Late at night (or early in the morning) at the Meankitty house, it was dark but not really stormy. Rain pattered gently on the roof. Meankitty and Big D slept on the foot of the big humans' bed, and the humans breathed softly in the quiet of deep sleep.Suddenly, a shot rang out!
Okay, it was not a shot, it was a goofy, electronic voice saying, "Huh huh huh hello!" (insert vacuum noises) "Nobody cleans better than we do!" (insert vacuum noises) "Whoops...who spilled the beans? Hee hee hee!" (insert vacuum noises) "We're on the scene...to get things clean! Let's clean up this mess!" (insert vacuum noises) "Clean ya later!"
The humans woke, squinting into the dark. "What was that?" I said.
"I don't know," hubby mumbled.
We listened. Nothing. Then the vacuum cleaner started chattering again.
I got out of bed and tracked it down. The cats followed, thinking they might get some food out of the deal.
While we are no strangers to the melodious sounds of electronic toys of all stripes, talking to themselves in rooms where there are no humans, they typically sound off because Meankitty or Big D has activated said toy. However, there were no cats or children anywhere near the vacuum, and it didn't have any other toys resting on it. It stood by itself in the corner of Loud Thing's room, which, might I add, was not particularly dirty at that time. The rest of the house was trashed, but Loud Thing's room stays pretty clean.
Then today as I was having breakfast with the babe, the vacuum cleaner started talking to itself again.
Just look at that face. I don't feel good about this. Too creepy. I have removed the batteries.
JW
10 comments:
It freaks me out when toys start up on their own. Makes me think of that evil Chucky doll from the movies.
Maybe it isn't not the toy. Maybe its your subconscious trying to get you to clean the house :)
haven't i been telling you guys for weeks that the vacuum was possessed?? it erupts with night chatter ALL THE TIME; you just never heard it before because i sleep (in Loud Thing's room) with the door mostly shut.
Nanny Slave
Ok all of you guys are total losers! This is a Cat website! Why are you talking about creepy toys?!?!!?!
Taking out the batteries was a good move. If it has a short in it somewhere, it could cause a fire!
As a cat, I was startled by the possessed toy and my human's actions, kicking me out of bed in the middle of the night to stumble around the house without giving me any food. And that is why I allowed my human to write about the possessed toy, because it affected me.
MK
Very creepy. I think Typing Slave has a story about toys that start themselves.
Hi Jody,
I like your site. I'm here learning more about Deep Third POV.
Don't tell the boss. I'll get to clearing Table 4 soon, promise
Makes me think of that evil Chucky doll from the movies.
Or that monkey with the cymbals in Supernatural! Very freaky. I'd get rid of the darned thing. Batteries are probably not necessary!
A while back we woke up to a loud alarm outside that kept going off. It started around 5:00 a.m. Eventually, I realized it was coming from the tree house and it was the kids' motion detector intruder alert. Number Two had taken it out and not brought it back in. The funny thing is, it doesn't keep going off unless something's in front of it--so what the heck were those squirrels up to?
My cats had a toy that did the same thing. It should only activate when moved or touched. It came with batteries and the slip of paper you remove to activate it. After three years or so, it would be sitting in some dark corner or under some chair for days and then suddenly start its bizarre giggle and other strange sounds. The cats would look at me to go figure it out (no way). There were times when we were rudely awaken to this sound in the middle of the night, we would all stare out into the darkness from the bedroom with no one volunteering to check it out. I finally gave it away to charity, it creeped me out too much (didn't do much for the cats either).
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