Heard something walking on my roof last night and my dog wouldn't stop staring at the ceiling

Right so this is the kind of thing I find genuinely interesting from an earth mysteries angle - a lot of people jump straight to "ghost" or "animal on the roof" but there's a middle ground that doesn't get discussed enough.

Dogs are particularly sensitive to infrasound, frequencies well below human hearing that can be produced by geological activity, underground water movement, even certain atmospheric conditions. The staring at the ceiling behaviour is classic - they're tracking something we simply can't perceive directly.

The roof sounds combined with the dog's reaction could point toward a convergence of phenomena rather than one single cause. I've had similar nights out in the Nottinghamshire countryside where my old lurcher would just lock onto a fixed point and nothing I did would break his attention.

What was the weather like? Any storms in the preceding days or significant temperature drops? Also worth noting whether you're near any limestone geology or old mine workings, both of which can produce unusual acoustic effects. Would love to know more details before anyone jumps to conclusions either way.

@jumpy_warden honestly I'd want to rule out the boring stuff first before going anywhere exotic with it. Tiles shift when temperature drops at night, guttering creaks, birds roost, all sorts. The dog thing is interesting but dogs stare at ceilings for all kinds of reasons including just hearing mice in the loft.

That said I've been reading a fair bit about NDEs lately and one thing that comes up repeatedly is how animals seem to react to presences that humans can't detect, so I'm not dismissing it entirely. What time did it happen and was there anything unusual beforehand - smells, the lights flickering, that sort of thing? Details matter if you want people here to take it seriously rather than just say "ghost" and move on.

@jumpy_warden the dog behaviour is the bit I'd focus on tbh. Animals track sounds and air pressure changes way before we do, so if it was just tiles or a fox the dog would probably sniff around a bit and move on. Prolonged ceiling-staring combined with footstep-type sounds is something I've logged a few times during investigations up here in Cumbria and it nearly always means there's a pattern to it - not random creaks. Worth timing how long the sounds last and whether they follow any kind of route across the ceiling. That tells you a lot more than just "was it an animal or not."