The Night Prowler
We moved into a new home in the middle of June. Actually, it is a townhome, so we do share our backyard with another property. We have found it to be very comfortable and cozy and have really been enjoying it.
About one week after moving in, I started to hear something brush across the outer wall of the master bedroom at night. The first night, I looked out the window to see what I could see…nothing. The next few nights, tried looking around outside…nothing (mind you, this was after building up the nerve to even go outside). It sounded like someone was outside running a hard object along the wall. It was a very brief sound, nothing that lasted long.
I heard this noise for weeks and finally brought it up with my husband, who slept through it night after night. Usually, even the slightest noise wakes him, but he told me he has not heard it. He asked that I wake him the next time I hear it so he can check it out. Well, that same night (or I should say morning: 3:00am) I heard it again and this time it was louder and longer. I woke him and he heard it too. Now, neither of us could sleep well at night, knowing that noise would wake us daily.
One morning, about 5:00, it woke both of us and kept going. We got up to check it out. We bravely went out back to see what was happening and there was some creature wallowing and playing in the puddle of water that was created by the condensation from our AC! We flipped out. My husband directed the flashlight on it for a long time and it didn’t even phase this animal. It turned out to be an armadillo!
The next day, I covered the hole with cardboard to see if it dared to move it to get to the hole. Night one came…no noise. Night two…nothing. Night three…we could sleep soundly through the night.
Night four came and…(This has been too long, I’ll blog about that next time)