# Evil in my attic? (NAF!) **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [January 13, 2014, 9:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/evil-in-my-attic-naf/678642 "2014-01-13T09:06:49Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Darth\_Nader](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ad7895/32.png) [@Darth\_Nader](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darth_Nader)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2014, 9:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/evil-in-my-attic-naf/678642/1 "2014-01-13T09:06:49Z")
Sounds like someone who can’t type playing with an oldish electric typewriter. It’s too late to borrow a cat, I have a fire extinguisher handy, anything else I should do? ---
**Author:** ![Vagabond](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/258eb7/32.png) [@Vagabond](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Vagabond)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2014, 10:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/evil-in-my-attic-naf/678642/2 "2014-01-13T10:09:35Z")
Call animal control…sounds like you have racoons, or wild secretaries. lol ---
**Author:** ![Spiderman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spiderman/32/230_2.png) [@Spiderman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spiderman)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2014, 10:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/evil-in-my-attic-naf/678642/3 "2014-01-13T10:09:38Z")
Listen carefully; do you hear ominous music? If so, take the one girl who’s a virgin, grab a large knife or machete, split off from the rest of the group to investigate/have wild monkey sex. This is absolutely the right decision for longevity of your life as sacrificing the virgin _always_ means the deranged killer hiding out up there will leave you to live. ---
**Author:** ![Virgil\_Tibbs](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/c4cdca/32.png) [@Virgil\_Tibbs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Virgil_Tibbs)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2014, 3:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/evil-in-my-attic-naf/678642/4 "2014-01-13T15:07:26Z")
Although I don’t believe in ghosts, I once had a ghostly encounter that involved a typewriter. And another one with horses. ---
**Author:** ![Count\_Blucher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Count\_Blucher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Count_Blucher)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2014, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/evil-in-my-attic-naf/678642/5 "2014-01-13T20:18:16Z")
> [@Virgil\_Tibbs](#): > > Although I don’t believe in ghosts, I once had a ghostly encounter that involved a typewriter. And another one with horses. I was waiting for you to say it was Smith-Corona. It Placed in the 3rd and paid $3.80. ---
**Author:** ![Digital\_is\_the\_new\_Analog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a88e4f/32.png) [@Digital\_is\_the\_new\_Analog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Digital_is_the_new_Analog)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2014, 5:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/evil-in-my-attic-naf/678642/6 "2014-01-14T05:32:27Z")
Hmm. I heard a scratching noise in my bathroom yesterday. Right near the big hole in the dry wall, behind the vanity. I was hoping it was a cat. Not because I want a cat. Because…the other possibilities seemed worse. ETA: If it was a cat, it would have been able to get out and been fine. I’m not wishing for a cat to die in my wall. ---
**Author:** ![buddha\_david](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ee7513/32.png) [@buddha\_david](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/buddha_david)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2014, 6:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/evil-in-my-attic-naf/678642/7 "2014-01-14T06:18:52Z")
I don’t believe in ghosts, which is okay because they probably don’t believe in me either. That said, if the sound gets louder or you hear a menacing voice saying “GET…OUT…” – well, don’t be a hero. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![cmyk](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmyk/32/3353_2.png) [@cmyk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmyk)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2014, 7:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/evil-in-my-attic-naf/678642/8 "2014-01-14T07:14:48Z")
Just scream a bunch of scary latin sounding gibberish at it. Like “dominis exos exidos,” and do the sign of the cross with holy water in a squirt gun. Maybe you’ll get lucky and your attic will chill the frick out, since you’ve out-weirded it. ---
**Author:** ![Zebra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c0e974/32.png) [@Zebra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zebra)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2014, 8:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/evil-in-my-attic-naf/678642/9 "2014-01-14T08:58:53Z")
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**Author:** ![usedtobe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/ec9cab/32.png) [@usedtobe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/usedtobe)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2014, 3:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/evil-in-my-attic-naf/678642/10 "2014-01-15T03:30:05Z")
Game Over! **Zebra** wins! ---
**Author:** ![Gedd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gedd/32/4938_2.png) [@Gedd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gedd)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2014, 2:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/evil-in-my-attic-naf/678642/11 "2014-01-15T14:15:22Z")
> [@Count\_Blucher](#): > > I was waiting for you to say it was Smith-Corona. > It Placed in the 3rd and paid $3.80. Given “horse + typewriter” I was going to go with “Secretariat.”