That Moment When Neighbor’s Hamster Chews Through Your Wall

A little more than a year ago, we downsized from a house to a townhome.  I've adjusted way better and faster than Debbie.  I know, humble brag.  One reason why is Debbie's sensitivity to sound.  Look, I've had high volume flowing directly from amplifiers to my headphones to my ears for the last 30+ years.  In other words, my hearing "ain't what it used to be."  Anyway, when you own a stand-alone home, there aren't many mysterious sounds.  You hear a noise, and you can explain it pretty quickly and easily with little to no investigation.  However, when your home is adjoined to another, that's another case altogether.  Constantly, she will hear something through a wall and say, "What's going on next door?"  And, since it's not your house, you can't investigate and find out.  You're just left with the mystery.  As I don't hear them (deaf) and don't care when I do (it's not my house), I could not care less.  Debbie?  Not so much.  And perhaps after this story, I should be more like Debbie.  This is the story of an Illinois woman named Kenna Buchannon.  She heard weird noises coming from the wall in her apartment.  Then she noticed a small hole where the noises were coming from.  Then...

This is both funny and horrifying.  I would be cracking up if I looked above me and noticed a fuzzy hamster's head poking from a hole the pet/rodent had chewed through.  On the other hand, it would quickly occur to me that if this hamster could do this, what else could?!  And Kenna is a better woman than Debbie.  Buchanan says "Linda," “was successfully lured out with tortilla chips and returned to her owner.”  If this was my wife?  We'd have to move. <g>