Goodreads asked Lisa Aldridge:

What mystery in your own life could be a plot for a book?

Lisa Aldridge I have a current mystery in my life that is quite annoying too. A squirrel keeps finding his way into our basement. We named him Thimbletack. He has been a frequent visitor for over a year now. We assumed he was coming in through the garage and filled/plugged/covered any hole or space around pipes that could possibly be part of his route.
Thimbletack kept getting in!
Eventually, we lured him into a live trap (he isn't very afraid of us) and took him to a nice park. We released him in a nice gazebo that was surrounded by trees and a lovely pond. We left him with plenty of nuts, but he climbed up my son's pant leg, as if to beg us not to leave him there. As soon as he ran up a column of the gazebo, we ran to the car and left.
We blew new insulation around boards and pipes in the garage and basement.
Two days later, Thimbletack was back!
But this time he watched us sadly through the window; maybe he was watching the nightly news with us too. We felt a little guilty that he was outside and couldn't get back in, especially when the meteorologist forecast a terrible storm for that very night!
Hours later, as the thunder rumbled and the lightning jolted the sky, we heard a strange noise, someone or something was creeping into the house!
Thimbletack was back!

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