While Janyce relaxed in a bathtub of fragrant oils, she heard grinding sounds behind the ceramic tiles making its way across the wall.

When her husband returned from work, she said, "There's scary noises behind the bathtub wall. Sound's like something chewing."

They quietly sneaked into the bathroom, hoping to hear the noise. The room remained quiet.

Two days later, the sounds returned. Janyce refused to take a bath and took sponge baths using the kitchen sink.

The next week, while Janyce placed plates on the dining table, the chandelier above started shaking. A sliding noise moved across the ceiling. It frightened her so she phoned an exterminator.

Her husband didn’t hear anything in the bathroom or watch the chandelier move so he thought his wife was bullsh*ting. He ignored her.

As they lay in bed, both heard a strange whiffing noise above their heads.

Two days later the exterminator climbed down from the attic, gripping an eight-foot Boa Constrictor, “Boy, he was well fed! There is rat dung everywhere but no rats.”

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