This is a repost. I am not the original author.

The original author is u/xaine and has been reposted with permission from u/xaine. The original post appeared in r/homeowners about a year ago.

Why are piles of beans appearing around my girlfriend's parents house?

https://www.reddit.com/r/homeowners/comments/iesmk0/why_are_piles_of_beans_appearing_around_my/

This is not a troll post.

My girlfriend's mom and stepdad live in Palm Springs California, near the desert. They're staying at a temporary house while the sale and partial renovation of there new house is happening.

Lately, my girlfriend's mom has been finding small piles of dried red beans in various hidden places. Under the bed, in a bucket in a closet, in the bathroom, usually dark and hidden places.

This morning, my girlfriend's mom was taking her hair out of a bun and a few beans fell into the sink.

They are definitely beans, they're not poop, everyone I've told this to assumes poop, but I've seen pictures and they are clearly beans. They don't have any of these beans in the house, and it's unclear where they are coming from.

Does anyone have any idea what would cause this? I've tried googling it, but all I get is recipes for beans.

tl;dr there are small piles of beans appearing randomly in a house with no explanation.

edit: I forgot to add they don't have any dried red beans in the house.

edit: pictures of the beans https://imgur.com/a/cFMi0cT

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UPDATE: Why are piles of beans appearing around my girlfriend's parents house?

https://www.reddit.com/r/homeowners/comments/imijxe/update_why_are_piles_of_beans_appearing_around_my/

ORIGINAL POST: https://www.reddit.com/r/homeowners/comments/iesmk0/why_are_piles_of_beans_appearing_around_my/

Sorry for the delay!

So after talking with my girlfriends mom and step dad, they think they've found the culprit.

They found a bag of beans deep in a closet with a few holes in it. They called an exterminator and found out it was likely a Pack Rat, credit to Panik66 for correctly identifying it!

The last I heard, they successfully captured one, but didn't send over any pictures of one.

Texts between my gf and her mom: https://imgur.com/JEghgiz