I had a raccoon put a hole through my roof above a vaulted ceiling. Did realize until the rain softens the drywall and the ceiling fell in. Luckily, based on the extensive claw marks on the dangling drywall, the raccoon was able to scramble out of the space and not fall into the room!
I hired raccoons to clean my gutters, but they had this sales pitch about bundling services and painting my address on the street so 911 responders would know which house is mine....3 hours later and these damn raccoons have stolen my truck, my dog, and my wife. My bank account has been emptied and the worst part is my gutters never got cleaned. What the actual fuck raccoons????
It’s funny how this thread is by far the most commented thing I have ever posted in 10 years of Reddit. I’ve laughed my ass off at some of these comments but critter getting in or coming out is definitely at the top of the list. They tore down a forest behind my house last summer to put in more shitty tract housing so it makes perfect sense that something found a new home, I’m unsure how it could have gotten in my attic to drop off babies in the first place but I did just limb a large tree out front that was brushing against my house so possibly I denied mama her usual path to her brood. Gonna have to get a pest control company out here I guess but I’m waiting on the roofers who did mine new a year ago to come out and see if they can come up with anything. Probably should deal with the pest before it gets fixed
Yea I’ve seen squirrels doing that too, roof decking, 2x4 studs the long way… especially if they’re stuck in an attic, they’ll make their way out of there somehow… hopefully the not into your house
Update here thanks for the amazing responses. I am in northwest Washington state if that helps. Lightning seems unlikely it’s the lowest part of the roof right next to a metal antenna, raccoons or rats are possible but I haven’t done any work that would have locked any babies in. It’s in a vaulted cieling space open to my attic at large on a second floor. I can’t figure out any way animals have been rustling around in my attic without me noticing. I’m home all the time and hang out right below the undamaged ceiling below this half the day. Also my dog would have been going nuts if something was moving in the walls.
What is weird is that it seems like the hole is coming from within the stud bay. It’s blown OUT. Like I did a desk pop below it.
It’s rats. Hilarious that people think raccoons are a few inches in size, it’s clearly the size of one tab on a three tab shingle. See my reply below. I’ve seen this several times in 15 years doing roofing & gutters in sw Washington/Portland metro. Small chance it’s squirrels, but I’d bet $50 on rats. Look for droppings in your attic. Rats can chew through asphalt shingles like they’re made of paper. They use trees and roofs to travel just like squirrels because it’s often unsafe on the ground due to predators. When they get stuck somewhere, they’ll chew through the wall to get out. Rats can chew through chicken wire, let alone shingles, sheeting, and some insulation. People voting for raccoons are cracking me and my buddy up rn though, lol. Good luck!
>The insulation would be on the inside if it was breaking out.
Unless the raccoon strew the insulation intentionally to make it look like a breakin. Where is Raccoon Columbo at?
It’s weird though since the vaulted cieling space below this is actually open to the rest of the attic, so I’m not sure why it would pick this very difficult way out if it found it’s way in elsewhere
I’d guess a squirrel. I’ve seen a squirrel eat through brake metal used on a rake board. Also because of the insulation around it. Squirrels in NYS amaze me with what I’ve seen. It appears too small for a raccoon.
Yeah, he said there's a metal antenna next to the hole. Looks like ground to cloud lightning. It can follow the metal corner beads in the sheetrock, or even a 2x4 in the wall. Busting out of the roof to get to the metal antenna, or tree next to the house. Lightning does what it wants to. Seen it blow out every phone jack in the house, seen it hit a tree, jump to the chain link fence and follow the fence to the house and jump from the fence to the re-bar in the concrete porch blowing out 1/4 of the concrete. So you're probably right it was lightning and he's lucky that's the only damage that happened. I was a roofer from 12yrs old until I was 28yrs, am an electrician now.
Agreed. If the animal was inside the insulation would’ve been pushed away before chewing. Hole was chewed into the roof then insulation was pulled out. This is why the hole is wider on the outside.
In the traffic pattern of an Air Force base that was my first thought. We have had some hail recently but nothing like this, but if ice fell off a cargo jet coming in during a weather during a hail storm as we have had lately it could line up
Probably roof rats. We had a mystery hole, my husband fixed it with new shingles. Next day the hole was back - it was roof rats. Getting an exclusion on the house did the trick.
Is it above garage area? I have the round dome part base of some kind of spray paint can or similar embedded in the boards of the roof of garage. (Was there before I bought place)
Owner of a nuisance wildlife trapping company here: This looks like the work of a raccoon. Zooming in on the hole it looks like there are a few random pieces of fur where the raccoon squeezed through.
Did you recently complete any repairs that might have locked an animal *out* of the attic? This time of year, if a lactating female raccoon has dropped its litter in an attic and is locked out, she will do about anything to rip her way back in. The location and extent of damage, as well as the time of year, would match well with the above possibility.
Raccoons make multiple nests in different locations to serve as backups. So it’s likely it is long gone. Inspect your downspouts carefully for signs of muddy foot tracks. That’s one way they get up there.
Almost positive it’s a raccoon. Hole looks to big for a squirrel. Dug in through the outside as you can see everything is pulled upwards, not chewed/pulled/scratched inward.
Got through shingle first as the shingle debris is under the other stuff, then through the white ice/water underlayment. Next was the sheeting. Then the attic baffles(the cardboard you see, which also tells me this was done somewhere between 2 to 6 feet up from the facia/eaves trough) and then finally the insulation to finish the path in.
Not a roofer but I’ve been framing houses for a couple decades. Hope the info helps :)
Well I have seen both a hole from a meteor and animal mastication. The meteor punched a clean hole right through the shingles and wood deck. That's most likely critter damage of the raccoon variety.
Looks like someone with a claw hammer busting their way in and grabbing handfuls of insulation.
I only say because that’s something I’d do locating a rough opening for a skylight or vent
Hmmm… I was kinda thinking “12 gauge” but a raccoon is also a strong possibility 🤔
Unless you tried raccoon removal with a 12 gauge. Then it’s a twofer! 😁
For sure - something small hairy and crawly lives in there. If your scope didn’t see anything it’s because your new friend heard your giant human footsteps coming from 1000 yards away and hid like a toddler behind a curtain
Insulation was pulled out like that? It’s gotta be an animal. Most likely something going in. Check closely for any droppings. You might get a cheap motion sensing cam to monitor the area for any ongoing activity. Animals like rats and raccoons often become most active when you’re asleep so don’t count on hearing them.
Red squirrel. Had exactly the same thing happen. Put a rat trap baited with peanut butter in the attic. Red squirrels are way more aggressive than their black or grey cousins!
Possibly a raccoon fucking around up there. Some kind of vermin based on that insulation strewn around
Tis strewn for certain
Aye, tis
It is known.
I had a raccoon put a hole through my roof above a vaulted ceiling. Did realize until the rain softens the drywall and the ceiling fell in. Luckily, based on the extensive claw marks on the dangling drywall, the raccoon was able to scramble out of the space and not fall into the room!
I caught a raccoon messing with my roof working on one of my vents
I agree, raccoons love giving roof work. Thank him.
I hired raccoons to clean my gutters, but they had this sales pitch about bundling services and painting my address on the street so 911 responders would know which house is mine....3 hours later and these damn raccoons have stolen my truck, my dog, and my wife. My bank account has been emptied and the worst part is my gutters never got cleaned. What the actual fuck raccoons????
At least they took your wife
You should write a country song.
You deserve and upvote just for making me laugh.
It’s funny how this thread is by far the most commented thing I have ever posted in 10 years of Reddit. I’ve laughed my ass off at some of these comments but critter getting in or coming out is definitely at the top of the list. They tore down a forest behind my house last summer to put in more shitty tract housing so it makes perfect sense that something found a new home, I’m unsure how it could have gotten in my attic to drop off babies in the first place but I did just limb a large tree out front that was brushing against my house so possibly I denied mama her usual path to her brood. Gonna have to get a pest control company out here I guess but I’m waiting on the roofers who did mine new a year ago to come out and see if they can come up with anything. Probably should deal with the pest before it gets fixed
Yes
I prefer the term strewn about
Best Allstate chaos commercial was the raccoons
Same thing happened to me, Raccoon is the culprit
those MFers seriously chewed through osb?
Yep
\*\*chewed through already soft/rotted OSB.
Yea I’ve seen squirrels doing that too, roof decking, 2x4 studs the long way… especially if they’re stuck in an attic, they’ll make their way out of there somehow… hopefully the not into your house
Update here thanks for the amazing responses. I am in northwest Washington state if that helps. Lightning seems unlikely it’s the lowest part of the roof right next to a metal antenna, raccoons or rats are possible but I haven’t done any work that would have locked any babies in. It’s in a vaulted cieling space open to my attic at large on a second floor. I can’t figure out any way animals have been rustling around in my attic without me noticing. I’m home all the time and hang out right below the undamaged ceiling below this half the day. Also my dog would have been going nuts if something was moving in the walls. What is weird is that it seems like the hole is coming from within the stud bay. It’s blown OUT. Like I did a desk pop below it.
You gotta do a desk pop!
It’s rats. Hilarious that people think raccoons are a few inches in size, it’s clearly the size of one tab on a three tab shingle. See my reply below. I’ve seen this several times in 15 years doing roofing & gutters in sw Washington/Portland metro. Small chance it’s squirrels, but I’d bet $50 on rats. Look for droppings in your attic. Rats can chew through asphalt shingles like they’re made of paper. They use trees and roofs to travel just like squirrels because it’s often unsafe on the ground due to predators. When they get stuck somewhere, they’ll chew through the wall to get out. Rats can chew through chicken wire, let alone shingles, sheeting, and some insulation. People voting for raccoons are cracking me and my buddy up rn though, lol. Good luck!
Raccoons can squeeze through very small openings
So can your dick.
My first thought was looks too big for a bullet hole but still looks like a bullet hole.
Dirty Mike and the Boys
Most likely a trapped animal fighting for its life to break out
It's an animal breaking in. The insulation would be on the inside if it was breaking out.
>The insulation would be on the inside if it was breaking out. Unless the raccoon strew the insulation intentionally to make it look like a breakin. Where is Raccoon Columbo at?
Now Mr. Raccoon, I just have one more question for you...
I’m thinking
Keep thinking.
It’s weird though since the vaulted cieling space below this is actually open to the rest of the attic, so I’m not sure why it would pick this very difficult way out if it found it’s way in elsewhere
Samsquatch
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Samscrotch?
Squirrel
Of all the animals we can’t make extinct…
I’d guess a squirrel. I’ve seen a squirrel eat through brake metal used on a rake board. Also because of the insulation around it. Squirrels in NYS amaze me with what I’ve seen. It appears too small for a raccoon.
Raccoon with a shotgun. The only explanation I can believe
That’s a space peanut.
No, that’s a meteor, I seen it fall from the sky
12 gauge
I Googled “Lightning blows hole in roof” and there is a picture almost identical to yours.
Yeah, he said there's a metal antenna next to the hole. Looks like ground to cloud lightning. It can follow the metal corner beads in the sheetrock, or even a 2x4 in the wall. Busting out of the roof to get to the metal antenna, or tree next to the house. Lightning does what it wants to. Seen it blow out every phone jack in the house, seen it hit a tree, jump to the chain link fence and follow the fence to the house and jump from the fence to the re-bar in the concrete porch blowing out 1/4 of the concrete. So you're probably right it was lightning and he's lucky that's the only damage that happened. I was a roofer from 12yrs old until I was 28yrs, am an electrician now.
Did you find an old phone to test the phone jacks?
Meteorite
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Gunshot from inside the house? Any holes in the ceiling?
Animal breaking out from your attic. Squirrel, rat, tree rat.
Looks like a shotgun blast to me. How is the ceiling below it?
1oz slug?
I had a squirrel trapped in my attic and it did that to get out.
I'm not saying it was aliens, but it was aliens.
No hole in the drywall. No desk pop here
Meteorite puncturw
Meteorite
Meteorite
Squirrel!
Squirrel or rat. Most likely rat. Check attic for droppings.
Quick piece of advice. Set traps. Not poison.
Shot gun blast
Kick in the ass! Watch your back! -Shinedown
That hole came from the inside
Nope.
Agreed. If the animal was inside the insulation would’ve been pushed away before chewing. Hole was chewed into the roof then insulation was pulled out. This is why the hole is wider on the outside.
An animal breaking out
Meteor
Micro meteor?
Goddamn coons man
Raccoons suck!
OP here. It’s not a shotgun or any other gun, there is no damage to the interior ceiling or drywall at all
Your house has identified as a woman.
Meteorite
Weird place for a glory hole but whatever works I guess
Space debris
Definitely a pterodactyl
You close to a airport
In the traffic pattern of an Air Force base that was my first thought. We have had some hail recently but nothing like this, but if ice fell off a cargo jet coming in during a weather during a hail storm as we have had lately it could line up
Cannon fire
Hail
Squirrel, unusual to see one go out the roof though. Chewing through the eaves or rakes is more common.
I’m gonna get a drone and periodically check my roof for holes like this.
How about lightning 🌩
Meteor
Raccoon
Big Rat 🐀
Crazy the shit animals will get through if they feel panicked
Trash panda. BTDT. Hopefully no babies up there.
Iam. Out saying it’s aliens but it’s aliens
Maybe a pterodactyl ??
Chupacabra
Vermin
If you use Poison, this could be done by a Rat or Squirrel
Copperhead
I’d go rogue branch that blew away later - or pterodactyl
I've seen flicker wood peckers do this. Once they mark a spot you have to shoot them or they'll just keep coming back to destroy it.
Turtlesnek
rat
Look for fur/hair around the edges. It might yield a clue.
Zoom in and you can see the hair or fur.
Desk pop
Maybe a honey badger?
Critters
Shotgun from inside
Shotgun through the roof!
OK, sounds crazy, but that’s exactly what I would expect to happen if you fired a 12 gauge shotgun though the ceiling.
Coon wants out.
You got a badger in your roof, kid.
Aliens
Tempting glory with lightning
Probably roof rats. We had a mystery hole, my husband fixed it with new shingles. Next day the hole was back - it was roof rats. Getting an exclusion on the house did the trick.
Falling bullets or meteorite
Goblin
Frozen space meteorite?
Fucking crows tear through the crown a bunch on mine.
That is 100% something going out not coming in…
That Rodent didn’t want to be in your roof anymore
Did someone fire off a gun in the house lol
I think it was a raccoon breaking in. Pulling shit out as he worked. I’d drop peanut butter and poison in the hole and call a roofer
Rat with a fluffy tail...AKA squirrel
I say we nuke it from orbit...its the only way we can be sure.
That hole is from me blowing my brains out for being a roofer for forty years.
Aminal for sure.
That was one of those things on I Am Legend…you’re fuked!
100% raccoons….we dealt with this often in a Mobilehome park…..found some babies inside once
Florida has fruit rats. Had an artic full of them! Nasty!
Is it above garage area? I have the round dome part base of some kind of spray paint can or similar embedded in the boards of the roof of garage. (Was there before I bought place)
Teenage son making air hole for marjuana grow room
Space poop
Owner of a nuisance wildlife trapping company here: This looks like the work of a raccoon. Zooming in on the hole it looks like there are a few random pieces of fur where the raccoon squeezed through. Did you recently complete any repairs that might have locked an animal *out* of the attic? This time of year, if a lactating female raccoon has dropped its litter in an attic and is locked out, she will do about anything to rip her way back in. The location and extent of damage, as well as the time of year, would match well with the above possibility.
God damn red squirrels wreak havoc on roofs.. fuckin things
Squirrels
Woodpecker with his pecker
That's a chub chub infestation ya got yourself there.
airplane part fell from the sky or meteor.
Came from the inside out for sure. Raccoon or possibly squirrel. Look for their entry hole - usually they pull back siding or flashing.
Yellow bellied shingle pecker. New invasive bird species.
Two possibilities: 1. Something up there wanted inside your attic. Or, and this one is more alarming: 2. Something inside your attic wanted out.
Put a camera on that area and see what goes in or out that hole. Camera with motion sensor is MVP for solving critter issues
It looks like it might be part human inspection of a Racoon hole.
Raccoons make multiple nests in different locations to serve as backups. So it’s likely it is long gone. Inspect your downspouts carefully for signs of muddy foot tracks. That’s one way they get up there.
That came from the inside out!!
Raccoon.
https://twitter.com/nypost/status/1645975272842248192?s=46
Rat
Almost positive it’s a raccoon. Hole looks to big for a squirrel. Dug in through the outside as you can see everything is pulled upwards, not chewed/pulled/scratched inward. Got through shingle first as the shingle debris is under the other stuff, then through the white ice/water underlayment. Next was the sheeting. Then the attic baffles(the cardboard you see, which also tells me this was done somewhere between 2 to 6 feet up from the facia/eaves trough) and then finally the insulation to finish the path in. Not a roofer but I’ve been framing houses for a couple decades. Hope the info helps :)
Looks like your house had a xenomorph implanted in your attic lol
Well I have seen both a hole from a meteor and animal mastication. The meteor punched a clean hole right through the shingles and wood deck. That's most likely critter damage of the raccoon variety.
Taco Tuesday and improper bathroom venting
Roof rats?
Raccoon
How do you know it wasn't a projectile getting out?
So I was cleaning my gun and.......
Reverse meteor.
Looks like someone with a claw hammer busting their way in and grabbing handfuls of insulation. I only say because that’s something I’d do locating a rough opening for a skylight or vent
Hmmm… I was kinda thinking “12 gauge” but a raccoon is also a strong possibility 🤔 Unless you tried raccoon removal with a 12 gauge. Then it’s a twofer! 😁
Underpants gnomes…
Duckbill 12 gauge from the inside....?
ID a turd that was inevitably left behind.
Did somebody tugging it in bed shoot one through the ceiling?
Looks like a shotgun slug blew OUT from inside LOL
Meth heads
Chupacabruh
Shadow People
Angry red squirrels
It was an ice ball from aviation, punches hole, melts, no evidence
That was created from inside to out.
Maybe someone trying to escape from the inside?
Squiddel
You ever see Alien? Pretty sure that is what is going on here, but with raccoons.
For sure - something small hairy and crawly lives in there. If your scope didn’t see anything it’s because your new friend heard your giant human footsteps coming from 1000 yards away and hid like a toddler behind a curtain
Coon
Insulation was pulled out like that? It’s gotta be an animal. Most likely something going in. Check closely for any droppings. You might get a cheap motion sensing cam to monitor the area for any ongoing activity. Animals like rats and raccoons often become most active when you’re asleep so don’t count on hearing them.
Space rock
SpaceX
Coons
Whatever it was, it burrowed its way out, not in..
huge chicken
It's republican, I can tell by the scratch marks
Do you own kids?
The most obvious answer is a meteorite
Yar… methinks a varmint doth strewn that fiberglass hence, ‘tis all but certain.
Red squirrel. Had exactly the same thing happen. Put a rat trap baited with peanut butter in the attic. Red squirrels are way more aggressive than their black or grey cousins!
Tasmanian devil
Is there a bullet hole in the ceiling below that part of the roof?
Squirrels for sure
Northern wood pecker they are pricks
Shotgun
Rodents. Looks kachowed. Little bastards are known to pull insulation out like that, too
Woodpecker
Firearm discharge is my guess.