The scratching is incessant. The noise forced my girlfriend to leave me. What's causing that scratching noise. For Brian, it sounds like the ripping of meat from a bone. The 37th floor is not the best place to live when you are afraid of heights. If you can't look out your window, what could be out there. Don't sleep, try to get away, but maybe that won't be enough. Did this happen before? DON'T read at night before bed. Sweats, chills, head shaking, you want to scream but you can't. Live through what we all fear, late at night, utter darkness, but with shapes moving all around you.