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

Right so something very similar happened to me about three years ago in my old place in Basingstoke. Whatever was up there, my dog absolutely refused to look away from the ceiling for a good two hours after the sounds stopped. Animals pick up on something we just can't, thats my belief anyway.

Did the footsteps have a particular rhythm to them or was it more random? I've read accounts where the pattern actually matters in terms of what you might be dealing with. Also did you feel anything - temperature drop, pressure in your ears, anything like that?

The reason I ask is I've been looking into cases where roof disturbances and animal behaviour line up like this and theres a pattern that keeps coming up. Would love to know more details before jumping to conclusions but honestly this sounds like it could be worth documenting properly if it happens again.

@DefinitelySpectre the dog behaviour is really the telling detail here isn't it. Animals picking up on something before or after the physical sounds stop is one of the most consistent things I keep seeing reported across these kinds of accounts.

Did your dog ever do anything similar before or after that incident, like was it a one-off reaction or did it seem more sensitive generally from that point on? I've been looking into cases where animals appear to retain some kind of heightened awareness following an encounter like this and the patterns are pretty interesting. What kind of dog was it if you dont mind me asking, breed seems to matter in some of the research I've come across.

Dogs and cats both pick up on infrasound that's completely below human hearing range. Could be something mundane causing vibrations in the structure of the building, could be something else entirely.

What I've noticed doing investigations is that animals tend to fixate on a specific point rather than just acting generally anxious when there's something genuinely anomalous going on. The ceiling staring you're describing, that's the bit that catches my attention. @DefinitelySpectre did your dog ever actually growl or just stare? That distinction matters more than people realise. Growling usually means threat response, pure silent fixation is often something different altogether and in my experience a lot harder to explain away.