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corn · 04-09-2009, 08:55 PM

Every night when Im sitting here surfing the net, I can hear a strange clicking noise coming from the other front corner in my garage. Its definately an animal or something but I can never find anything. It has always happened later on at night but it started tonight about 7:30 PM. My son & my wife said I was hearing things but have both heard it now too. We have no clue what it is. If I flip on the lights over there or go over to that side & make noise it will stop but I sure cant find an animal at all. Always the same exact spot, down low by the floor. It must be something around the foundation. It sounds a little like a loud ratchet type deal in short bursts, off & on for @ 30 seconds, but that might be because Im over there digging around by then. Been going on for a couple weeks now & I cant figure it out. My little dog that hangs out in the garage with me at night, never moves when it happens. Kinda like he doesnt even hear it. If I could find it, it would be dead by now. It sounds like one of these turning a little at a time.

100%Chevy · 04-09-2009, 08:59 PM

Maybe a locust or cricket.
OR about a million termites breeding

Mike.

bouncytruck · 04-09-2009, 09:02 PM

A rat chewing on pipes inside your walls, crawlspace or attic. If there are any pipes running in the wall, the sound could be carrying down or up the pipe. I'd check the crawl and attic to see if there are any signs of chew marks.

**special-K** · 04-09-2009, 09:08 PM

A toad croaking?I had a whole bunckh of vintage noise makers and lent them to a girlriend who fogot about them at the neighbor`s party!I dumped her

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Riveted1 · 04-09-2009, 09:13 PM

Cicada(s?) make a clicking sound. It's exactly the way you described. They used to scare me to death as a little boy.

Sillyoldman · 04-09-2009, 09:54 PM

A strange noise in my garage would be something running. No strange noises to report.

gdhall_1999 · 04-10-2009, 05:43 AM

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Originally Posted by Sillyoldman

A strange noise in my garage would be something running. No strange noises to report.

lol

68C15 · 04-10-2009, 08:55 PM

is this in the corner by the house or by the funnel?

**71swb4x4** · 04-10-2009, 08:57 PM

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Originally Posted by 68C15

is this in the corner by the house or by the funnel?

By funnel do you mean urinal?

corn · 04-10-2009, 09:25 PM

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Originally Posted by 68C15

is this in the corner by the house or by the funnel?

By the house, smart a$$!

**special-K** · 04-10-2009, 09:33 PM

Other people use funnels in the Y pipe?

tcb-1 · 04-10-2009, 09:34 PM

too early for crickets and locust in your area. my thinking is a mouse. throw a mouse trap out there and wait........

Bus Ted Knuckle · 04-10-2009, 09:36 PM

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Originally Posted by tcb-1

too early for crickets and locust in your area. my thinking is a mouse. throw a mouse trap out there and wait........

i'm thinking rodents too. Put some well stocked traps along the wall of there and see what you get.

cayoterun · 04-10-2009, 10:31 PM

We had a packrat chew thru the subfloor of our trailer house, then built a nest under our bedroom floor. He'd chew awhile, then quit, then chew real fast, then slow. Like to drove us nuts. Finally found the hole underneath, set a big rat trap and got 'im. That was when we first got married.

Cayoterun

corn · 04-12-2009, 07:35 PM

Haha, I figured it out.

Get ready.....

Its a....

Moth!

http://www.audiosparx.com/sa/play/po...und_iid.294542

Green Machine · 04-12-2009, 09:10 PM

Glad you found your critter, I was afraid this might turn into a DYFIY (did you find it yet ?) thread

04-09-2009, 08:55 PM	#1
corn Registered User Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: here Posts: 5,789	Strange noise in my garage? Every night when Im sitting here surfing the net, I can hear a strange clicking noise coming from the other front corner in my garage. Its definately an animal or something but I can never find anything. It has always happened later on at night but it started tonight about 7:30 PM. My son & my wife said I was hearing things but have both heard it now too. We have no clue what it is. If I flip on the lights over there or go over to that side & make noise it will stop but I sure cant find an animal at all. Always the same exact spot, down low by the floor. It must be something around the foundation. It sounds a little like a loud ratchet type deal in short bursts, off & on for @ 30 seconds, but that might be because Im over there digging around by then. Been going on for a couple weeks now & I cant figure it out. My little dog that hangs out in the garage with me at night, never moves when it happens. Kinda like he doesnt even hear it. If I could find it, it would be dead by now. It sounds like one of these turning a little at a time.

04-09-2009, 08:59 PM	#2
100%Chevy Registered User Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Moss Point,Ms. Posts: 1,439	Re: Strange noise in my garage? Maybe a locust or cricket. OR about a million termites breeding Mike.

04-09-2009, 09:02 PM	#3
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special-K Special Order Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Mt Airy, MD Posts: 85,851	Re: Strange noise in my garage? A toad croaking?I had a whole bunckh of vintage noise makers and lent them to a girlriend who fogot about them at the neighbor`s party!I dumped her. __________________ "BUILDING A BETTER WAY TO SERVE THE USA"......67/72......"The New Breed" GMC '67 C1500 Wideside Super Custom SWB: 327/M22/3.42 posi.........."The '67" (project) GMC '72 K2500 Wideside Sierra Custom Camper: 350/TH350/4.10 Power-Lok..."The '72" (rolling) Tim "Don't call me a redneck. I'm a rough cut country gentleman" R.I.P. ~ East Side Low Life ~ El Jay ~ 72BLUZ ~ Fasteddie69 ~ Ron586 ~ 67ChevyRedneck ~ Grumpy Old Man ~

04-09-2009, 09:13 PM	#5
Riveted1 Tasty Cakes! Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Gilbert, AZ Posts: 2,112	Re: Strange noise in my garage? Cicada(s?) make a clicking sound. It's exactly the way you described. They used to scare me to death as a little boy. __________________ I'm a little and a lot Ground beef: A cow with no legs. ---------------- '66 Chevy SWB "Penny" '67 Chevy Big Window SWB- aka "Pearl" '72 Burb- "Betty" "It's not a hearse dammit" '99 Chevy Ext. cab Silverado Last edited by Riveted1; 04-09-2009 at 09:14 PM.

04-09-2009, 09:54 PM	#6
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04-10-2009, 08:55 PM	#8
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04-10-2009, 09:33 PM	#11
special-K Special Order Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Mt Airy, MD Posts: 85,851	Re: Strange noise in my garage? Other people use funnels in the Y pipe? __________________ "BUILDING A BETTER WAY TO SERVE THE USA"......67/72......"The New Breed" GMC '67 C1500 Wideside Super Custom SWB: 327/M22/3.42 posi.........."The '67" (project) GMC '72 K2500 Wideside Sierra Custom Camper: 350/TH350/4.10 Power-Lok..."The '72" (rolling) Tim "Don't call me a redneck. I'm a rough cut country gentleman" R.I.P. ~ East Side Low Life ~ El Jay ~ 72BLUZ ~ Fasteddie69 ~ Ron586 ~ 67ChevyRedneck ~ Grumpy Old Man ~

04-10-2009, 09:34 PM	#12
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04-10-2009, 10:31 PM	#14
cayoterun Junior Member Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Guymon, Oklahoma Posts: 2,040	Re: Strange noise in my garage? We had a packrat chew thru the subfloor of our trailer house, then built a nest under our bedroom floor. He'd chew awhile, then quit, then chew real fast, then slow. Like to drove us nuts. Finally found the hole underneath, set a big rat trap and got 'im. That was when we first got married. Cayoterun __________________ Cayoterun Okla. Panhandle I think I'll do it myself and pay the extra $500.

04-12-2009, 07:35 PM	#15
corn Registered User Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: here Posts: 5,789	Re: Strange noise in my garage? Haha, I figured it out. Get ready..... Its a.... Moth! http://www.audiosparx.com/sa/play/po...und_iid.294542

04-12-2009, 09:10 PM	#16
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