After returning to their rooms and locking the doors, the guests couldn't get a good night's sleep – strange and very unpleasant, unsettling sounds coming from the corridor prevented many of them from falling asleep. They sounded like crunching, crackling, as if something wet was dragging across the floor, as if something was tearing, as if something was howling.
All of this stopped after about 8 hours, and after that time, they gathered again in the dining room, where breakfast was already laid out for them.