CRYPTID?

[wertz]

So I was sitting at the computer last night - around 2am or so - and heard a loud, rattling thump. My computer sits facing the dining room over a small room divider. There's a door from the dining room onto a small, screened in back porch - and a screen door to the back yard. The noise seemed to have come from outside the porch

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[zulfiqar_rgh]

I think you may very well have a new marketing strategy!

"indian Caverns: Home of the Marked Hominid"

But seriously, it was probably a bear. At Yosemite there is actually a mini-museum dedicated to cars that have been attacked by bears. If you have ever seen those, you'll know that plexiglass ain't nothin' but the stuff you break to get to the food for a bear. But that's just my two cents.

With my luck, I'm bound to have a "close encounter" with Mr. Hominid...

[wertz]

Let's hope so - otherwise, there's not much action in central PA!

A ghost?

[deadbeatwriter]

eom

Re: A ghost?

[wertz]

Hadn't thought of that. If so, it was definitely of the polter variety.

None of the above

[the_mind_of_gil]

I think what you had at your door was a wolf, especially in light of the description of the hair you found. A bear wouldn't have taken so long or been so inefficient at damaging the door, and the other animals you mentioned just don't seem to fit the lack of scratch marks.

I just returned to East Texas from a trip north. I was in Pittsburgh, Waynesboro and Honesdale, but stopping at your place to say hello and tour the caverns was just a little too far off my route, but I did check the map to see if it was a feasible side trip.