Noises in the ceiling - not my ceiling, thankfully
By Judy Evans
@JudyEv (385378)
Rockingham, Australia
June 10, 2026 1:13am CST
Hitting the news last night was a story of a squatter who remained hidden in the roof-space of an Adelaide grandmother. The pensioner had been hearing noises for some months but thought she had possums in the ceiling. However, items were going missing and there were other strange happenings such as the toilet seat being left up. Despite repeated calls to the Housing Trust, no-one was sent to investigate.
Eventually there was a loud thump when the guy fell heavily and he started swearing. She was too afraid to call the police at the time as she thought whoever it was would come down. Later, she did call the police who found a makeshift bed, crockery, tins of food, drugs and shoes in the ceiling.
Some people are very brazen.
The photo is mine.
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@DaddyEvil (176367)
• United States
10 Jun
We hear/read stories about people sneaking into somebody's attic space and living there quietly and stealing from the person who owns the house until something happens that outs them to the homeowner.
I'm glad she finally called the police. That would have had me crawling up into the attic space just to see what was making the weird noises. (Our attic can only be accessed through a locked panel in my bedroom closet.)
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@DaddyEvil (176367)
• United States
10 Jun
@JudyEv Yeah, that's what usually happens. They try to stay quiet while the homeowner is there and come down when they go out or fall asleep.
One guy here kept finding things missing so he installed a security camera and caught a woman climbing out of his attic, eating food from his fridge, peeing in his sink and climbing back into the attic when she heard him moving around. Of course, with the evidence, he called the police.
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@JudyEv (385378)
• Rockingham, Australia
10 Jun
@DaddyEvil Security cameras certainly have their uses.
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@teamfreak16 (44696)
• Denver, Colorado
10 Jun
Damn, that's pretty bold. And he got careless.
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@snowy22315 (211324)
• United States
11 Jun
I have heard of things like that happening. Some people are just so creepy 
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@rebelann (118029)
• El Paso, Texas
10 Jun
That is sooooo creepy. I hope that squatter spends at least 15 years in prison.
Thank heavens I live in a mobile home, there is no space between the roof and my living space for anyone to try to squatt ..... unless that squatter is under an inch tall 
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@FourWalls (87979)
• United States
11 Jun
Brazen isn’t half the word for it. Wow, does that take nerve. I could see an unoccupied house or building, but a place someone is living and owns????
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@Deepizzaguy (123680)
• Lake Charles, Louisiana
10 Jun
It is a shame that your area has to deal with squatters.
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@AliCanary (4719)
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10 Jun
That's terrifying! Worst thing I've had in the ceiling is bats and squirrels.
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@AliCanary (4719)
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11 Jun
@JudyEv I like them, but they need to be outside where they can eat all the mosquitoes, not inside pooping in my attic!
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@LindaOHio (223811)
• United States
14 Jun
That's terrifying. We don't have a full attic above our house.
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@Ineeddentures (39560)
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10 Jun
I wonder if this might happen more than we realise.
No wonder she was spooked.
I wonder why nobody actually took her calls seriously.
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@wolfgirl569 (138066)
• Marion, Ohio
10 Jun
Poor woman. Glad he was finally caught. You hear of it here at times
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@RasmaSandra (99386)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
10 Jun
Lucky he did not fall through the ceiling, Very bizzare,
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@BACONSTRIPSXXX (18562)
• Torrington, Connecticut
10 Jun
That is honestly quite disturbing, especially for the poor woman who had no idea what was going on above her for months.
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