A Little Like Lost

I was making a cup of tea after getting home from work the other night and the front door was open. Just as the water began to bubble, I heard some loud rustling from the bushes. Shrugging it off as a large rat, I poured the water and brewed the tea. But then I heard something falling over- it sounded like a board of wood- and the sound appeared to be coming out of the workshop on the island. I went out to investigate, forgetting to bring a torch, and entered the workshop where, sure enough, a plank that we had stacked against the wall had fallen over.

After looking around some more, I found nothing so went back to Flamenco. As I sat and sipped the tea, more sounds were happening. Movement, and when I listened carefully, there was some deep panting.

Ok, so it's obviously a fox. A human couldn't be so subtle as to disappear each time I went out to explore. And why would a human be panting? But, then again, why would a fox be panting as deeply as the sound?

And it's been going on for a few nights now. Movement, and some of it not sounding as if a fox was capable of it, such as the sound of a metal pole being dragged across the hard floor of the warehouses. Whenever I investigate, even with a freshly batteried MagLight, there's no sign of anything untoward and the sounds cease.

I'm not a believer in werewolves, but...