Things that go bump in the night
Since a lot of stories seem to be about things that make strange noises at night, I thought I'd tell a story about something like this that happened in China a few years ago. This really happened, and if I could be bothered I could probably find the article about it.

There was an apartment building somewhere in China, not a highrise I'm fairly certain, and everyone who lived there believed it was haunted. It was okay in the daytime, but at night there were bumps and strange noises coming from behind the walls, from under the floor, and from the drains. It was very constant, and gradually it drove all tenants out, which dropped the property value significantly.

A pair of brothers bought the apartment. While they were fixing it, they found a water tank somewhere, and inside was a whole bunch of fairly large fish. I think the article may have said they were sturgeons. It turned out that at night, these fish would start thrashing about and making a racket, which could be heard throughout the building. They removed the fish (probably made a good meal out of them) and resold the apartment at its original price, pocketing a huge profit for their troubles.

UPDATE: source found
www.weirdasianews.com/2007/12/22/10-year-chinese-haunting-finally-debunked/
(racetraitor has an alibi for, Wed 29 Jul 2009, 2:59, 4 replies)

No wonder they could hear them
Sturgeons are bloody huge!
( K2k6 has a proper job these days, Wed 29 Jul 2009, 8:22, closed)

Fish Food
So the question begs who was feeding them?
(paulwoody, Wed 29 Jul 2009, 9:20, closed)

fish food
they were probably eating each other - one would die and the others would live off it...

canabilistic wall fish

in the dark

*shudders*
(MostlySunny, Wed 29 Jul 2009, 15:46, closed)

I was wrong
Not sturgeons, but catfish, though a couple of ten-pound whoppers.

www.weirdasianews.com/2007/12/22/10-year-chinese-haunting-finally-debunked/

It says they were in a sewer pipe, not a water tank. Doesn't really say what they fed on, but in a sewer pipe I have my fears.

According to the article they bought it for roughly 1/5 its price.
(racetraitor has an alibi for, Thu 30 Jul 2009, 2:42, closed)