# Something's crapping in the basement window **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [May 30, 2012, 11:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/somethings-crapping-in-the-basement-window/623533 "2012-05-30T11:40:55Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2013, 12:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/somethings-crapping-in-the-basement-window/623533/61 "2013-12-12T00:00:53Z")
> [@Infovore](#): > > Does anyone else think “The Phantom Pooper” would be a great superhero name? 😃 Or, per Dave Barry, a great name for a band? I wonder if a larger animal has found a secluded place to do its business, and like you said, your MIL went outside and moved the cover back. Several years ago, a local high school was vandalized during a summer vacation to the tune of $100,000 in damage :eek:, and someone had defecated on a teacher’s desk. They used DNA to figure out who it was (and yes, it was one of the vandals) and the funny thing about this is that the culprit tried to blame his twin brother (who had also been arrested). That didn’t work, because they were not identical twins. I worked with a few people who went to that school, and after that story came out, they were talking about which teachers’ desks they would have liked to have taken a crap on. ---
**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2013, 12:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/somethings-crapping-in-the-basement-window/623533/62 "2013-12-12T00:05:09Z")
> [@velvetjones](#): > > The Phantom Pooper strikes again! > > I just walked outside to check and while the bubble over the window is undisturbed (there are about 20 bricks holding it down. It would be difficult for an animal to move) there is a fairly large and rather fresh looking pile of poop right next to the bubble. > > This pile doesn’t look as large as the previous examples but I suspect it’s the same critter and now that it’s not down in the window well and I can clearly see it, I’m suspecting raccoon or possum, maybe even a large cat though, like I mentioned, my cat is 19 lbs and I scoop his litter box and he never leaves a pile that big. Not the size of the turds so much but the sheer volume of it. > > Never thought I’d spend this much time examining shit but I have to admit, it does make a great story. I told my daughter yesterday and she said the same thing as **kayaker** maybe it’s my mother in law. And while she is declining mentally and sometimes exhibits strange behavior (Mother in law, not my daughter 🙂 ), I just can’t imagine it. > > Thanks for the interesting and informative link **Enkel**. > > Phantom Pooper! A superhero for the new millennium. It just occurred to me that a wildlife veterinarian would be able to identify the species. ---
**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2013, 12:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/somethings-crapping-in-the-basement-window/623533/63 "2013-12-12T00:09:26Z")
This is a headed-for-classic-status children’s book. > **[Everyone Poops (Turtleback Binding Edition): Taro Gomi, Amanda Mayer Stinchecum,...](https://www.amazon.com/Everyone-Turtleback-School-Library-Binding/dp/0613685725)** > > Everyone Poops (Turtleback Binding Edition) \[Taro Gomi, Amanda Mayer Stinchecum, Amanda Mayer Stinchecum\] on Amazon.com. \*FREE\* shipping on qualifying offers. Everyone Poops (Turtleback Binding Edition) ---
**Author:** ![TruCelt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/trucelt/32/523_2.png) [@TruCelt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TruCelt)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2013, 4:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/somethings-crapping-in-the-basement-window/623533/64 "2013-12-12T04:40:27Z")
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