I'm like a bird...I'll only fly away....

Late at night..house is a bit spooky, Larry is away for the night...."Doriss" barked quite oddly after a strange noise in the kitchen (I'm on the computer) I quickly check the kitchen and make sure nothing is out of place...nothing is. About 45 min later I hear a noise AGAIN in the kitchen but "Doriss" doesn't hear it. I go in and hear a "snapping" or "clicking" noise.....looking around and go over to the tank...nothing in front...oh but look on the side OVER THE HEAT VENT that would be one dried puffer snapping his teeth. AAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHH I freak out. Larry usually catches the jumpers or saves the fish in trouble....so I search frantically for a net...find one...scoop him up...ok ya gotta remember that puffers don't do well out of water...once they hit water again they puff up and don't usually unpuff. ACK, here I go, scoop, put in water, he puffs then he lets it all out!!!! I held him in place with the net and then he swims out....and is just fine. Breathing a bit quickly, bit of "Doriss" hair but seems OK!!!! Whew...next time "Doriss" barks at a noise I will be more thorough.

NOTE; I examined the floor, walls, lid, back etc of the entire surrounding area of the tank and there was no water ANYWHERE! AND..if you think about it, he was in the middle of the side of the tank, even if he went over the back end as it has the only opening in the cap, he would have to have travelled at least 10+ inches along the back of the tank, then up the side of the tank another 18+ inches....figure it out...it DOESN'T make sense!