Our situation ended up being raccoons in the attic.
Sounds like someone running on my roof.
It is nearly every night that i hear what sounds like animals running on the ceiling.
How did you guys get to remove the racoons.
While it is impractical to cover the roof in anti bird spikes placing these on the ridge of the roof can help to stop pest birds from landing on your roof and causing problems.
It comes from all around the room.
I am hearing them right now it actually sounds like a horses gallops.
Go back to the main how to get rid of wild animals page for more information about animal on the roof and what types of noises or sounds they make.
We are trying to figure out if they are coming from out.
It s quite scary reply delete.
It s not at the same time eachday.
We have snap trapped 3 rats.
Right now it is 8 degrees f outside.
At first i thought it was the house settling on like this.
Raccoons are the largest of these animals so the sound is often heavy more like thumping or walking than the light scurrying of a rat.
Very heavy sounding footsteps like someone wearing big boots.
Trust me i saw the builders building the roof and there were no kind of animals up there.
You can imagine my fear as a lay there in bed as a child hearing what sounded like footsteps.
It literally sounds like someone punching sheetrock.
Mine is the noises that come from the roof at night.
A cat or a raccoon will never sound like a human running with the someone is running across my room and portal jumping.
Additionally raccoons are primarily nocturnal so the noises occur at night.
Its not all in one area.
Squirrel on a roof is making noises running around and rolling nuts.
Hey just so you know i have footsteps on my roof at least 12 hours a day and sometimes at night it s called dem squirrels and if you want i can record it tomorrow morning lol.
They might be from squirrels under the roof inside your house and attic.
I also just heard a bird.
I hear sounds like someone is running on my roof after dark usually at midnight.
As i sit here in bed trying to get some sleep i cannot.
There are loud banging noises coming from our attic roof.
Most of the noises seem to be coming from the top of the walls.
The sounds give jun 21 2016 so basically i heard footsteps on my roof last night.
I should also mention racoons birds and other animals make the same sound.
Anonymous october 30 2015 at 8 51 pm.
No i didn t live in an apartment but instead a two story house.
Trust me it sounds loud like a freaking human walking.
Anonymous january 24 2017 at 3 23 am.
Here are the concerns.
Squirrel is on the roof because it is actually entering and living in your attic.
Should i ask the roofer to come back to the house and inspect my roof for any holes would they try to climb through a.
Squirrel is on the roof chewing on wooden trim like in the photo to the left.
I used to hear them a lot as a child.
The ones that sound like someone is walking just above you.
