“There might be some critters down there.”

— Quote from campus security director

My sophomore year of college, I wrote an article for the school newspaper about underground tunnels on campus. They were for phone lines and electrical wires, but students had a history of breaking into them and snooping around.

I was reminded of that quote (and dug up my old copy of the article) because last night my neighbor was telling us it sounds like there is something living in his attic. He’s pretty sure it’s not a mouse or a squirrel. They hear it moving around. He thinks it’s a raccoon, but hasn’t done anything about it yet.

Hopefully our freaked-out reactions have encouraged him to call an exterminator!

Later on, after our neighbor had gone home …

“Dude, if there was a raccoon in our attic, I’d be outta here!”
— Quote from my husband