I have a neighbor, a late 20-something to early 30-something man. He's white, blonde, bespectacled. Comes across as a nerdy sort of guy. Maybe an engineering grad student? He lives with his girlfriend, who's a geeky-looking Asian girl a few years younger (but nothing crazy), and their dog, who is a large, shepherd-y mutt. To set the scene, I live on the first floor of an old Victorian standalone home. He lives on the ground or maybe second floor of the building next door. Our buildings are separated by about 20 feet.
Every so often, very late at night or very early in the morning, I hear him yelling. It *exclusively* happens between 3AM and 5AM. Occasionally I can make out a word, and if I can, it's always: "F********CCCKKKKKKKKK!!!!" But mostly, it's just a long, guttural, garbled *roar*. It's deep, and it's angry. I don't think I've ever yelled like that. It's incredibly loud. Even with my windows closed, and his windows closed, his scream wakes me up from the deepest sleep. It gives me the f****n' creeps.
What the hell is he yelling for? My boyfriend is a much deeper sleeper than I am, so for a long time he never heard it. He always said, "Oh, he's probably gaming or something." Which makes sense-- nerdy dude, awake at 4AM, sure. But the yell is so primal, so frightening, so f****n' full of rage, that I always doubted that explanation. But then my partner was working all night on a chapter of his dissertation. He finally heard him yelling, and immediately discarded the gaming theory. It was just too extreme.
It happens more often now. My boyfriend has heard him a few times now. I hear him at least once a week. I worry that maybe he's yelling at his girlfriend. But I never hear her shouting back, or anything. They seem happy enough when we see them walking on our street. I worry also that he's yelling at the dog. Sometimes, they let the dog out into their backyard at 6 or 7 in the morning, and the dog just barks barks barks. But other than that, they seem to take good care of the dog. I see them walking him, saying nice things to him ("Who's my good boy!?"), every day.
Last night he shouted again. It was a wordless string of syllables, 15 seconds long, at 4:03AM. It took me half an hour to fall asleep again. Why???
Every so often, very late at night or very early in the morning, I hear him yelling. It *exclusively* happens between 3AM and 5AM. Occasionally I can make out a word, and if I can, it's always: "F********CCCKKKKKKKKK!!!!" But mostly, it's just a long, guttural, garbled *roar*. It's deep, and it's angry. I don't think I've ever yelled like that. It's incredibly loud. Even with my windows closed, and his windows closed, his scream wakes me up from the deepest sleep. It gives me the f****n' creeps.
What the hell is he yelling for? My boyfriend is a much deeper sleeper than I am, so for a long time he never heard it. He always said, "Oh, he's probably gaming or something." Which makes sense-- nerdy dude, awake at 4AM, sure. But the yell is so primal, so frightening, so f****n' full of rage, that I always doubted that explanation. But then my partner was working all night on a chapter of his dissertation. He finally heard him yelling, and immediately discarded the gaming theory. It was just too extreme.
It happens more often now. My boyfriend has heard him a few times now. I hear him at least once a week. I worry that maybe he's yelling at his girlfriend. But I never hear her shouting back, or anything. They seem happy enough when we see them walking on our street. I worry also that he's yelling at the dog. Sometimes, they let the dog out into their backyard at 6 or 7 in the morning, and the dog just barks barks barks. But other than that, they seem to take good care of the dog. I see them walking him, saying nice things to him ("Who's my good boy!?"), every day.
Last night he shouted again. It was a wordless string of syllables, 15 seconds long, at 4:03AM. It took me half an hour to fall asleep again. Why???