OMG Something is Lurking in the House!

i'll bet racoon. look outside for paw prints, probably climbing up the downspout. look for holes in the soffit, they can squeeze in a small hole (softball size)

make the best of it, charge it rent.

Pests leave residue trails. A rodent a small one, a large pest a wide trail.  A quick remedy would be moth balls.  

Sounds scary that's for definite Lips. 

Could it be a rat or an owl or bats?

Either way, I certainly would call pest control.  Good luck and let us know how it goes.

blue

possum?  They move around a lot at night.

german cockroaches?  They sound like scraping/tearing at the sheetrock.

I know you don't want to hear it's a rat.  But put some rat bait in your attic if you can.

mayebe it eats all the OTHER critters hiding up there
hehehe

Lips, this is a no brainer. Heres what you do, (and it sounds as if you have a rat, and a decent size one at that). You go to your local gunsmith, purchase a double barrel shot gun, I prefer Benneli, please refer to example 1

dog gone it, I attempted to put together something funny, and was timed out.

awww lips, don't worry, maybe it's neither a rat nor raccoon, but rather some scary sex-starved drifter who's taken to hiding from the feds by living in your attic watching you sleep through the holes in the rafters

Lmaooooooooo!!! You started out good, real good there sweet then it progressively went back to scary!

Lips

Lips, this really does sound as if it's a rather large rat. Rats that are large don't scurry because of their size. It is possible that it could be a raccoon as well. Your best bet and a more inexpensive one is to check it out for yourself. Go up in the attic (as scarryas it may be) and see what kind of bedding it has made for itself. If it is a rat and making the shredding noise then it is most likely making a nest, which means more rats to come. The mothballs is an excellent solution. They don't care for the smell and it will drive them away. Rat poison is also a great solution. Just make sure you get something that will take care of it then and there and not one that lets them eat and go someplace else to it's demize or you will end up with it decesing in your wall (very bad odor and a major mess to get it out). If it does turn out to be a raccoon the mothballs will have no affect and you will need to find the entry and seal it off. I hope this helps some.

Either a pigeon or birdie in your chimney or under your roof slates.. OR a gat dern Squirrell!!!

A friend once was on the porch and the gat dern Squirrelly ran up and stole his nuts, and those suckers be hiding their nuts everywhere too.. once this shed we had while in minnesota got bumped and ill be a dchuck chuck if 100 nuts didn't come rolling out like a loose slot machine from off the roof, raining NUTS!!!

I hope you do find the culprit.. meantime, it's probably scarey

Hey, Lips!

Last night using the bathroom, guess what?  Mouse! 

I'm still voting for possum for you, though.  They are very slow moving big toenailed nesters that love your attic.

It's a raccoon,
Had the same problem last year and put a Ultra sonic sound device
that literally drive them from your attic. You can get it at Home depot,
Lowe's. Remove any limbs, or shrubs that allow access to upper part of
your house. there's a opening or hole in the soffit, plug it.
Spray Raccoon repellent around the hole you plugged
That worked for me.
Did not have to kill any critters         

If It's a squirrel or large rat, same thing works

Lips is that creature still stirring?

a raccoon is pretty much a rat (same diseases, bites) just about 45 pounds heavier
:P

Okay, lips- update?  did you GET it?  is it still there.

I had mentioned the mouse in the bathroom.  Today in my bedroom I went to grab for the giant hershey candy bar I had started a few days ago.  It was sitting on the table next to my bed.  I had to throw it out.  Every piece had teeth marks in it.  Not mine.  Not any persons.  Looked like little fang marks. 

Dam-n-ed it all!  Lost my chocolate!  I hope it's got a big little belly ache!

Lips, I'm surprised you are brave enough to stay/sleep in the section (how large is the house?) where you hear the creatures.

im glad it's gone Lips, it is scarey when you have no idea what on earth it is!!

I keep having this re-accurring noise always in the middle of the night it's driving me NUTS... the noise is like the sound of when you close your micro-wave door its been doing it every night for months always around maybe midnight to 1 am..as i'm laying there my mind gets crazy with "what the hell is it?".. maybe its a big mouse and they have learned how to use the micro-wave to warm up the food they eat, sometimes i'll keep sniffing to make sure i don't smell micro-wave popcorn, that would really confirm my suspicions, i'm afraid to get out of my bed to check, i might interupt their dinner!

seriously i wish i could figure out the noise...  

As luck would have it, I've got enough hearing loss where I don't hear too many noises at night (or any other time of day, lol).
But I do know that many appliances cycle and when the switch trips, it can sound like a snap, a click, or a small bang.  And in the quiet of the middle of the night, it can resound around and seem louder than what you hear in the daytime.  Anything electric can do this. 
I'd been wondering for some time about a clicky noise in the kitchen that I'd hear every once in awhile.  I narrowed it down to the area around the stove.  Just the other day discovered that the burners on the glasstop cycle on and off while they maintain the heat, and that was the clicky noise.  It happened just as the burner turned red again, and again when it turned off.

Hopefully you'll figure it out!

Hey Lips.  Forgot to ask were your pets affected by the noises?

Lips i totally understand.  We just moved to ohio to old house bout 4 months ago and of course only i have heard this noise.  Its like something scratching to get in or out of the wall.  PLEASE be trying to get out!!! lol

Freaked me out cuz i heard it every morning while laying in bed getting ready to get up.  Its been about a month now and i havent heard anything. 

Is it just us girls letting our minds run wild??!!

a faceoff omg im lmao  i know its serious but i have been cracking up since i read this thread

i DO know how u feel girl

ghost  no really im leaning toward raccoon 

I think I took care of my mouse, but now I have a cat stuck in the house.  It's scared of me, and if I leave the door open so it can get out, it's four brothers and mom and dad will come in!