Someone give me a rational explanation??
FINAL (hopefully) UPDATE:
The police knocked on my door this morning. Apparently my neighbor 2 doors down was caught on camera entering my next door neighbors house last night while they were sleeping. They asked me if anything had gone missing recently and I said no but we keep having these weird instances etc.
He was arrested and they found a recently used meth pipe on his kitchen counter. Apparently this dude has been tweaking for who knows how long and has been entering houses in the neighborhood. Other neighbors had made police reports but without camera footage the cops didn’t do much about it.
Am I 100% he came in my house? No. Is the timing a little friggin suspicious? Absolutely. Honestly the idea of some meth head coming into my house with my wife and baby is too much for me. I’d rather have a poltergeist. I live in a pretty solid area and haven’t heard of much crime around here… but apparently this guy is well known to the police and after living here for 4 years my neighbors are now starting to tell me about all the shit that’s gone on with this dude.. including holding his wife hostage while on a bender. Great neighborhood!
Update:
I checked the basement crawl space and attic crawl space yesterday and set up a camera in my kitchen. I didn’t “find” anything in either the crawl space or attic.. other than a pile of plastic tubs with holiday decorations etc that both my wife and I believe was in a different spot away from the door along the perimeter. I remember them being next to the door. You have to climb a ladder to get into the attic and I only store a few things up there so I just don’t know why I’d work harder to get the stuff. At 10pm both my wife and I once again heard 3 knocks. I checked literally everything. Nothing unlocked/open etc. I took it a step further and literally drilled a lock into the attic opening to prevent it from opening. Nothing on the camera during the knocking or any other time of the night. I know for sure this knocking is within my house. Wish I had more of an update for you guys.
Alright. This one is weird and I am hoping someone can give me a rational explanation for this.
Little backstory - I’ve owned this home for 4 years now and can only think of 1 other weird instance.
I was out with a buddy this past week with my wife/kid/dog at home. My wife/kid/dog were in our bedroom with the door open. My wife heard a loud “thud” and then a sliding noise. She came out to find this. That shorter cabinet is 35ish lbs, filled with kitchen items. The taller is around 40lbs stacked with plates. She did not hear any rattling plates etc (which I would think you’d hear if a small animal had pushed the cabinets).
The next night I woke up at midnight to 3 very distinct knocks. My dog didn’t alert or anything so I just laid there and went back to bed.
Last night I was laying in bed and heard the 3 distinct knocks around 930pm. I paused the tv to listen and then heard the 3 knocks again. At this point I’m thinking something’s going on so I walked around and nothing. I woke up again at 1am to my dog absolutely vibrating scared and then again - 3 distinct knocks.
Some background - it was raining outside but not bad. The only other weird instance I’ve had in this house was when my wife was out of town. At 11pm I heard what sounded like plywood clattering in the hall. I walk in and see the hatch to my attic was open with the cover pushed almost 2 feet over. At the time I thought it was a weird pressure thing.
Can someone give me a rational explanation to this??