The type of animal is it?

[Duncan]

Sewer rat. You'd be surprised how big they can get.

Some even become NBA fans.

[CosmicCowboy]

It's a chupacabra.

Yep. Definitely a chupacabra.

[Soul_Patch]

Becareful, it could be lachusa!

[sabar]

I had scratching noises all over a few months back. Raccoon.

They are damn good climbers in attics. Anyways, they left gray and black fur on wood splinters. Vanished without a trace one day. No smell, probably didn't die.

The telltale sign?

Droppings.

[KidCongo]

possums are so ing ugly.

You gotta see one with down syndrome eyes So damn ugly.

[phyzik]

It's a rat is my bet. Probably a sewer rat. I live close to a ditch that isnt paved and every ing time the city comes to cut the grass they (the rats) run to the houses in my area. I've bought the biggest sticky pads available at home depot and that doesnt hold them at all.

Your best bet..... Buy an air rifle and stay awake one night. The biggest one I've killed was about half the size of a possum. Thankfully, the city only cuts the grass in the ditch like every 6 months. I get rid of my rat problem within 3 days when it happens.

The neighborhood association has been trying to get the city to pave those ditches for 3 years now solely because of this problem.