Man I'm sorta fuckin freaked out. This is a two level townhouse apartment. There's this closet in my daughters room, and in the closet there is an access panel that goes to the crawlspace. Well when we left last night it was closed, today it's slid open. So we call her sister, her niece and her mom. They all swear they didn't touch it. So now I'm dumbfounced as to how it could be open.
Now I thought, maybe it's some perv up there crawling around and peeping into peoples apartments and shit so I decide to call the owner and he proceeds to tell me our apartment is the only one with access to the crawlspace. No other units have that panel. I could see that it's not a very big crawl space because the support beams are pretty low, maybe 2-3 feet from the opening.
This thing is about 7foot to the ceiling I had to stand on my tip toes to close it so I have a hard time believing anyone opened it. Not to mention all the stuff on the shelf and clothes rack under it is unmoved. I'm POSITIVE it was not already opened when we moved in here about 8 months ago.
I don't even know what to think. My cousin said I should stick my head up in there and look around with a flash light. I'm like nope.
Rats? They must have thumbs because this thing was CLEARLY moved, not just cracked. It's a pretty big panel maybe... 3foot by 2foot. It's not heavy or anything it's just drywall or something similar but it couldn't be rats. I had considered maybe a raccoon or something but the owner said being on the second level there would need to be a nearby tree it could have came from or something, and there isn't any.
Like I said I have thought about it and everything seems VERY unlikely. This apartment complex is 8 apartments in this one building? So unless someone cut a hole in their side and got into the crawl space I can't imagine.
All the evidence points to the activity of a poltergeist.
That's what my fiancee is afraid of. I want to find a more rational choice but the more I think about other possibilities the less likely most of them seem.
My grandmother is paranoid so she thinks that a child molester or something has cut a hole in another apartments ceiling and is up there lurking around.
I think my cousin is going to come over later tonight with a light/ladder.
All the evidence points to the activity of a poltergeist.
Screw you I wanted to say that!
Me too! I was like "sounds an awful lot like that one scene from Paranormal Activity!" I bet there's a polaroid up there from your past when your cousin comes over.
Be glad you're not sleeping in that room at night lol. My first guess would of been raccoon. But usually they tear everything up and you said everything in the closet was unmoved so... I say look in there with a flashlight.
I can understand. The rumors go that rats from Finland wield nunchucks.
Besides the fact that poltergeists are works of imagination ;)?
Oh no, you didn't. Next thing you are going to tell me that the ghostbusters are a work of fiction! How preposterous!
Anyway, more seriously Dae you do need to check out the thing. It will most likely be rats. I just hope for your sake that they don't wield nunchucks though.
I just have a hard time believing a rat would need to move the panel to the side like that. They usually just squeeze in places since they can compress their ribcage. Nothing is chewed up or pooped on or anything the panel was just slid halfway open. Like I said there is really no way for a raccoon or something large to get up there unnoticed. Hell anything actually.
Maybe you should go in there an investigate. ive seen something like this before on a movie.
were the killer/homo would lure young boys to his house an he would kill them an rape them.
then bury the bodies in th4e crawl space.
Get your dad or someone whos not a complete pansy up there an investigate. there may be half dead children up there dying a slow death. be sure an let us know if you find any corpses.
Despite my care for your well being, to be honest, I kinda hope it's a poltergeist so you can share your experience.
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Took a picture of the panel with it cracked to see.
Funny thing is I can't even open it the way it was opened again. I'd have to push it further up than I can tip toe.
Will be checking it out more definitely since I won't be able to sleep soundly knowing my daughter could potentially be in danger, even if it turns out to be a raccoon which I just don't think it is.
You can see how close the support beam is, and this panel is in the center of the apartment so the crawlspace must be pretty small but spans the entire building.
No it definitely wasn't open the day we moved in, and it's pretty noticeable that it's open because its right above our daughters clothes. No one that visits is the pranking type. Just her mom and sister were over yesterday babysitting and her mom swears it was closed because when she went to grab some clothes she saw it and thought it was kinda creepy. Also as I've said before it's like 7 foot to the ceiling I'm 6'4" and had to tip toe to even be able to close it with the tips of my fingers, there is literally nothing upstairs or in my daughters room to stand on unless you'd move the bed across the room.
I think a prank is the smallest possibility.
@Doomscream, yeah my cousin is on his way, getting some duct tape. The way it's made theres not many ways to actually seal it properly screws etc wouldn't work, so at least this way something may gnaw on it if it's an animal or knock it down then we know something is there.
How about trying to get a Crucifix, holy water, a bible and then chant "The power of christ compels you" x3 and see what happens next? Just for funsies?
Not but seriously that's kinda creepy, most probably some sort of animal but you can always fantisize about other possibilities.
In the spirit of the very namesake of this forum... could it be... The Lord of Terror... taking the form of a pregnant raccoon?
This could very well be how Diablo makes his appearance in D3. This would be a stunning plot twist, when considering pedo diablo from D1 or homo diablo from D2.
Behold the terrible power of the Raccoon!
Edit- I second Doom's suggestion. Exchange places with your daughter.
Okay so we got up there and there is at least 2 pair of men's white underwear from the 70-80s. Couldn't get up there to walk around don't wanna fall into someones bedroom. So I took a couple shots in the dark with the flash on my camera to see what I could see. Looks like a bunch of insulation not much more besides the undies.
Got out of there and screwed it shut. Fuck that place.
Notice how far the panel has to fall to actually be in place? It's a good 6-8 inches there.
Here is a shot to either side of me, no shots of the undies, saw those and pretty much wanted to get out. It was dark as hell, the only light was my phones camera flash.
Anyways if it somehow unscrews itself and opens again I'll be moving.
Now I thought, maybe it's some perv up there crawling around and peeping into peoples apartments and shit so I decide to call the owner and he proceeds to tell me our apartment is the only one with access to the crawlspace. No other units have that panel. I could see that it's not a very big crawl space because the support beams are pretty low, maybe 2-3 feet from the opening.
This thing is about 7foot to the ceiling I had to stand on my tip toes to close it so I have a hard time believing anyone opened it. Not to mention all the stuff on the shelf and clothes rack under it is unmoved. I'm POSITIVE it was not already opened when we moved in here about 8 months ago.
I don't even know what to think. My cousin said I should stick my head up in there and look around with a flash light. I'm like nope.
Like I said I have thought about it and everything seems VERY unlikely. This apartment complex is 8 apartments in this one building? So unless someone cut a hole in their side and got into the crawl space I can't imagine.
That's what my fiancee is afraid of. I want to find a more rational choice but the more I think about other possibilities the less likely most of them seem.
My grandmother is paranoid so she thinks that a child molester or something has cut a hole in another apartments ceiling and is up there lurking around.
I think my cousin is going to come over later tonight with a light/ladder.
I can understand. The rumors go that rats from Finland wield nunchucks.
Me too! I was like "sounds an awful lot like that one scene from Paranormal Activity!" I bet there's a polaroid up there from your past when your cousin comes over.
Oh no, you didn't. Next thing you are going to tell me that the ghostbusters are a work of fiction! How preposterous!
Anyway, more seriously Dae you do need to check out the thing. It will most likely be rats. I just hope for your sake that they don't wield nunchucks though.
So let us make our bets.
20 dollars that it's the ghost of the fish that you forgot to feed when you were in primary school. It was just bidding its time.
were the killer/homo would lure young boys to his house an he would kill them an rape them.
then bury the bodies in th4e crawl space.
Get your dad or someone whos not a complete pansy up there an investigate. there may be half dead children up there dying a slow death. be sure an let us know if you find any corpses.
i raise the bet to killer/homos with a possible corpse up there.
-Equinox
"We're like the downtown of the Diablo related internet lol"
-Winged
Funny thing is I can't even open it the way it was opened again. I'd have to push it further up than I can tip toe.
Will be checking it out more definitely since I won't be able to sleep soundly knowing my daughter could potentially be in danger, even if it turns out to be a raccoon which I just don't think it is.
You can see how close the support beam is, and this panel is in the center of the apartment so the crawlspace must be pretty small but spans the entire building.
I think a prank is the smallest possibility.
@Doomscream, yeah my cousin is on his way, getting some duct tape. The way it's made theres not many ways to actually seal it properly screws etc wouldn't work, so at least this way something may gnaw on it if it's an animal or knock it down then we know something is there.
This could very well be how Diablo makes his appearance in D3. This would be a stunning plot twist, when considering pedo diablo from D1 or homo diablo from D2.
Behold the terrible power of the Raccoon!
Edit- I second Doom's suggestion. Exchange places with your daughter.
Why were you funny just then?
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Got out of there and screwed it shut. Fuck that place.
Notice how far the panel has to fall to actually be in place? It's a good 6-8 inches there.
Here is a shot to either side of me, no shots of the undies, saw those and pretty much wanted to get out. It was dark as hell, the only light was my phones camera flash.
Anyways if it somehow unscrews itself and opens again I'll be moving.
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