Well, THAT was profoundly weird.

It was below freezing and rather damp outside today when it was time for me to exercise, so I jogged and walked indoors, up and down the long central hallway. I was rather tired when I was finished, thus I took a nap for 30 min in the living room. The cats kept me awake at first by playing, ripping up and down the hall and wrestling, but they're cute and funny, and I knew it wouldn't last long. They stopped and I dozed on and off until about 15 minutes. 10 minutes before my nap was over, I was awakened.

I heard four steady knocks, coming from behind me, in the dining room. They were slow and loud, one knock a second. It sounded like something hollow was being hit--maybe a cabinet or wall, so I figured one of the cats was bathing and hitting it as they licked. It was much louder than that would have been, but hey I was half-asleep, and the house was completely silent, so maybe it just sounded louder. I didn't move and dozed off again.

( Can you guess what happens next?? )