoroughfare and you've made it quite clear what your beliefs are re anything spiritual so why are you here? To force everyone to believe what you believe? Back off sweetie.

SolidGoldVampireBat · 05/11/2011 02:41

Springydaffs: this board is about philosophy woo and bollocks which suggests that one doesn't have to be supersitious to join in. Anyway, haven't you got another pair of haunted flipflops to worry about?

(btw i LOVE haunted flipflops. Even better than the haunted jam I once bought.)

Tortington · 05/11/2011 02:42

sgb....xmas do? ...coming?

SolidGoldVampireBat · 05/11/2011 02:48

Custy: Would love to, have no money, don't know if will have any money for a week or two. Is there room for a medium-sized one if the git-client pays me before then?

Tortington · 05/11/2011 02:49

yeah there will be room iw oudl imagine - still 15 places

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