BIZARRE NOISE SOUNDING LIKE A GAME OF GUESS WHO ON MY KEY BOARD

hello all, this is my first post so please help me. i have just picked up my mac to move it and a bizarre rattleing noise came from it like soemthing was sliding down behind the key board, like that noise you would hear if you were playing a game of guess who. i thought it might have been a kirby or magnetic something stuck to the bottem but after very close insoection there is nothing at all on the outside that could be amaking this noise.
i am very precious with my mac and have never dropped it.
any advice or tips would be greatly apprciated
xxx

Yes it does. Brighter is louder, dimmer is softer.
From other threads, I tried resetting the SMC by unplugging the power for a while. This time, when I plugged the power back in, and turned on my iMac, the noise started immediately before the screen lit up. Not sure what that means -- changing the brightness correlates with the noise volume does point to an LCD-related issue.
Thank you!!

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