Terabith Posted April 25, 2021 Share Posted April 25, 2021 Awhile ago, I posted about finding a blue sequin in the cat's water bowl and then another blue sequin in Obama's bed. We never found the origin of these. Today, all of a sudden, a pile of about 50 blue sequins appeared in the middle of the floor on the border between the hallway and the living room. Not exactly in a pile, but not scattered all over and I swept them up. They're all within probably nine inches of each other. Nobody in the house owns any items with blue sequins. My oldest is going to theater class at school three times a week in person now, but I'm driving them to and from, and the first blue sequins predate anyone regularly leaving the house. My kids can't drive. There's nowhere within walking distance. They don't seem to be entertained or amused. Honestly, I'm the only person who even seems befuddled. My husband is just like, "Well, yeah, the house just does stuff like that sometimes." What is up? Where are they coming from? Why are they impossible to sweep up? 7 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terabith Posted April 25, 2021 Author Share Posted April 25, 2021 (edited) Is there a cheerleader or a debutante hiding in my house? ETA: Or a stripper? Edited April 25, 2021 by Terabith 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mommyoffive Posted April 25, 2021 Share Posted April 25, 2021 Does Obama go outside? Random things happen at our house too and I think just don't even try to figure it out anymore. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fraidycat Posted April 25, 2021 Share Posted April 25, 2021 Craziness! 😳😳 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terabith Posted April 25, 2021 Author Share Posted April 25, 2021 Just now, mommyoffive said: Does Obama go outside? Random things happen at our house too and I think just don't even try to figure it out anymore. Obama does go outside. I sort of figured he brought the first couple in on his fur. I don't think he could have brought in a whole pile of 50 of them. We don't have a cat door, so we let him in and out. I think we would have noticed if he was holding a container of sequins in his teeth. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scarlett Posted April 25, 2021 Share Posted April 25, 2021 I think someone is pranking you. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terabith Posted April 25, 2021 Author Share Posted April 25, 2021 1 minute ago, Scarlett said: I think someone is pranking you. That would be majorly out of character for everyone in the house. Do you remember the fact that my carport spontaneously generates rain when it's not raining? My house is weird. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Katy Posted April 25, 2021 Share Posted April 25, 2021 I don’t know but I sometimes follow a makeup guru on YouTube, Mykie. I think her channel is Glam and Gore. She does both pretty makeup and special effects monster makeup gor horror movies (or she did before she went full time on YouTube). Anyway, once, years ago she spilled a bottle of green glitter when she was doing a green glitter makeup look. She moved twice after that and the mess followed her. At one point like 3 years later she found some in the garbage disposal at another apartment. She’d moved twice since the glitter spill. Plastic sparkles spread like wildfire. Does anyone in your house have a throw pillow with reversible sequins? I had a cat toy with sequins once too. Have you checked DH’s closet to make sure he isn’t keeping secret sequins from you? 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Katy Posted April 25, 2021 Share Posted April 25, 2021 Is there a vent or air return or wood trim wide enough to hide sequins where you found them? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terabith Posted April 25, 2021 Author Share Posted April 25, 2021 (edited) There IS a vent/ air return right next to where the pile is. I guess they could have conceivably come from there. No throw pillow with reversible sequins, but that's a good thought. I used to teach preschool, so I'm pretty careful with my glitter/ sequins. I DID used to use sequins a fair amount in craft stuff, but it's been years. Edited April 25, 2021 by Terabith Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Katy Posted April 25, 2021 Share Posted April 25, 2021 Get a ladder and check the vent. I bet there’s more in there if that’s the source. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shoeless Posted April 25, 2021 Share Posted April 25, 2021 2 hours ago, Terabith said: There IS a vent/ air return right next to where the pile is. I guess they could have conceivably come from there. No throw pillow with reversible sequins, but that's a good thought. I used to teach preschool, so I'm pretty careful with my glitter/ sequins. I DID used to use sequins a fair amount in craft stuff, but it's been years. You totally need to open up that air vent and look inside. Also, it's definitely a portal connected to the monolith. 3 1 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terabith Posted April 25, 2021 Author Share Posted April 25, 2021 So, I looked in the vent. It is sequin free. 3 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terabith Posted April 25, 2021 Author Share Posted April 25, 2021 8 minutes ago, Seasider too said: Did Obama possibly vomit up a pile of sequins from something he found and ate outside? Or were they all dry and sparkly? They're all dry and sparkly. It's like someone opened a bag of sequins, poured them on the floor, and then the vent blew them around a little bit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tap Posted April 25, 2021 Share Posted April 25, 2021 All I have to say is.......Carol Anne, Do Not go into the light !!! (cue Poltergeist music) 2 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lauraw4321 Posted April 25, 2021 Share Posted April 25, 2021 This calls for a trail cam. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lady Marmalade Posted April 25, 2021 Share Posted April 25, 2021 Any chance of one of those metal threshold strips on the floor near the pile? Dance mom here, sequins, glitter, feather and beads will show up for years, and if you get a pile on a floor near a door with a threshold strip, they will hid under that strip for years until the perfect storm forces them out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terabith Posted April 25, 2021 Author Share Posted April 25, 2021 No, no threshold strip on floor. Would be quite the prank to spread out the showing up of the sequins over a couple months. I'm pretty sure nobody in my house has the executive functioning to pull that off, except maybe Obama. 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robin M Posted April 25, 2021 Share Posted April 25, 2021 (edited) That is odd. Hope you solve the mystery. Your cat may have found a toy outside and is hiding it from you and playing with it in the middle of the night. Did you have any Christmas Ornaments that had sequins on it. Also look on the bottom of shoes. Have any of the kids made posters or pictures or are into crafts? Maybe a cheerleader or ballroom dancer ghost? LOL! And yes, we too have issues with sequins and sparkles that show up for years. We even had a customer bring in a stereo covered in sparkles. We told him to take it home and clean it all off before he brings it in again. Despite that, we've been plagued with sparkles in random places ever since. Edited April 25, 2021 by Robin M Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lauraw4321 Posted April 25, 2021 Share Posted April 25, 2021 My vote is stripper squirrel dispatched by Obama. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bolt. Posted April 25, 2021 Share Posted April 25, 2021 I think they are in somebody's pocket, maybe a jacket pocket. Maybe a kid put them in there long ago, and just started using the clothing item again. The little pile is a perfect for an, 'I pulled my hand out of my pocket' moment leading to a mess. (My DD glued a pocket of her raincoat shut trying to bring home 'slime' from an event. She knew I wouldn't want slime in the house, so she was hiding it, and forgot about it.) 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AmandaVT Posted April 25, 2021 Share Posted April 25, 2021 Squirrel or mouse bringing in treasure? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
idnib Posted April 25, 2021 Share Posted April 25, 2021 I have no idea, but my vote is for a secret befriended crow who brings you shiny gifts. 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ditto Posted April 25, 2021 Share Posted April 25, 2021 @Terabith your life is so fascinating to me! I love your threads. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Katy Posted April 25, 2021 Share Posted April 25, 2021 Oh, a packrat! Packrats love shiny stuff. And if it’s afraid of Obama it might have dropped them when Obama was near. I forgot about them because I don’t think they’re up here in the Midwest. But we had one in my ancient childhood Florida house. My mom found a weird stash every time she did spring & fall cleaning. She hired an exterminator and everything but never got rid of it. After my parents divorced and my stepmother moved in she was convinced there was a ghost who loved to move shiny stuff. 😂 She was closer to a hoarder than a twice a year clean everything type though. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
annandatje Posted August 27, 2021 Share Posted August 27, 2021 On 4/24/2021 at 8:47 PM, Terabith said: That would be majorly out of character for everyone in the house. Do you remember the fact that my carport spontaneously generates rain when it's not raining? My house is weird. @Terabith I can commiserate with you since I, too, have an odd house. Mostly we have learned to ignore certain unexplainable happenings. I would be concerned about a water leak in carport, but if you are like us, you have already eliminated that possibility. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Katy Posted August 28, 2021 Share Posted August 28, 2021 Since the thread got bumped... Did you ever find the source @Terabith? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terabith Posted August 28, 2021 Author Share Posted August 28, 2021 2 minutes ago, Katy said: Since the thread got bumped... Did you ever find the source @Terabith? Nope. But I haven't seen any blue sequins in awhile. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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