Something Last Night Very Strange With My Sofa (mystery might be solved)

[MoparManJim]

Okay, how can I say this. Last night I decided to work on the project JB666 in the living room by the sofa. Well around um I would say 2AM I was tired and decided I would rest on the sofa so I put a movie on and prop my feet up trying to figure out a solution to a issue I had with Project JB666. Well I laided down on the sofa.. as I am laying there watching tv I notice something very strange  :? . Now my sofa is nothing fancy at all. I notice the sofa was viberating! At first I though I was imaging things so I set still and look down at my shirt and sure enough there was a viberation going on and I could feel it in the sofa also  :shock: . This has happen before but I was always tired and didn't think anything of it but last night I was getting ready to turn in when it happen again. Now my sofa doesn't have no power or anything and my friend Mark can back me up on this also. But last night when I felt the viberation I wanted to see if it was me or if the sofa was viberation and it was. I like to know what in the heck would do that  :? . If I haven't proped my feet up I wouldn't have known.. my back is what felt it through the cushion and that got my attention in deed. I thought it was the dremel at first maybe kick on.. but it was on the tv stand though. I took the cushions off the sofa and there was nothing power able under them at all..to make that happen. I know afew weeks back one evening my cousin Scott stop in and we was having a cup of coffee as we just came in from out side and he went and set down on the sofa and I was just entering the room myself when I notice he had  puzzled look on his face. I ask him what was wrong and he said he thought or swear that the sofa was viberating and ask me if the sofa was anything in it and I said "no". But before at times I always thought it was viberating also at times but just thought I was imaging it. I mean you can be setting on it and all a sudden you can feel it start viberating under you real soft like and you kinda don't think anything of it as you think it's your heart beat. But last night I got up and off of it (thinking it was my heart beat making me think it was viberating) and looked at the cushion to see if it was and it was shacking very little. Then afew minutes later it stopped. The sofa does have coil springs inside but I don't think it was them though as I was setting on the sofa earlier working on the model and didn't feel anything.. if it was them I think I would have felt them then. I know my friend I think afew times he mention he thought the sofa was viberating also when he was setting on it playing a xBox 360 game.  

[Darkman]

Do you have a fridge or air conditioner nearby? The vibrations maybe making your sofa "hum"

[MoparManJim]

Do you have a fridge or air conditioner nearby? The vibrations maybe making your sofa "hum"

I don't have a air conditioner at all. The fridge is in the kichen in the corner and if it was that the dishes would be humming also as they are right next to it. If it was the fridge I would feel it all the time as the firdge is always running. This viberating only happens from time to time though as I notice but I just though it was my heart beats or when my friends said they thought it was viberating I just thought they was feeling there heart beats in there bodys also and thinking the sofa was viberating but last night when I got off it and looked it was viberating or doing something then afew minutes later it stopped. I look around to see what could be doing it and found nothing. I set on the sofa all this evening with the fan turn on and turn on high also, working on project JB666 again and didn't feel anything (the fan is about 3 feet away from the sofa) and yet the sofa wasn't doing anything. The fridge was on and nothing happen with the sofa and you think if it was the fan, the sofa would be doing it then. 

[Khyron]

cut the perscription dosage in half and call a doctor.

[68X426]

That Chinese sofa you have was recalled last year. Too much lead.

[MoparManJim]

cut the perscription dosage in half and call a doctor.

 

I don't take anything... yet, but if I was I would be seriously looking into the stuff though  .

Next time one of my friends says they swear my sofa is viberating after they set down on it, I will look at them and say "Oh.. you think?" 

I would have just thought it was the dremel stuck down in between the cushions that came on until I looked up and saw it setting on the tv stand. 

[Brock Lee]

I can think of 2 possibilities. Dig into the interior of the couch. You may find something in there. Maybe an old toy.

The other thing: I had a Charger back seat in my garage and I noticed it kind of vibrated slightly. If I listened close, it sounded kind of like a wind up toy was going off in side it all the time. Weeks pass and every time I walk by it I hear this sound. Upon close inspection bumble bees were starting to nest up in the back inside a hole in the foam, so it wasn't obvious when I looked in the back as they were inside between the vinyl and foam.

[MoparManJim]

I can think of 2 possibilities. Dig into the interior of the couch. You may find something in there. Maybe an old toy.

The other thing: I had a Charger back seat in my garage and I noticed it kind of vibrated slightly. If I listened close, it sounded kind of like a wind up toy was going off in side it all the time. Weeks pass and every time I walk by it I hear this sound. Upon close inspection bumble bees were starting to nest up in the back inside a hole in the foam, so it wasn't obvious when I looked in the back as they were inside between the vinyl and foam.

I don't think there is anything inside the sofa, but I will check it out in the evening though to make sure, thanks for the suggestion man. I know the sofa is a not a old one and yet it's not a new one either. But the strange thing is the viberation felt like it was coming from the center buttom of the sofa and the left part buttom as well and the back cushion (it's part of the back of the sofa as it's built into it) felt like it was also viberating to but that was hard to check though last night. I know I change out the buttom cushions last year with 3 other ones that fit nicely and was much better to set on as well and they are a different color then what the sofa is as they are a orange camo style with flowers on (that's how I notice the cushion was moving last night as the flower was also viberating) But I did check the cushions and they check out fine though. It just leaves the sofa is all. But like I said I will take the suggestion you just gave me and will check more into the sofa out though.

I loose to lay on it at night and watch tv and felt the same thing at times and just thought it was me imaging it though and didn't really think about it that much and then last night when it started i was watching tv but I decided I would get up and look though for once.   

[jeryst]

Could be a whole of things. First of all, working on any project with 666 in it, is just asking for trouble.

Sometimes, your body will vibrate, especially when you are tired. Not really your whole body, but a muscle somewhere may start to quiver, and the movement gets amplified by the springs of the sofa. What makes me think that, is, you noticed it when you put your feet up, transitioning from being in contact with a solid surface (floor), to being fully isolated on top of a floating structure. You actually cant feel the muscle quivering, and you would swear the sofa is vibrating/shaking, and it is, but it is only responding to something coming from you. I would have said that was the most plausible answer, except that your friend experienced it too, which pretty much makes it highly unlikely, unless you were on the sofa as well when it happened, and neither of you was touching the floor.

Another possibility is a floor board or joist under the sofa could be transferring vibration from someplace else, like if your fridge, furnace, AC unit, washer/dryer comes on. It could also be transferring a vibration from outside, through the foundation. Kind of like trying to find out where a leak is coming from in your car. The fluid can travel a considerable distance from its source before it actually drops to the ground. Any time you notice it, try to make note of everything else that is happening inside and outside the house.

You may have some type of critter living in your sofa. A mouse can do that if it is living in between the springs, and decides to scratch an itch. As long as you are moving around and making noise, they will be still, but as soon as you are still for a moment, they will go about business as usual.

Something electronic is stuck in the sofa, like a kids toy, old phone or remote, alarm type wristwatch, Xbox controller, etc. Could come on if you change position and trigger a sensor or switch. You would be surprised how many years batteries will last when they are only used very sparingly.

Now for some fun...
David Letterman has a "Top 10" list.
Well, I have a "Top 15" list, so
Here are the top 15 possible explanations for the vibration...

15. Your sofa was originally destined for a seedy motel, and was manufactured with the "Magic Fingers" option.
14. You are going insane, and imagining the movement, and everything else around you, including your friend, who said he felt it too.
13. There is a fault line underneath your sofa.
12. The government relocated Area 51.
11. Jimmy Hoffa is trying to get out.
10. Your sofa has a slight miss, and needs a tune-up.
09. Your sofa is infested with termites, and they like to Conga.
08. A train/horses/stampede is coming. Put your ear to the sofa and try to figure out what is coming and how far away it is.
07. A squadron of dust bunnies is conducting war games inside your sofa.
06. There is a doorway to another dimension under your sofa.
05. Harry Potter is trying to send you a secret message.
04. Freddy Krugar is getting ready to pay you a visit.
03. Your sofa is really Maxwell Smarts discarded prototype Sofa-Phone.
02. Your wife/girlfriend misplaced her "Special flashlight".
01. Your sofa is a Transformer, receiving instructions and broadcasting battle plans.

[MoparManJim]

I like your list alot, it kinda got me laughing at afew of them. 

When my cousin set down on the sofa I was no where near it, when my friend Mark set on I was standing over by the door way. His feet was on the floor also.   

I didn't know about the body muscles could quiver like you said and put off viberation's like that. That would make sense though sense I did have my feet proped up off the floor. 

[TruckDriver]

It's haunted

[elacruze]

Could be a whole of things. First of all, working on any project with 666 in it, is just asking for trouble.

Here are the top 15 possible explanations for the vibration...

15. Your sofa was originally destined for a seedy motel, and was manufactured with the "Magic Fingers" option.
14. You are going insane, and imagining the movement, and everything else around you, including your friend, who said he felt it too.
13. There is a fault line underneath your sofa.
12. The government relocated Area 51.
11. Jimmy Hoffa is trying to get out.
10. Your sofa has a slight miss, and needs a tune-up.
09. Your sofa is infested with termites, and they like to Conga.
08. A train/horses/stampede is coming. Put your ear to the sofa and try to figure out what is coming and how far away it is.
07. A squadron of dust bunnies is conducting war games inside your sofa.
06. There is a doorway to another dimension under your sofa.
05. Harry Potter is trying to send you a secret message.
04. Freddy Krugar is getting ready to pay you a visit.
03. Your sofa is really Maxwell Smarts discarded prototype Sofa-Phone.
02. Your wife/girlfriend misplaced her "Special flashlight".
01. Your sofa is a Transformer, receiving instructions and broadcasting battle plans.

DUH, you forgot the obvious-HELLMOUTH.

[resq302]

It's haunted

I agree with that or its the fact that someone is farting on your couch and doesn't want to admit it.   

[stripedelete]

Rearrange your living room.  If that doesn't work, call a priest.

[resq302]

Just a thought, does it happen at a specific time every day?  Are there any trains or large vehicles that go past when this happens?

[Road Dog]

Could you be on Candid Camera?

[Brock Lee]

Does your house have tires?

[4cruzin]

Something mechanical in the house I would think.  How about a sump pump?  Or a water softener when it discharges?   Well Pump?  Do you have a basement?   

[PocketThunder]

"Special Flashlight"!!!!!                 

[Brock Samson]

this is very entertaining but useless without pics... 

[71ChallengeHer]

Looks like your not the only one ? http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/weird/article1963178.ece ,http://www.kewego.co.uk/video/iLyROoafYVot.html 

[Khyron]

"Special Flashlight"!!!!!                 

LOL, i damn near choked on my soda!

[elacruze]

"Special Flashlight"!!!!!                 

LOL, i damn near choked on my soda!

Don't drink while using it then!

[chargergirl]

"Special Flashlight"!!!!!                 

LOL, i damn near choked on my soda!

Don't drink while using it then!

...dang trying to breath I'm laughing so hard!!!!!!!!!!! Seriously hope it's not bees...and it's probably a neck massager that fell into the cracks of the sofa and is activated by pressure.

[69bronzeT5]

"Special Flashlight"!!!!!                 

Of course you'd catch that Paul!!!!