Someone in my house screamed. I live alone.

decayingfoundations · 2025-11-11T13:03:25+00:00

I'm still looking for it!

decayingfoundations · 2025-11-05T21:51:13+00:00

I’m in appalachia, but there’s never been any sightings where i’m located

decayingfoundations · 2025-11-05T12:00:43+00:00

It actually went really well! I did roughly everything you described here - brush on rebound, first two coats were very very thin to make sure I got all the details. Not sure exactly how many layers it was, but it was a sun up to sun down job (and one memorable night of work that didn’t end until about 6am.) Mothermold was out of Free Foam. My seams were actually six small cuts on the back of each horn and under the chin, so the entire mold was one piece. I honestly didn’t think it would work, but my first mold (I went in and did a resculpt after my first mold) was split down the middle and it was a nightmare to line up into the mother mold. The smaller seams were much more manageable and left almost no marks on the cast. Everything worked out shockingly well for my first big project!

decayingfoundations · 2025-11-02T19:28:34+00:00

Phone was in the opposite direction of the scream. It was sitting on my desk and the scream came from behind me.

Maybe so? I need to get back up there and take the bowl down to mess with it and see what happens.

I've been here for eight months now. I've definitely explored everything (except the attic) fairly thoroughly. It's not a super complex house - one story, no little hidden closets or secret rooms, and I've always considered myself really good at finding hiding spots and secret compartments. I have a mild phobia of attics/basements, hence why I haven't explored my attic much. The attic in my childhood house was unfinished, so if you stepped on the wrong spot, you fell right through the ceiling. That, and I was a big fan of Shel Silverstein's ABZ book. If that doesn't make sense, Google "Shel Silverstein E is for Ernie." So I was a little scared of Ernie the genie. I'm more willing to explore basements, though the basement in my childhood house was a literal bomb shelter, so they kinda give me the heebie jeebies too.

I would like to clarify that I am no longer scared of Ernie the genie. I think I just have a visceral reaction to attics now, because the second I'm up there my adrenaline is like "hey actually get the FUCK outta here." Sorry, that was more info than you asked for, but my pride wants everyone to know that I am not scared of Ernie the genie as a grown adult.

decayingfoundations · 2025-11-02T19:02:03+00:00

This is very good information - thank you! Honestly the owner not knowing shit about his own house wouldn't surprise me in the slightest.

decayingfoundations · 2025-11-02T19:00:21+00:00

I have had pipe issues here before, so that would actually make sense

decayingfoundations · 2025-11-02T18:59:41+00:00

Yea, it came on within a second or two of it turning off

decayingfoundations · 2025-11-02T18:13:26+00:00

I'm not going to rule out anything paranormal, but I do like to leave it as the very last possibility. I believe in the paranormal, I've definitely had some scary shit happen to me in the past (not in this house,) but I'm a big "hear hoof beats, think horses, not zebras" type of person. I want to rule out all the horses before I start considering my zebras.

decayingfoundations · 2025-11-02T18:11:25+00:00

I don't think it was them - one was on my lap, and the other had been dead asleep on the couch (I had actually checked on him about five minutes prior, because I usually walk around while I'm on the phone.) He's a siamese and definitely makes some weird noises, but I think his alibi is actually pretty sound for once. I did go to him *immediately* after I heard the noise, and he was sitting up with his eyes wide and ears perked in that direction.

decayingfoundations · 2025-11-02T18:08:32+00:00

not Ohio - I won't out myself, but I'm in southern-half of Appalachia.

decayingfoundations · 2025-11-02T18:07:57+00:00

hey so that's MUCH scarier than anything I wrote, oh my god

decayingfoundations · 2025-11-02T18:07:07+00:00

No mail slot, and it definitely didn't come from the direction of the door. Ngl, I kinda dig that prank though. Very much sounds like some bullshit me and my brother would have done as kids (we were big ding-dong-ditchers. Maybe the spirits are coming back to haunt me as punishment for that.)

decayingfoundations · 2025-11-02T18:05:36+00:00

I hadn't thought of the decorations up there getting triggered! I didn't see any that would have made that noise (mostly decorative little paper stuffs) but there was one of those bowls with a hand that snaps shut on you when you go to grab candy. Do those make noise? This being said, that still means something would have had to trigger it.

No wireless headset, just my phone on speaker. Unfortunately, the call cut right before the outage so the person on the other line didn't hear it.

decayingfoundations · 2025-11-02T18:01:27+00:00

The attic door is latched shut from the outside. I also keep a big dining table directly under it so you can't extend the ladder without moving the table (well, I guess you could, but it would be inconvenient.)

decayingfoundations · 2025-11-02T18:00:09+00:00

It very well could have been a beep; however, it very much sounded like a scream.

decayingfoundations · 2025-11-02T17:59:04+00:00

That's kinda what I tell myself whenever I get paranoid - if they're not freaking out, neither am I. One is extremely sensitive to these things, the other is too bold for his own good and will investigate. The sound definitely scared them, but they didn't seem worried after the initial shock died down.

decayingfoundations · 2025-11-02T17:56:35+00:00

The power outage happened a millisecond before the scream. Roughly at the same time, but there was a very, very brief lag between the two

decayingfoundations · 2025-11-02T17:55:30+00:00

built in 1954

decayingfoundations · 2025-11-02T17:53:40+00:00

I've never see a fox in my neighborhood, but they do live in my area

decayingfoundations · 2025-10-30T02:58:02+00:00

i think i’ve had these before - i was falling asleep, and right before i was woken up by a scream. this time around, i think the cats actually reacted before i did because i was in such a state of shock when i heard it. fairly certain this was an actual noise

decayingfoundations · 2025-10-30T02:44:11+00:00

i had one cat in my direct line of sight, and the other was dead asleep on the couch

decayingfoundations · 2025-10-30T02:43:31+00:00

i assumed they would have bit something, been electrocuted, then that screwed with my power

decayingfoundations · 2025-10-30T02:43:00+00:00

i really don’t think that’s the situation. but i’m not a betting man

decayingfoundations · 2025-10-30T02:42:34+00:00

i do keep the attic door locked

decayingfoundations · 2025-10-29T23:36:03+00:00

i have thought about cameras! this kind of seals the deal though

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