The Mystery of the Midnight Sound is Solved

United States
August 27, 2026 8:04am CST
Last night I heard the strangest noise, right as the air conditioner kicked on. It sounded like it you had a dozen aluminum coke cans rolling around in a clothes dryer. It sounded like it was coming from right outside my bedroom window near the air conditioner. I thought maybe it was a short burst of rain as I saw one streak of lightning, but it really didn't sound like that. So this morning I sent hubby out to the back patio to check . You won't believe what the noise was!!! He found a shredded mouse or possibly a mole or chipmunk in the air conditioning unit. It appears as though the animal was inside the a/c storing his seeds when the a/c kicked on, sucking him up into the fan and throwing him around, which is the thumping noise I was hearing. Isn't that just crazy? This is just a generic photo of a dead mouse. Our mouse was completely shredded to a pulp.
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@AmbiePam (125664)
• United States
14h
That makes me feel a little ill. I don’t like to think of something having pain inflicted on it. I’m such a ninny.
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@FourWalls (87325)
• United States
13h
Me too. I hate having a butterfly hit my windshield.
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@GardenGerty (170467)
• United States
8h
Glad you are safe but sorry for the poor rodent.
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@FourWalls (87325)
• United States
13h
I know nice aren’t liked but I do hurt for the poor thing suffering like that. Glad you found the source of the noise.
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@RasmaSandra (100196)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
7h
That was soem sight I bet, Well the rodents own problem for getting in there and glad you mystery is solved,
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@JudyEv (386923)
• Rockingham, Australia
5m
Poor thing. What a way to go.
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6h
Lol Completely shredded Great stuff Mystery of noise solved
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@snowy22315 (212099)
• United States
15h
Poor thing, that is a pic of a rat I believe, unless it was blown up one hundred times. Mice aren't that big.
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@wolfgirl569 (139672)
• Marion, Ohio
14h
That's one way to get rid of them
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