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Title: Bathroom box monster
Post by: Uberpwn_w00t on August 16, 2009, 09:44:39 AM
There appears to be a fairly large creature dwelling in a woven wood box in my bathroom. Well, 'appears' probably isn't the right word to choose, since I haven't actually seen it. Rather, I've heard it.

Quite frankly, It's freaking the hell out of me.

I'm going to guess it's an insect, because of several reasons I don't feel like listing. I'm also going to assume it's large, because, well. I can hear it scratching at the inside of the box. It is a large box. You could fit three or four infant children in it. If the thing was small, it would have crawled out by now.

Anyway, it momentarily stopped making noise when I turned on the bathroom light, but that didn't stop it for too long. When I tried to take flash pictures of the box to see if I could see anything inside it, it stopped moving, and hasn't moved since. As far as I can tell, anyway.

More on this story as it develops. I will use the aforementioned camera to (hopefully) take pictures of whatever it is when I confront it.



Why should you care? Because if it turns out I don't find anything, or it's some dinky little bug, you reserve the right to call me a pussy.
Title: Re: Bathroom box monster
Post by: supasora on August 16, 2009, 09:48:10 AM
Just the exciment I was looking for tonight!
Title: Re: Bathroom box monster
Post by: Red Fox on August 16, 2009, 09:55:32 AM
My money is on a rat.
Title: Re: Bathroom box monster
Post by: Uberpwn_w00t on August 16, 2009, 09:59:59 AM
That's a possibility. Wouldn't a rat be squeaking and such though? Or making other noises?
Title: Re: Bathroom box monster
Post by: Red Fox on August 16, 2009, 10:46:55 AM
Yeah, it would probably squeak. Good point. Probably not a rat.
Title: Re: Bathroom box monster
Post by: fruckert on August 16, 2009, 10:56:58 AM
Wow, the suspense is killing me!
Title: Re: Bathroom box monster
Post by: supasora on August 16, 2009, 11:10:05 AM
Maybe its the devil taking an invisible dump...
Title: Re: Bathroom box monster
Post by: Red Fox on August 16, 2009, 11:25:06 AM
Maybe its the devil taking an invisible dump...

Kekekekekeke
Title: Re: Bathroom box monster
Post by: Bluhman on August 16, 2009, 03:16:30 PM
Take Box,
go outside,
turn upside down,
remove lid,
shake,
???,
PROFIT.
Title: Re: Bathroom box monster
Post by: Fisherson on August 16, 2009, 03:24:46 PM
What kind of noise is it making? I know a lot about animals, especially varmints. So if
you can get a recording than I may be able to identify it.
Title: Re: Bathroom box monster
Post by: Angel Walter on August 16, 2009, 05:50:35 PM
Frankly, x-ray was DESIGNED with this in mind. Either that or try cracking open an MRI machine. Try a metal detector to see if it's metallic! I would probably open it eventually though... Are you sure it's not several bugs? It could be like, a whole family of spiders or something... ew.
In the worst case scenario, its a Squmpkin, and you should run for your life.
Hmm... You could be onto something there... I was right!! AAAH!
Title: Re: Bathroom box monster
Post by: Drace on August 16, 2009, 06:20:06 PM
Just man up and check what's inside of the box. Worst case scenario, giant spider jumps you. DO IT FAGGOT.
Title: Re: Bathroom box monster
Post by: Archem on August 16, 2009, 10:18:25 PM
My money is on a rat.
Rat would have gnawed its way out. Guarantee.

Let that **** out, dawg. If you're scared, carry a piece. Loaded or not, it's the intimidation that matters.
Title: Re: Bathroom box monster
Post by: Moosetroop11 on August 16, 2009, 11:31:13 PM
Why do I want to know what it is so badly?

Find out! If you open it up and it's a clown then the best thing to do is show it you're not scared, by the way. Pennyworth only feeds on those negative emotions.
Title: Re: Bathroom box monster
Post by: Archem on August 16, 2009, 11:32:48 PM
Very nice reference. Props.
Title: Re: Bathroom box monster
Post by: Shady Ultima on August 17, 2009, 12:44:51 AM
Um, Lucas, you live in brazil... where there are monkey and bird spiders, the size of an infant. So I'd disagree.

But assuming Uber doesn't live in South America... I have no idea what it could be

OPEN IT.
Title: Re: Bathroom box monster
Post by: supasora on August 17, 2009, 12:53:18 AM
I... Must... Know...
Title: Re: Bathroom box monster
Post by: MissingName on August 17, 2009, 01:08:13 AM
Hmmm.  A bat would squeak and flutter.
As others have said, a rat or mouse would have chewed its way out.

I think it's a frog.  I dunno.  Random guess.
Title: Re: Bathroom box monster
Post by: Bluhman on August 17, 2009, 01:27:45 AM
I bet it was a zombie chihuahua, and it bit off his face and now he's dead, which explains why he hasn't responded to this thread yet. Way to go, us.
Title: Re: Bathroom box monster
Post by: Cerebus on August 17, 2009, 01:30:33 AM
It's probably a Solifugae, mostly known by the name of "camel spider".

Okay, it's probably not, but imagine if it was one!

Probably just a small rodent. Or a cockroach nest. Or a soul trapped within your bathroom, seeking for vengeance upon the last resident, who murdered him.
Title: Re: Bathroom box monster
Post by: Emerates on August 17, 2009, 04:54:12 AM
Duct tape that ****, put it out in some gravel, and light it up with some household napalm.  Don't even give a **** what it is.  Animal control can **** itself.
Title: Re: Bathroom box monster
Post by: Darkfox on August 17, 2009, 05:46:36 AM
It's probably a Solifugae, mostly known by the name of "camel spider".

That would be awesome... ... ... ... ... ... GIVE ME THE FRICKIN BOX! NOW! :D
Title: Re: Bathroom box monster
Post by: Vlad Shadeu on August 17, 2009, 05:49:07 AM
Yes, because I live in a hut in the middle of a forest, and I have a jaguar as a pet instead of a cat.

Of course, what other alternative is there?
Title: Re: Bathroom box monster
Post by: Bluhman on August 17, 2009, 05:59:32 AM
Of course, what other alternative is there?

Living on a giant stone Jesus on top of a hill?
Title: Re: Bathroom box monster
Post by: Uberpwn_w00t on August 17, 2009, 06:07:35 AM
So uh. I have reason to believe it escaped. Somehow. That, or flash photography killed it, and when my dad was ruffling through the box, he didn't notice it because it was dead.

Yes, yes I do have a vivid imagination.

Yeah, so. I dunno. I'm at a loss here. I'm not sure how it could have left, or why it stopped making noise after I tried to take pictures, or why my dad didn't find anything when he opened the box.

I'm not calling it until I have definitive proof that it's gone, though.


Oh, and I had to address this comment.
If you're scared, carry a piece. Loaded or not, it's the intimidation that matters.
This guy has the right idea.
Title: Re: Bathroom box monster
Post by: fruckert on August 17, 2009, 06:10:19 AM
o.O
*cue Twilight Zone theme*
Title: Re: Bathroom box monster
Post by: supasora on August 17, 2009, 06:14:27 AM
That sucks. You need to find it kill it or something or it'll come after you again.
Title: Re: Bathroom box monster
Post by: Archem on August 17, 2009, 07:11:55 AM
Oh, and I had to address this comment. This guy has the right idea.
When is this not true, though?
Title: Re: Bathroom box monster
Post by: Prpl_Mage on August 17, 2009, 08:32:00 AM
Beware, it's hidden inside the toilett now - waiting for you to place thine butt on the wing once more so it can extract it's maleficent bug revenge.
Title: Re: Bathroom box monster
Post by: Darkfox on August 17, 2009, 05:42:44 PM
Hm... gone you say? Or did you haplessly release its captured essence in the box?

At night, you will now hear this:

"BEWARE, I LIVE!" "RUN RUN RUN" "I HUNGER" "RUN, COWARD!" and variations thereof, and a blood curdling scream. Good luck.
Title: Re: Bathroom box monster
Post by: Valiere on August 17, 2009, 10:32:16 PM
Well, that was anticlimactic.
Title: Re: Bathroom box monster
Post by: Dominicy on August 17, 2009, 11:15:54 PM
Beware, it's hidden inside the toilett now - waiting for you to place thine butt on the wing once more so it can extract it's maleficent bug revenge.

For those not fluent in almost-old-English, what he said translates crudely to "You gonna get raep'd".
Title: Re: Bathroom box monster
Post by: supasora on August 17, 2009, 11:48:52 PM
Could it have possible been one of these?
Title: Re: Bathroom box monster
Post by: Drace on August 18, 2009, 12:18:07 AM
You should have killed it when you had the chance. Now you'll wake up in the middle of the night with god knows what on your chest eating your face.
Title: Re: Bathroom box monster
Post by: fruckert on August 18, 2009, 12:59:21 AM
Maybe it's El Chupacabra?
Title: Re: Bathroom box monster
Post by: MissingName on August 18, 2009, 01:00:25 AM
Maybe it's El Chupacabra?
If it is, lock up your chickens/cats/small furry rodents in cages/what-have-you.
Title: Re: Bathroom box monster
Post by: Cerebus on August 18, 2009, 01:32:18 AM
Maybe the Boogeyman (read Lucas) coming to rape you.

I sure hope for you it wasn't an insect or such building a nest, and now it's waiting for the others.
Title: Re: Bathroom box monster
Post by: Red Giant on August 18, 2009, 04:52:18 AM
Perhaps it was acute schizophrenia.
Title: Re: Bathroom box monster
Post by: Ben on August 18, 2009, 07:42:40 AM
Schizophrenia dosent really come in acute though. Youve got paranoid, catatonic, schizo spectrum, schizo affective etc.
Id say it was a rat. Or a possum
Title: Re: Bathroom box monster
Post by: Musha on August 18, 2009, 08:32:39 AM
Could've been a Hound of Tindalos.  They're said to make a scratching or chewing sound when they're near. It would also explain your inability to find any trace of it in the box, as it could have escaped through any of the corners.  If I am correct in my theory, your only appropriate course of action would be to immediately find or construct a completely round room (NO corners), and spend the remainder of your life inside it.
Title: Re: Bathroom box monster
Post by: Drace on August 18, 2009, 08:59:09 AM
Could've been a Hound of Tindalos.  They're said to make a scratching or chewing sound when they're near. It would also explain your inability to find any trace of it in the box, as it could have escaped through any of the corners.  If I am correct in my theory, your only appropriate course of action would be to immediately find or construct a completely round room (NO corners), and spend the remainder of your life inside it.

Just put traps in your corner and eat it with chocolate sauce after it's dead.
Title: Re: Bathroom box monster
Post by: Uberpwn_w00t on August 19, 2009, 12:09:35 AM
So.

For the past few nights, mosquitoes have been driving me completely insane. They've kept me up until five in the morning for two nights in a row.

Last night they were bothering me, so I decided to turn on the light and try to kill some. I killed a couple and went back to bed. Minutes later, I heard noises outside my room. Noises slightly resembling those I heard in the bathroom. So I got up to check.

Standing from my doorway, I could spot at least five cockroaches. Flying cockroaches. Well, not so much flying... More like shooting off in random directions before violently colliding with something. Seriously... It was like a war zone. They were all over the place, just flying around and running into ****. They were fairly large, too. Like, an inch and a half in length.

It is also important to note that the beating of their wings sounded like miniature machine guns firing, and they made a loud cracking noise whenever they hit a wall.
Title: Re: Bathroom box monster
Post by: chronoman on August 19, 2009, 12:11:23 AM
Did the crackling sound kinda like when you push some saliva around in your mouth....it just kinda makes you cringe the way it sounds? (Can't really think of a better way to describe the sound....)
Title: Re: Bathroom box monster
Post by: Bluhman on August 19, 2009, 12:26:54 AM
Judging by how the noises stopped when you used what I could only think as flash photography (Cockroaches HATE light), I wouldn't be surprised if that was what had prompted them to escape from the box.
Title: Re: Bathroom box monster
Post by: _JeT_ on August 19, 2009, 12:37:36 AM
Cockroaches? That it? ...Try putting a saucepan, half filled with sulfur, onto a gas range, with all doors and cupboards and such open, and turn it off after a few minutes... You may want a gasmask though >_>
Title: Re: Bathroom box monster
Post by: Valiere on August 19, 2009, 01:34:08 AM
"Boring" isn't the word that springs to mind when I think of flying cockroaches.

"Pants-crappingly revolting and terrifying" maybe.
Title: Re: Bathroom box monster
Post by: MissingName on August 19, 2009, 02:00:22 AM
Roaches...  my family used to have an infestation.  It seems like they just left some day.  Why, we have no clue.
Title: Re: Bathroom box monster
Post by: Emerates on August 19, 2009, 03:12:26 AM
Most butterflies are actually more dangerous than cockroaches, as many species have poison in their something-or-other.
However, cockroaches can crawl into your ear in your sleep and get stuck there, so.....
>.>
Title: Re: Bathroom box monster
Post by: A Forgotten Legend on August 19, 2009, 03:30:04 AM
Most butterflies are actually more dangerous than cockroaches, as many species have poison in their something-or-other.
However, cockroaches can crawl into your ear in your sleep and get stuck there, so.....
>.>

I was watching Urban Legends and there was one about earwigs oing into a guys brain through his ear, eating through his brain, and the man gets to the doctor only to find out the bug left 100's of eggs in his brain.  Although it was quite false.
Title: Re: Bathroom box monster
Post by: fruckert on August 19, 2009, 03:55:56 AM
"Boring" isn't the word that springs to mind when I think of flying cockroaches.

"Pants-crappingly revolting and terrifying" maybe.
I'd only say that they were terrifying if they were giant.
[spoiler=Like, about this size (not a cockroach)]
(http://images.whatsthatbug.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/03/cicada_borneo_ben.jpg)
[/spoiler]

Reminds me of the Locusts in Illinois, those things can make some weird noises at night.
Title: Re: Bathroom box monster
Post by: A Forgotten Legend on August 19, 2009, 04:01:03 AM
... i hate locust... so noisy...

EDIT:As I submitted this, one made a noise outside. -.-"  Oop, there it went again. gah...
Title: Re: Bathroom box monster
Post by: Cerebus on August 19, 2009, 03:30:55 PM
I'd only say that they were terrifying if they were giant.
[spoiler=Like, about this size (not a cockroach)]
(http://images.whatsthatbug.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/03/cicada_borneo_ben.jpg)
[/spoiler]

Reminds me of the Locusts in Illinois, those things can make some weird noises at night.

Although it doesn't fly, this one would terrify me more.

[spoiler](http://www.gedcasserley.saddleworth.net/assets/images/Jess21.jpg)[/spoiler]

Or a solifugae.

Also, I don't think having cockroaches in your house is a good thing. Unless you love bugs. Which I doubt.
Better call an exterminator, I guess.
Title: Re: Bathroom box monster
Post by: fruckert on August 19, 2009, 03:33:35 PM
That is one big spider.
Title: Re: Bathroom box monster
Post by: Fisherson on August 19, 2009, 04:06:37 PM
I'd only say that they were terrifying if they were giant.
[spoiler=Like, about this size (not a cockroach)]
(http://images.whatsthatbug.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/03/cicada_borneo_ben.jpg)
[/spoiler]

Reminds me of the Locusts in Illinois, those things can make some weird noises at night.

Hey I scacada, I hate those noisy buggers. They drive me insane making all those strange sounds high in the tree. Make a good treat for my chickens though.
Title: Re: Bathroom box monster
Post by: Darkfox on August 19, 2009, 06:10:03 PM
A giant cicada? Too bad they don't get that big around here. They are cool.
Title: Re: Bathroom box monster
Post by: Drace on August 19, 2009, 07:24:29 PM
You got scared by dinner? Aww... man. I was hoping for cool unnamed beasts.
Title: Re: Bathroom box monster
Post by: Uberpwn_w00t on August 20, 2009, 09:13:57 AM
Update.

It's back. Or at least, it's making noise again.

This time I know I'm not crazy, because my dog heard it and checked it out before I did. I had headphones in, and was watching the Mythbusters.

We haven't had the last of this yet.
Title: Re: Bathroom box monster
Post by: fruckert on August 20, 2009, 02:10:50 PM
o.O

Man this is becoming The Twilight Zone: Charas Edition.

Which in another context, would be ****ing awesome (from my understanding).
Title: Re: Bathroom box monster
Post by: Rahl on August 20, 2009, 03:36:29 PM
Maybe the cocroaches are just back in the box?
Title: Re: Bathroom box monster
Post by: fruckert on August 20, 2009, 04:26:28 PM
Hmm...maybe it's some kind of rodent and you just have bad luck...
Title: Re: Bathroom box monster
Post by: Rahl on August 20, 2009, 10:14:58 PM
Or maybe you've just gone insane with paranoia and are now just seeing and hearing things your afraid are there... Nutjob... (J/K)
Title: Re: Bathroom box monster
Post by: Uberpwn_w00t on August 21, 2009, 04:47:24 AM
Well, we're getting a slightly better understanding now. We opened up the box, and there was nothing. Again.

It would seem that the creature makes regular visits to the box, but doesn't stay. Perhaps it leaves when nobody is looking... But where to?

It almost makes me want to go all Monsterquest and plant a secret night vision camera outside the bathroom.

Coincidentally, my step mom was asked to film some lecture or something, and her job provided her with a small Sony video camera. It's sitting in a chair next to me, and if it's anything like other video cameras I've handled, it probably has a night vision mode.

Hmm... Naaah.
Title: Re: Bathroom box monster
Post by: supasora on August 21, 2009, 04:53:21 AM
It's the devil, I just know it!
Title: Re: Bathroom box monster
Post by: MissingName on August 21, 2009, 05:19:16 AM
If I could, I would let you borrow my machete.
Title: Re: Bathroom box monster
Post by: Rahl on August 21, 2009, 05:35:47 AM
Film it, now. It's not your decision to make, just do it.
Title: Re: Bathroom box monster
Post by: Uberpwn_w00t on August 29, 2009, 06:12:25 PM
EXTREME BUMP

It was a rat. It's still on the large, too. My step mom said she thought she killed it, but it's still alive apparently.
Title: Re: Bathroom box monster
Post by: Darkfox on August 29, 2009, 07:30:14 PM
Cool, catch it in a big pickle jar and name it Jim! I've caught mice before and kept them as pets for a while. XD
Title: Re: Bathroom box monster
Post by: Bluhman on August 29, 2009, 07:36:43 PM
Do not do that! You will catch the black plague and die!
Title: Re: Bathroom box monster
Post by: fruckert on August 29, 2009, 10:36:59 PM
UL CATCH TEH BLIGHT!!1!
Title: Re: Bathroom box monster
Post by: Grandy on August 29, 2009, 11:19:22 PM
So, wait, rats AND giant cocroaches at the same time?
Title: Re: Bathroom box monster
Post by: Archem on August 30, 2009, 02:50:44 AM
I'm glad I live in GOOD America.
Title: Re: Bathroom box monster
Post by: Prpl_Mage on August 30, 2009, 10:18:39 PM
Remember kids.
Don't eat rats. Rats eat dead and deceased thingies so they get diseases.

And the same with boars, they are larger versions of pigs. But it's like eating a huge porky rat. They also feast on the dead. Hunting them down for food or money won't do it as you have to send in samples to test them. If you get any of that inside you - dead meat and whoever eats you will get the same thing.
It's like the T-virus only from boars.
Remember that kids. Don't eat rats.
Or hamsters.
Title: Re: Bathroom box monster
Post by: fruckert on August 30, 2009, 10:45:33 PM
lol
/useless post