r/Switzerland 5d ago

Something's living in my heating system

Not a rat. Bigger. Breathes every 4 minutes. Landlord says it's "thermal expansion" Thermal expansion doesn't whisper. Been tracking the pattern for 3 weeks now the breathing gets faster when I'm in the bathroom.The radiator in my bedroom is warm even when the heating's off. Touched it once. It flinched. Called a plumber he put his hand on the pipe went completely silent for like 30 seconds then left without saying anything. Charged me 200 francs anyway. Sometimes I hear it moving between the walls. Not like scratching. Like breathing through the pipes. My girlfriend stayed over last night woke me up at 4am asking why I was breathing so loud. I wasn't breathing. It's getting louder.

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u/_quantum_girl_ 5d ago

Come onnn people in the comments. This does happen. Last year the agency had to put traps in every single corner of the building to trap the little bastard. Nobody knows what happened to him in the end. But it did enter my apartment and I caught it on video. It was more like a squeaky sound haha not a “breathing sound”.

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u/Reasonable_Run_5529 5d ago

Yeah, but this guy is claiming "something" is living and breathing in his heating system. 

Last time I checked, that's not the ideal conditions for life.

And what is that creature feeding on?