Ladyhawk, you just reminded me of something!
when we just moved into our house in Feb 08, i kept seeing something like a large lizzard with the agility of a cat, clambering the garden wall... it was an oddly dark movement but i was unable to sense malignent intent from it so i just put it off as a salamandor-like spirit that lives in the garden. i haven't seen it since, so i would assume that it has either taken it's leave or came to accept us as the new tennants. after all, i work BLUDDY hard in that garden and i just think that he was the "keeper" there. so, if I am the caretaker now, he's happy.