Noises

This is horrible. Last night after the sun went down I kept hearing noises--incessant little scratchings and squeakings that faded in and out and seemed to travel through every wall and ceiling and floor of the house.

Then, after a while, all went silent. Shortly thereafter I started hearing high-pitched little grunts followed by the sound of something else, perhaps the size and color of black pencil lead, lightly falling on a metal surface inside one of the kitchen drawers. This repeated itself over and over and over again for what seemed like an eternity.

Then I'm sure I heard what sounded like singing.

The whole thing just kind of creeped me out.