As I lay in bed I heard my cat scratching his litter. I was confused because he'd never scratched his litter in the middle of the night as we always woke up at the same time every day to take him outside.

One day I had to work overtime, and I couldn't make it home until late. I finally made it home at 10 P. M. and had to work tomorrow, so I didn't bother changing out of my work clothes; I just threw myself onto my bed and fell asleep. As I lay in bed just about to fall asleep, I heard my cat scratching his litter. I was confused because he'd never scratched his litter in the middle of the night as we always woke up at the same time every day to take him outside. I pondered why he would all of a sudden start scratching his litter in the middle of the night, and I asked myself if it was weird that he didn't scratch any of it when I first got home. He was probably just holding it in the whole time I believe I thought to myself. A few seconds later and I heard scratching again, this time louder and more intense. At this point, I became annoyed and yelled at my cat. I yelled at the top of my lungs in hopes that the loud noise would scare him and get him to stop scratching the litter. After I yelled, it stopped. My bedroom was dead silent. Then I heard it again. This time it was extremely intense and sounded like it was coming from the floor above me. I looked around my room to see if I could find signs of where the noise was coming from, and after a few seconds of looking around, I gave up and went to sleep. The scratching continued for the rest of the night, but I managed to ignore it and get a good nights sleep.