Louise stood under the pull down ladder that led to the attic and debated. She was really scared of the attic at night but raccoons sleep during the day. The previous owners had lowered the upstairs ceiling in an attempt to save on heat. If raccoons were living in her house, they could crawl into the space between the attic floor and the new upstairs ceiling to sleep. Louise had been up in the attic during the day and she had seen no sign of them or anything else that could be making so much noise at night. No, she would have to go up there at night in order to catch sight of whatever this was.