Dead Rat
Few weeks back we heard very enthusiastic nocturnal activity going on above our ceiling boards. Sounded like more than one rat....and very heavy-footed fellows on top of that. Like they were playing catching while we were desperately trying to sleep. So, out came the rat poison. This stuff is supposed to make them thirsty and therefore drive them to look for water - so they ought to die outside of the house, in some drain far away. Don't know what happened this time. Now there's a putrid smell that's stinking up the boys' bathroom. It's not the dog doo and it smells suspiciously of death. I dare not look for the corpse. That'll give me nightmares for the rest of my life.