As always, Reddit humor took over: “Lick it,” one user joked, while another advised, “Burn the house down.” The suspense grew when OP posted an update: “It started to wiggle and move. It’s gone now.” That single sentence horrified half the commenters, who warned that unseen creatures in ceilings rarely travel alone.
Less than a day later, the mystery was solved. OP confirmed what many suspected: it was a rat’s tail. They planned to call an exterminator immediately, adding nervously, “Someone said, ‘Where there is one, there are a hundred.’ God, I hope not.”