Anyone Can Live In This Town For Free, But Nobody Wants To For One Strange Reason

It must have been, right?

I heard and smelled tons of things, but nothing seemed to be there. Every door and window I had secured was still secured.

I stood in the outer room and felt the floorboards with my bare feet. Solid. No flex, no creaking from settling. But whatever had made that sound must have been walking across my floor.