The Atlas Obscura Podcast · Friday, September 25, 2026
A Brooklyn resident recounted a peculiar experience from his childhood where his family was disturbed by loud snoring sounds emanating from an air conditioner. They eventually discovered that the noise was caused by a neighbor's guest who was sleeping on the porch, with the sound traveling through the unit.
“And one day my brother comes up and he says, There's an animal living in the air conditioner.”
“And we went up to his room and we hear some sound coming out of an air conditioner, like an animal is breathing heavily.”
“Turns out the neighbor on the porch next door had invited some sort of uncle, let's say or something like that. And they didn't have room for him. And he was living on the porch the whole summer and he snored, really, really loudly.”