Is it normal for there to be a mysterious ticking noise under the floo

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I live in an upper flat...My floors are wood panel. (Laminated, not easily lifted). In my room There's a definite, steady ticking noise coming from under the floorboard. It sounds like a loud ticking clock. It ticks about 4 beats per second.

WHAT IS IT!!????

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  • anti-hero
    10 years ago | pl

    The Tell-Tale Heart?

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    • [Old Memory]
      10 years ago

      Damn. Came here to say just that.

      I'm always a day late hahaha.

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      • anti-hero
        10 years ago

        You often beat me to thing I want to say :) You are a cool ghost.

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        • [Old Memory]
          10 years ago

          ;)

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      • dirtybirdy
        10 years ago

        Me too :( and definitely a dollar short, I am.

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    • RoseIsabella
      10 years ago

      Well, thugs be buggered! You beat me to it.

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  • RebuiltByHumans
    10 years ago

    It's a pipe bomb!

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  • Avant-Garde
    9 years ago

    Ask The Happy Mask Salesman. You can find him in the clock tower. He is very wise yet, also very bipolar. Just do what he says and all will be well...

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  • ChaoticBunny
    9 years ago

    It could be a bomb O_O

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  • Aliceee93
    10 years ago

    Voldy mort voldy mort oooooh voldy voldy voldy voldy mort!

    http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Tx1XIm6q4r4

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    • spaghettifrier
      10 years ago

      thank you for that

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  • Cherrybombpieee
    10 years ago

    Its the sign of the bleeding tell tale heart

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  • RomeoDeMontague
    10 years ago

    I dont know how normal this is. I hear random ticks and rings in my ear. I am afraid I might be going deff. However there might be something in your house bothering you like a cord, or a clock or something like that.

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  • Legion
    10 years ago

    damn, my doomsday device is still ticking? it was supposed to go off a year ago! *wide eyes*

    dammit, did i say that aloud?

    look, there's a dog on a skateboard! *runs*

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  • Avant-Garde
    10 years ago

    What's the condition of your apartment building? Has it ever been properly inspected? Have you mentioned this to your landlord? Have other people made complaints about this?

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  • spaghettifrier
    10 years ago

    Every single person I have asked over facebook and in person has said this (telltale heart...which doesn't even make sense since it's a ticking noise, not a heartbeat). Except for someone who said "Jumanji" and my idea of "the mysterious ticking noise" (look it up on Youtube.) Or god forbid a bomb (though i don't think most of them actually tick).

    But in all seriousness, I would really like to know!!

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    • [Old Memory]
      10 years ago

      Could be a number of things. If plumbing runs through your floor, pipes can expand and contract...making a clicking or ticking sound. So can heat ducts. It could also be insects...or rodents. There's really no way to know without hearing it...or looking into it.

      You mention it to your landlord?

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      • spaghettifrier
        10 years ago

        thanks. THe thing is, it is steady like a clock or metronome. And quite fast. It literally sounds like there's a metronome stuck under the floor. So I guess that's what it is. You're right, it could be anything

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        • NeofelisNebulosa
          10 years ago

          That's kind of creepy. Hey!!!! Is it a Deathwatch Beetle? (look it up)

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        • [Old Memory]
          10 years ago

          I'd about put money on it being ductwork running through your floor. A loose piece of duct tape tapping on the duct's wall as air flows through it.

          I'd mention it to your landlord. That'd drive me nuts.

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