I love to tell our kids horror stories about ghosts, vampires, monsters under the bed, that kind of thing. Not to mention that I frequently hide behind a door or a wall and jump out as family members walk by screaming `BOO!`. Well today I`m putting little Robert to bed and I hear a scary noise. There is shuffling around in the corner of Robert`s room, but on the ceiling like it`s upstairs. That should be ok except that I thought everyone was downstairs. Konrad in bed, Jakub going to bed and Mom getting him a drink of water.

"It must be the dog," I think and mentally make a note to double check. But I'm a little worried. It sounded a little bit too clear, too close. It was almost like the noise was IN the room.

After finishing Robert's reading I go upstairs to check for dogs, but they aren't there. Hmmm. Maybe they were up there, but went down in the few minutes that I read the book. So I confirm that everyone is downstairs and I take a stick to just knock the ceiling a little. Nothing. Nothing. Then a little shuffle, maybe. I knock louder. This time there is a shuffle for sure. Great. We have a critter somewhere in the attic.

Well, turns out that a cute little raccoon took advantage of our construction to hide in the little space of the roof overhang. Now how do we get rid of him?