[Fast-forward to 8:40 to hear the noises]
Back story: I recently purchased an 1800's era Victorian sofa after looking around for one for months. I brought it home on Wednesday evening, used it in a photoshoot on Saturday evening, and sat down to film this editing tutorial on Sunday morning. The sofa is pictured in the background of the photo in this video.
Anyways, so I was home alone(well, my 15 week old son was asleep in his swing during this) filming this video. All TV's and potential background noises were turned off for the voiceover aspect of this as I didn't want random sounds taking away from the video. I have two Goldendoodles that were asleep on my steps leading up to my second floor. The sofa was about 10 feet away from where I was sitting and filming at my dining room table when this went down. Basically, I'm wrapping up the video and this god awful howling sound starts. I looked to my dogs- wasn't them. Baby is still asleep. Howling noise stops. Then this agonizing groaning. Both sounded like they were coming from someone directly in front of me but no one was there. Anyways, after the groaning part(seriously so unsettling; I had goosebumps and the hair on neck was standing on end)I shut the lid of the MacBook and grabbed my baby out of his swing and tried to get my dogs to come down the steps but they were hesitant(very unusual for them. So yeah, that was enough for me so I then left my house for the next three hours until around the time my husband got home. It was definitely inside my home, not a sound from outside. I also want to mention when I record into the mic of the Mac I have to lean over the keyboard to make sure my voice is picked up clearly on the recording. The fact that you can hear those sounds so well tells you how loud it was. I honestly can't adequately communicate how terrifying this experience was nor can I provide an explanation. I was nervous that this was in my head as my dogs hadn't spooked when the noises were happening and my baby hadn't stirred. I'm relieved it recorded and that I didn't imagine this whole thing. We have lived in this home for over a year without incident(well, maybe one small thing a few months ago but we aren't sure). I'm obviously freaked out about this couch and believe it may be bad juju.