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misspoopyloopy , flickr (not the actual photo) Report

30 People Who Have Doorbell Cameras Are Sharing The Worst Things They’ve Caught On Them At 5ish in the morning, sun was just starting to come up and it's the middle of winter. My husband half asleep answers the doorbell on his phone in bed next to me. It's a toddler wearing nothing but a pj top and underwear. Husband says "hello?" Toddler says "can (my son's name) come out to play?" Husband still half asleep says "not right now maybe later" About 3 mins later husband suddenly sits up as the reality of the situation dawn's on him and he rushes out of the house to track down a wandering toddler walking barefoot in the streets in freezing weather. Turns out my son's toddler friend from daycare who's been to our house once for a playdate just walked straight out his front door undetected and memorized the route to our house. For me it was the possibility of his little journey ending very differently than it did in a number of terrifying scenarios that still haunts me.

Final score:

373points

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Brian Bennett 2 years ago

My neighbor and I were out on a snowy night, when a toddler came out of a side street in only a diaper, we grabbed him called the cops who took him to the hospital for a checkup found his mommy so doped up she didn't know what the cops were trying to tell her. Needless to say she does not have her child anymore!

173points

beerman_uk , Ring (not the actual photo) Report

30 People Who Have Doorbell Cameras Are Sharing The Worst Things They’ve Caught On Them I bought my ring when they weren't available in the UK. I imported it from America. Next door got broken into and the guy doing it was clearly looking at my doorbell wondering if it was indeed a camera or just some fancy new doorbell. I recorded him using their doorbell with his t shirt over his finger (to stop his prints) and him breaking in by kicking through the bottom panels of the door. I showed the video to the police and they said aha yep we know him. I also caught him smoking a cigarette, throwing it on the ground and leaving that sweet DNA on the butt. police picked him up, used the cigarette and my videos as evidence and charged him. He got 3 years at her majesty's pleasure.

Final score:

359points

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Jo FrH 2 years ago

Excellent work!

97points

Raging-ball-of-fury , rawpixel (not the actual photo) Report

To find out more about the doorbell cameras and what experts think of them, we reached out to Daniel Markuson, a cybersecurity expert at NordVPN. For those who’ve never come across a doorbell cam, it's a “smart home security device that lets you see the person approaching your home before they enter,” Markuson said.

He continued: “Some of the smart doorbells (like Amazon’s Ring) give you remote control of your doorway. The device is attached next to your front door and connects to your mobile device over Wi-Fi. When someone tries to visit you, you can see the person through the installed camera and allow or deny entry to your house remotely,” Markuson explained. NordVPN’s research shows that 16% of users own smart doorbells.

30 People Who Have Doorbell Cameras Are Sharing The Worst Things They’ve Caught On Them My little brother is a sleepwalker, this one time he snuck out of the house (while still asleep).

My sister said she heard someone talking just outside the door, went to look and saw my brother sat on the porch couch apparently having a conversation with my grandpa. She says he was telling my grandpa “I love you” and “I’m going to miss you.”

My dad got him back inside the house without waking him up and nobody gave much thought into what just had happened until a couple hours later when my uncle called telling us my grandpa had passed away while asleep.

My little brother says he doesn’t remember anything but we got it on video, we can’t hear what he’s saying too clearly but he was definitely talking to someone and he sure as heck said “I’m going to miss you” at least twice.

Final score:

337points

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Dorothy Parker 2 years ago

Really beautiful, and evidence that there's more to this existence than we know.

117points

lookssharp , flickr (not the actual photo) Report

30 People Who Have Doorbell Cameras Are Sharing The Worst Things They’ve Caught On Them Not super creepy, but there is a guy that pets my plants sometimes.

Final score:

255points

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Delta of the Sand/Rainwings 2 years ago (edited)

Who's a good little plant? You are! Yes, you are, my little plant!

210points

bucket_of_salt , flickr (not the actual photo) Report

30 People Who Have Doorbell Cameras Are Sharing The Worst Things They’ve Caught On Them I watched a delivery driver get knuckle-deep in their own nose and then plant a gangly looking booger on one of our columns. That was the funniest.

The creepiest? Our neighborhood is a common target for porch pirates. Our neighbors got a bunch stolen off their porch a few years ago and we all put up cameras after that. You'd think porch pirates would recognize that many houses have cameras now, but you don't get to porch pirate status by being an intelligent person. I moved some cardboard boxes outside, intending to load them in the truck and take them to the town dump. I got busy and forgot I set them out on the steps. It got late. A porch pirate came along and picked up the main box that the rest were crushed into, thinking it was some expensive package. We were unaware anything was going on until the dogs went nuts, meaning someone was at the front door. I went out, took a quick peek, nothing. The dogs went nuts again a few minutes later. This time I went back outside armed (wouldn't be the first time I needed it). As I approached the front door, something ran across our front yard and through both sets of gardens. I then heard some crapbox rev up and putter-fart away. I checked security cam footage and witnessed that lowlife cram himself into the largest cardboard box to hide when I approached the door the first time.

It's cool though. I left some presents for the porch pirates last year and they haven't been back since. Package up about 10lbs of dog crap, old chicken broth (bonus if you let some chicken go rancid and toss that in too) and silver nitrate in a large ziplock bag. Glue it upside down in a cardboard box so that the flaps contact the bottom. Glue the bottom of the bag against the flaps of the box. When someone opens the box, it tears the seal open and makes one hell of a mess that they will never be able to clean up.

Final score:

253points

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Berry Budgie 2 years ago

She should team with mark robar

123points

Alexandra Davis 2 years ago

Maybe this is what's going to be in glitter bomb 5.0?!

26points

Mazer 2 years ago

Love Mark!! Genius!!

13points

RandomHumanBean 2 years ago

the glitterbomb 5.0 -- complete with rancid chicken broth and dog [poop]

11points

tail_bite 2 years ago

yes lmao

3points

Jackson Exer 2 years ago

the 4.0 JUST came out aaaaaa

3points

moose man 2 years ago

its rober not robar

1point

Andonis600 2 years ago

What if this was Phyllis or her husband? The dog crap would make sense.

0points

Laci Fuller 2 years ago

0points

Succulent 2 years ago

Lol

0points

PENELOPE EHLERT - STUDENT 2 years ago

Glitter bomb 5.0!

0points

Brian Bennett 2 years ago

Kitty litter in Amazon Boxes (used kitty litter) ! I have done this two or three times, I assume it's not the same guy!

11points

PeachPossum 2 years ago

A woman walked down the street carrying a heavy shopping bag. A mugger ran by, grabbed the bag out of her hand and took off. The woman laughed and laughed. Someone asked what was so funny? She had been robbed after all. She said, she was just on her way to the laundromat and that was a bag of dirty cloth diapers.

15points

Not Proud British 2 years ago

You went out armed? See this is what we in the UK don't understand. If someone steals something from our garden/porch we can confront them, cause they ain't going to be armed. Unless it's with a knife and then we just back away and call the police. I could never in all honesty go out with a gun to defend my post. Whatever I have that they wanna steal, it ain't worth taking their life for. Everyone has a family, everyone started life with potential. Everyone has a story to tell. And you would shoot them for stealing your post?

7points

Zoltán Varga 2 years ago

When I agree with you, you're forgetting one thing: this is 'Murica, so it's plausible that the porch pirate is also armed. In which case you'd better have something to protect yourself.

6points

Kimi Tomminello 2 years ago

American here. I agree with Zoltán. If you're going to confront a porch pirate here it's best to be armed. If he has a gun and you don't you're not only missing your packages, you're losing your life. The alternative (much less effective as it takes a much longer time) is to just call emergency services and get a detailed description of the thieves. We need to do more to regulate guns, most of us understand that (even 60% of our conservative/ republican party admits it) but we don't seem to be able to come together and actually do something about it. No- nobody should lose their lives for stealing mail but, well, 'Murica 🙄

3points

Blackstone 2 years ago (edited)

I don't think the homeowner knew it was a porch pirate when he went out to check. But your point is valid: if a they won't have a gun, the homeowner probably wouldn't need one either.

1point

Amazon QT 2 years ago

I’m sure your (UK) criminals are armed, maybe not all have guns BUT I’m sure that these criminals can get guns easily - THEY ARE CRIMINALS after all. IMHO if someone thinks that their life is worth stealing from me, that’s not in me that’s on them! #ImKeepingTheStuffThatsMine

-1point

Rachknits 2 years ago

I'm a little lost - what are porch pirates? Are they like garden gnomes?

7points

Rebekah Krause 2 years ago

Package thieves

19points

LittleMissPanda 2 years ago

People that go up to other people's porches to steal their packages that the courier left there

5points

A B C 2 years ago

You have to know that in the US, it seems to be common (at least in rural/suburbian areas) to simply drop packages on a home's porch for the residents to pick it up later.

4points

Xīngxīng Emmersyn 2 years ago

You should look up Mark Rober on YouTube, he has a bunch of videos where he gets revenge on porch pirates. The specific video(s) are called glitter bomb (1.0, 2.0, 3.0, 4.0).

3points

404_Panda_Not_Found 2 years ago

oh that petty revenge

7points

SadUnicorn27 2 years ago

I love the idea of leaving a crappy present for porch pirates, but I'd be more concerned of the repercussions. I can almost guarantee if I tried that in my neighborhood, they would come back and deface the house, car, smash a window etc. :(

5points

Deja Katz 2 years ago

Dog crap bomb sounds like a good idea but the sort of thing that could backfire quite badly on you while attempting to make it.

4points

Melinda Flick 2 years ago

Rotten potatoes and cauliflower are pretty heinous too.

2points

Silre 2 years ago

I love the silver nitrate idea. Blue hands for days

2points

backatya 2 years ago

Great Job

1point

Cassandra Wilson 2 years ago

"putter-fart"

1point

Kay blue 2 years ago

My dad works with concrete doing a lot of the testing of different mixes. After having one too many parcels stolen in found the biggest box he could find and filled it with old concrete. The porch pirate probably needed a chiropractor after stealing it.

1point

2 years ago

Does anyone else find it a but fuçked up that they literally went to the door with a gun? I understand wanting to protect your mail, but shooting someone for it.

0points

Blackstone 2 years ago (edited)

I'm don't think the homeowner knew until after the fact that it was only a porch pirate. ("Forgot I set them out on the steps", "it got late", "we were unaware", "the dogs went nuts", "someone was at the front door"). He didn't bring a gun the first time he checked the door; it was only after a second alert that he became concerned enough to bring a gun. He was likely concerned about an attempted break-in, which could be a life threatening situation.

3points

Amazon QT 2 years ago (edited)

A THEIF IS A THEIF! Don’t steal and you won’t get shot for it. It doesn’t matter if it’s stealing a package or braking and entering your home… to rob you.

2points

Romenriel 2 years ago

Just because they took the gun doesn't mean they intended to shoot anyone. If direct confronation happened, OP could use the gun to scare the thieves off. Even if they had some sort of weapon, too. What if the thieves decided to hit OP and take off with the mail before they can collect themselves?

2points

RatherLoopy 2 years ago (edited)

I'd think carefully before seriously booby-trapping a package like this because if you hurt someone, even a package thief, you might be criminally liable for causing their injuries.

-1point

Paula MV 2 years ago

I think this lady sounds like a psycho.

-3points

OpossumJesusHasRisen Report

When asked whether Markuson thinks that doorbell cameras are a good tool to maximize security at home, he said that they can help you feel physically safer, as you can see the people who pass by your house. “If a camera is connected to Wi-Fi, it can help you protect your house even if you are away from home.”

On the other hand, Markuson warned that as with all IoT devices, there are a lot of security and privacy risks associated with smart doorbell cameras. “A doorbell camera may be hacked, or a company that manufactures certain products may be unethical with its user data,” he said.

I have some flowerbeds out front and they've gotten vandalized, so I got camerasto cover them. I also live down the road from student housing so I get drunk kids stumbling through all the time.

Every semester around finals, various groups of kids come 'pay tribute to the fae for luck' by sitting around my jasmine bed that has a faerie house neighborhood in it. They praise the faeries, begging for luck, & leave tributes in the form of little snacks or small trinkets like bottle caps. It's hilarious & adorable.

Final score:

235points

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cybermerlin2000 2 years ago

Do a little remodelling, so there is a little table and maybe somewhere to sit/kneel/stand without damaging the flowerbeds and maybe a little sign that says 'Please be careful around the flowers'

73points

Random guy comes to our door at 1 AM, looks into the Ring then puts something down on the door mat but doesn't ring the bell. About 15 minutes later, someone approaches the door quickly, takes it and runs off.

I saw two events in the morning and was like WTF. Seeemed super sketchy. Then my next door neighbor texted saying he got home super late, ordered food, and the delivery driver dropped it at our house instead of his.

emptysignals Report

Final score:

231points

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B-b-bird 2 years ago

Lol :)))

67points

NotVeryAccurateTbh , flickr (not the actual photo) Report

30 People Who Have Doorbell Cameras Are Sharing The Worst Things They’ve Caught On Them Not really creepy but there’s a serial gnomer in my neighborhood being caught on doorbell cameras. She’s dropping off gnomes on the unsuspected and walks away.

Final score:

222points

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Buren 2 years ago

She is hoping to score gnome runs?

78points

Another problematic aspect of doorbell cameras is that they can be vulnerable to hacking. “First of all, it is harder to hack a device that is not connected to the internet. But if your doorbell is smart and connected to your home Wi-Fi, you should be more cautious,” Markuson said.

#10

A previous owner of my house had installed a mezuzah on the door. My wife and I aren’t Jewish but we left it because.

About once a year in the early spring, a car will pull up in front of our house. An older man will get out, walk to the door, then Touch the mezuzah then get back in his car and leave.

It’s not the previous owner, but it may be the person who put it there.

edgehillfla Report

Final score:

218points

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Monica Sargent 2 years ago

I think It's very sweet that you kept it.

126points

#11

I was drunk as f*ck watching my parents house when they were on vacation, woke up the next morning to a video my mom sent me, I was taking out the trash and dropped my phone in with the trash... I'm in my boxers trying to get my phone out of the trash can... my drunk a*s falls into the garbage can and I had a hell of a time getting myself out. I remember none of it. My mom proceeds to send that video to the rest of my family... and extend family.. and some family friends. Scary, no... but pretty hilarious

huewutm8 Report

Final score:

209points

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Mazer 2 years ago

Your mom is awesome

95points

#12

I live alone and my son recently installed a ring doorbell. About 5.30am I got a notification that a person was seen at my door. I watched the video and there was a really creepy person (was still dark) hanging around. I rang my son, he has the app to access the doorbell videos etc. Turns out it was me showing my dog there was no one outside.

lianhanshe Report

Final score:

208points

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Buren 2 years ago

Now we know!

37points

RockyBass , flickr (not the actual photo) Report

It turns out that one of the most common issues associated with IoT devices is their security flaws. The cybersecurity expert said that researchers at Dojo, an IoT security company, have found that bad actors can intercept your doorbell by accessing the network it uses.

“As a result, anyone who’s hacked your device can monitor who enters or leaves your house and can even steal your Wi-Fi password. Moreover, they can trick you into letting in a stranger by showing you a video of someone you know. If your doorbell stores some of the videos, hackers could also steal them and use them for blackmail,” Markuson concluded.

#13

30 People Who Have Doorbell Cameras Are Sharing The Worst Things They’ve Caught On Them Not a ring cam, just a porch cam. The creepiest thing I've seen? Racoons.... like 12 of them lined up on my porch staring at my front door for what seemed like a really long time...

Final score:

203points

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Buren 2 years ago

They are brainstorming about your trash day schedule

110points

#14

My daughter woke me up really early one day, so we were settling in the couch to watch some TV. I hear a rustling on the porch and figure it's wind, but then feel weird and look at the cam on my phone.

There a guy on the porch taking her special needs bicycle!! He lifted it over the baby's wagon, and that was the sound I heard.

I jumped up and opened the door (it was early, pre-coffee, wasn't thinking very clearly yet). He was gone. We called the police to make a report, and they came out to see the clip. Then they said "Is it that bike right there?" Apparently, he dropped it at the end of our street when he heard our door open.

We felt dumb for not checking, but we're glad we got the bike back.

bwatching Report

Final score:

190points

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B-b-bird 2 years ago

Theres nothing dumb about calling police. you did a right thing, now they will be alerted

118points

#15

30 People Who Have Doorbell Cameras Are Sharing The Worst Things They’ve Caught On Them A chemical plant blew up a few miles from my house and you could hear the a distant explosion and see an orange glow on mine

woodchuck125 , m.youtube.com Report

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174points

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Buren 2 years ago

That's horrible. What plant is it so near to residential area?

51points

#16

Got an alert that someone was at the door and my dog barked, but no knock. I thought I heard something, so I checked the camera and a younger looking guy had walked up and tried to unlock my front door with what I guess was a key he found on the ground close to my house.

In broad daylight! With our cars in the driveway. What the actual f*ck.

endisnearhere Report

Final score:

169points

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Corgo Man 2 years ago

Big brain action right there

49points

KayTheMadScientist , pixabay (not the actual photo) Report

#17

30 People Who Have Doorbell Cameras Are Sharing The Worst Things They’ve Caught On Them My mom saw a guy wandering around her yard with a baseball bat in hand late at night. Her, my brother, and our Great Dane went out to ask him what the f*ck he thought he was doing. Guy immediately ran off.

Used to think security cameras at home were weird. Now I know they can give you a head start in case someone shady is about.

Final score:

168points

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yeciye 2 years ago

I think the guy was looking for his lost baseball. He had a baseball bat and it was dark after all.

45points

#18

30 People Who Have Doorbell Cameras Are Sharing The Worst Things They’ve Caught On Them Not a ring doorbell, but a small camera in my bedroom window.

I caught a man watching me through the window in real time. My phone alerted me that there was movement outside my window, so I opened the live stream and watched the man watch me.

bairose Report

Final score:

156points

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Susie Elle 2 years ago

Scum

79points

#19

Have a security camera pointed at the back of the house toward my detached back garage....

The weirdest thing that still f*cks with me was late night on 4th of July. The noise of neighborhood fireworks kept the regular animals away, but my camera did pick up an individual hanging around the back of the house and neighbors back lawn. Definitely was a person....

....but they were walking on all fours like a goddamn spider. Not once did they go back to walking on their legs. They were gangly looking....lean and not pudgy. Also wearing a dark shirt and pants. Their face was always kept down.

This creeper was crawling all around the back and into the neighbor's lawns on all fours for like 10min before they f*cked off and left the area picked up by the security camera.

The next morning a pile of human sized sh*t plus a copious amount of vomit was found in the middle of my driveway at the back of the house.

There were whole un-chewed skittles in the vomit.

So yeah, creepiest thing my outdoor camera has picked up: gangly human crawling around the back driveway of my house on all fours while vomiting up skittles.

CatumEntanglement Report

Final score:

143points

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cybermerlin2000 2 years ago

I want to know what drugs turn you into a skittle vomiting sh*t spider

171points

Same_Lack_1775 , flickr (not the actual photo) Report

#20

30 People Who Have Doorbell Cameras Are Sharing The Worst Things They’ve Caught On Them My wife’s ex-husband in our backyard looking in the windows.

Final score:

143points

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May 2 years ago

Judging by statistics - this might have been the most dangerous

123points

#21

My neighbors mom looking to come "kick my a*s" while i was home. I didn't realize she was there until later bc i had headphones on

At the time i was 24 and he was 37 i think. He was all pissy because i told him next time i hear him beat his gf I'm calling the cops no matter how much she begs everyone not to

So he sent his mom over

Rewatching that video just gives creepy vibes knowing that i was home but oblivious

irishdude1212 Report

Final score:

125points

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Susie Elle 2 years ago

Good on you for looking out for the gf

91points

#22

30 People Who Have Doorbell Cameras Are Sharing The Worst Things They’ve Caught On Them Not too creepy, but there was a man in my area for a time that would wear a jumpsuit and a TV on his head and he would randomly leave old TVs and monitors on people's porches. Dude hit up like 50 homes. Never caught.

3sheetz , www.youtube.com Report

Final score:

123points

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Rijkærd 2 years ago

Saw this somewhere else..cant remember which aite but still TV guy is creepy..like the 90s Barclays Bank atm advert guy

35points

amoeba2020 , flickr (not the actual photo) Report

#23

30 People Who Have Doorbell Cameras Are Sharing The Worst Things They’ve Caught On Them Honda Civic riding back and forth slowly around our neighborhood playing ice cream truck music loudly. Hoping it was a stupid prank and not something more sinister.

Final score:

116points

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404_Panda_Not_Found 2 years ago

oh no don't let the kids

31points

WungusDigester , flickr (not the actual photo) Report

#24

30 People Who Have Doorbell Cameras Are Sharing The Worst Things They’ve Caught On Them Dude crouching behind my car while me and my mom got out, crept up right behind it and we didn't even notice, his face was covered, didn't see until a day or two later watching random clips.

Final score:

113points

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Mazer 2 years ago

Hope you reported it

35points

#25

30 People Who Have Doorbell Cameras Are Sharing The Worst Things They’ve Caught On Them It’s not actually a Ring doorbell (just a security cam), but we caught this mountain lion casing my car late one night.

GingerLibrarian76 Report

Final score:

111points

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A. Paige Kruger 2 years ago

Thundercougarfalconbird

43points

mxmnull , pxhere (not the actual photo) Report

#26

30 People Who Have Doorbell Cameras Are Sharing The Worst Things They’ve Caught On Them 6 people standing about 10 feet from my door and just staring at my house this past September.

They were there muttering to each other for almost 20 minutes before going to the next house on the row and muttering there too.

My girlfriend thinks they were the HOA, but I don't totally believe that.

Final score:

108points

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JuJu 2 years ago

The things I hear about American HOAs...I totally believe this (and that they were plotting your death)

78points

#27

I have a camera in the hallway inside the house facing the door. Some one with a motorcycle helmet opened the front door, pet my dog, and then left. Checking the front yard camera, there was no motorcycle or car in the driveway. We changed the locks and got a security system that night.

dinoaids Report

Final score:

105points

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Corgo Man 2 years ago

So your telling me dude just walked right in, pet the dog, and just left? Das a good man right there. He only looking out for the doggo

55points

#28

30 People Who Have Doorbell Cameras Are Sharing The Worst Things They’ve Caught On Them The power line across the street burst into flames for a moment. Not a transformer, but the cable itself. Maybe it's not that unusual but I've never seen anything like it.

nerevisigoth , imgur.com Report

Final score:

92points

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Anna Snorrepot 2 years ago

5G kicking in when half the street is vaccinated.

95points

gabluvshimself , pxhere (not the actual photo) Report

#29

30 People Who Have Doorbell Cameras Are Sharing The Worst Things They’ve Caught On Them A full grown man had a gun and shot someone, dont know if he missed or not, all I knew was I was scared.

Final score:

81points

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Buren 2 years ago (edited)

I am grateful that gun is not something that can be easily owned by anyone here

65points

CarsonSimpson , flickr (not the actual photo) Report

#30

30 People Who Have Doorbell Cameras Are Sharing The Worst Things They’ve Caught On Them Whats most scary is my ring doorbell went of several times in the middle of the night for no reason... I changed the setting to video only wake, instead of audio/video. It went on for about a month.

Final score:

75points

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Larks (Taylor's Version) 2 years ago

it just sounds like a malfunction or glitch

22points

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#31

2AM, the dogs are going nuts. It is usually a cat but they are not calming down. Sleepy and just awakened it finally occurs to me to check the doorbell camera.

There is a guy just hanging out on the front porch. He alternately sits on a window sill or stands and leans against the wall. He gives the vibe that he is waiting in a way too long line but does not try to ring the doorbell or knock.

We call the police non-emergency line. He is not acting threatening in the slightest, just weird.

Police pull up and talk to him. My best guess is that this was some sort of Ambien sleepwalking or one of those cases where a UTI causes hallucinations. He does not have any idea that it is the middle of the night and thinks he is working and has to wait for the slacker in front of him to finish their job before he can get started.

debbieae Report

Final score:

34points

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My Name Is Mars 2 years ago

I had a UTI that caused hallucinations....it was utterly TERRIFYING but I was so relieved to know it was not my mind breaking apart.

10points

balanaise , ring (not the actual photo) Report

#32

30 People Who Have Doorbell Cameras Are Sharing The Worst Things They’ve Caught On Them Was working on and moving into a back house/apartment that wasn’t quite ready yet. The creepy fall-down drunk contractor who I had to let go from working on it pulled up at 5am and parked but didn’t get out of his van for several minutes. When he did finally get out, he was putting himself back into his pants and zipping up. Then he went through the gate and into the private patio (where the camera couldn’t see him anymore), and was gone for 5-10 more minutes.

After that 5-10 minutes he reappeared back at his car without having retraced his steps back through the gate. I think he was looking all around to see if I had moved in yet (I’m a youngish single woman) and trying to catch me before I woke up if so. After that I think he just walked through the private yard of the front house to get out. He cryptically texted me later that he “noticed someone moved into the front house” and I freaked out because that someone is a single mom with two young kids.

He came back a couple more times but the cops were always too slow, but it’s been a while since the last visit so I think he’s done now. Or dead, who knows

Final score:

34points

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Jacqui Howe 2 years ago

Dogs, cameras etc are great if you can afford them. I've found over the past 20 years that cats are the absolute best at letting you know if someone strange is around. I live up an unlit, dead end right of way with 4 houses on it, including mine. The furball knows the sound of the vehicles that live/visit. If a vehicle he doesn't recognize the sound of, he crawls under the sofa or runs upstairs to bed. He's never failed me in almost 12 years.

20points

#33

I brought my ring inside to see how sh*tty I’m sleeping. The creepiest thing I’ve recorded is me grabbing the ring at 3am, looking absolutely possessed and mumbling to myself about who knows. The video stops with the ring face down on my bed and the next video is it back in the spot it originally was. I have zero memory of any of it.

BellaFace Report

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34points

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Mieke 2 years ago

What ring is that?

1point

#34

I have a wooden plant stand on my front porch and while we were away on vacation a few months back, we caught a big, fat raccoon climbing up on the middle shelf and knocking my philodendron off, and now the shelf permanently leans forward because mr. big butt raccoon decided he wanted to be king kong

Minimalgoth Report

Final score:

32points

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Mazer 2 years ago

LOL. Darn thicc trash pandas

13points

#35

Someone holding a clearly fake police badge up to the camera. I wasn't home at the time.

fake_fakington Report

Final score:

30points

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Cold Contagious 2 years ago

People are willing to make some risks to get in your home with you. You have to be on your toes and do background checks before opening your doors to anyone.

2points

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#36

30 People Who Have Doorbell Cameras Are Sharing The Worst Things They’ve Caught On Them Some dude came up to our door in the middle of the night, kept saying “Do y’all have gasoline?”, and then just walked off.

Final score:

30points

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Buren 2 years ago

Did he run out of gas for his car?

9points

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#37

Some guy came sliding up against the side of my house towards my front door like butter drippin off a hot biscuit, until he saw the ring camera and then slowly backed away, still sliding against the wall. He didnt realize I also had a camera above my garage which watched him walk out back to the street and head for the neighbor's house. Scumbag. Also some piece of sh*t stole my boyfriend's package. Hope you enjoy your $20 wax burner you committed a federal crime for, d*ckweed.

Final score:

30points

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BlackPearltheSeaWing/NightWing 2 years ago

The comparison to butter makes this kinda funny

6points

#38

It's not creepy, but I was just astounded. My father in law is a wood carver. He had made us this really nice bear cub climbing up on some rocks carving. It's super heavy, like 150+ lbs, of solid wood. Woke up one morning with a Ring notification at like 4 AM the night before. I figured it was a car driving by or something and went to watch it.

Some dude just walked up to our front porch, picked this carving up, and started running down the street with it. I was pissed cause the carving was really nice, but completely amazed by the sheer strength to pick it up and run. Funny enough, our next door neighbor found it on FB Marketplace like 2 months later and was able to get it back for us. The bear now has a few 2" threaded rods bolted through the deck and some additional blocking I put in. You have to be the Mountain from GoT to pull this thing up now.

Juventus19 Report

Final score:

30points

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Mazer 2 years ago

Some a-holes will stop at nothing to steal what they think they can get money for. Statues weighing tons have been stolen.

9points

#39

Halloween. Kid trick or treating solo dressed as a creepy clown intentionally getting close to the camera and making faces. I'm terrified of clowns.

HoopOnPoop Report

Final score:

29points

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Rachknits 2 years ago

Maybe turn it off for that night? I guess it depends on what scares you most - clowns or no footage for 12 hours or so?

5points

MostModestestMouse , pxhere (not the actual photo) Report

#40

30 People Who Have Doorbell Cameras Are Sharing The Worst Things They’ve Caught On Them Last week, my wife and I checked a notification that there was movement at the front door, but we checked it about an hour after it happened.

There was what appeared to be a small child on our porch in a winter coat and standing motionless. With the way they were standing, we couldn’t see their face. They stood like this for minutes, not moving, then just left. So creepy.

My wife had recently put out a Christmas decoration that was a holiday dinosaur so we figure the kid was just looking at that. We moved in to this house just a couple of months ago so we don’t know the kid. I’m on the lookout in case we’re in a horror movie.

Final score:

28points

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yeciye 2 years ago

Maybe they were selling something. Not every small child with a determined look wandering alone will take your soul; but some do and they will make you buy stuff you don’t need.

9points

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#41

30 People Who Have Doorbell Cameras Are Sharing The Worst Things They’ve Caught On Them I have security cameras if that counts. I saw a person running through my yard high as a kite in their underwear, screaming at police at the time stamp of 4 in the morning. I have no idea how I didn't wake up to this, as it ended in my front yard.

I checked the cameras that morning, because this person destroyed part of my fencing that they couldn't see while running around in the dark, and I woke up to that damage and god knows what smeared all over our hood of the car. The Police never notified us that this happened and I wouldn't have ever known if I didn't have the camera.

Shadows_In_Time , flickr (not the actual photo) Report

Final score:

27points

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David Woollands 2 years ago

This is why the police should make the person arrested pay for all damage that has been done!

24points

#42

Don't have a ring doorbell do have a security cam by the front door. maybe a year or so ago i was home alone with my two dogs (this is relevant) we used to have Jehovahs witnesses come around a lot. We have a gate that blocks the house but since I was waiting for my mom to get home it was open. Anyways, i was in the other room and my mom texted me saying she got a notification that there was movement in front of the house and asks if it was me. I went to look out the window and saw one the guy with a bunch of pamphlets trying to look through the blinds to see if we were home. This is where the dogs come in, our dogs are big, really big. Our "little" dogs is 100 pound retriver and the other is a 150 pound dog the size of a small bear. They are both aboslute sweet hearts, but they can damn intimidating. They also go nuts when they hear someone knock on the door. So i went out of site of the guy on our porch and knock on a wood cabinet to wake up the dogs who promptly lost their minds. The guy didn't appreciate two huge dogs marking at his face through a window and left. We barely see Jehovahs witnesses anymore.

AI145563 Report

Final score:

26points

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My Name Is Mars 2 years ago

Reminds me of this punk ass 20 something guy breaking into the workshop in our backyard and laughing hysterically at my 8 pound Pug. He wasn't laughing when I opened the back door and let out my 85 pound Rottweiler who's nickname is Bear. He's got a disturbingly deep and intimidating bark/howl and a mouthful of giant teeth. He's sweet as pie but the guy trying to break in didn't know that. I never saw anyone jump a fence and take off running like that dude.

17points

Woman Put A Water Fountain With A Camera In Her Yard, Here Are 24 Photos Of Regular Visitors (New Pics)

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#43

Earlier this week I caught video of a guy who walked up to my door and hung a cloth, reusable shopping bag from my mailbox. The bag contained one old work glove and a crumpled up, wet, partially frozen (It was cold that night) t-shirt. Basically decided to give me his trash. I promptly threw it in the garbage can with-out investigating anything closer. It was quite unnerving.

orions_shiney_belt Report

Final score:

25points

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Jonathan 2 years ago

Sounds like it could have been evidence from a crime, maybe one he committed whilst wearing these.

2points

#44

Around 6:00am an obviously homeless man rang our doorbell a few times. He began to reach his hands into his pants and talk to his penis.

After a few seconds he then tried to climb through a cracked window above the door. It was too tall and he gave up immediately. He then walked around the side porch, put all of his belongings nicely in a corner, and left. Never saw him again.

neviuz Report

Final score:

24points

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cybermerlin2000 2 years ago (edited)

His name, W*lly Holder

10points

#45

My friend was awoken by his ring doorbell alert in the early hours. Coming up to his front door was an armed police raid. Fully dressed for a party… Helmets, ballistic shields the lot.

He had a polite chat with the police via ring, they broke the door down anyway.

Ex girlfriend had made an allegation of domestic violence so he had to surrender his licensed shotguns a week previously. She later had said he also had crime links & unlicensed weapons in his house… hence the raid.

He wasn’t actually in the house when they raided… but got to see it all play out via ring via his phone.

They searched the house and found nothing. The crime & gun allegation was a lie… and the domestic violence allegation was also dropped when she had lied about at least one incident, as it had all been recorded via ring.

Bblock4 Report

Final score:

24points

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Mazer 2 years ago

False reporting is going to get her some serious time out, and the ex-bf can sue her for damages in civil court

20points

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#46

A couple years ago, a 22ish year old door to door salesman came and knocked on the door like a Sheriff with a warrant. So that was already startling. I turned off the TV and ran upstairs to my dad. He asked who it was and they replied with “moxie” (Moxie is a extermination company) My dad told him he wasn’t interested but then dude started BANGING on the door. So my dad grabs his gun and tells him to leave immediately. He pretends like he can’t hear him and incessantly kept at it. My dad yelled that he was gonna call the cops and THATS when he “heard” and ran off calling my dad a b*tch. When we looked at the footage he had the most sinister smile. Really eerie.

UngusBungus_ Report

Final score:

23points

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Cold Contagious 2 years ago

They know what time it is when the Sheriff comes knocking to serve them warrants, lol ! Took off running to get dad to deal with them. It's always unfortunate if someone has to have one visit for that reason.

0points

#47

I think I found a guy trying to stake out my place. He came up to my door, knocked it, tried to ring the doorbell (the doorbell was broken), and finally rang the Ring doorbell. He looked shocked to see it working, and he quickly took off in his car. My place was kind of burglarized a year before; I caught the burglar outside and screamed at him.

McHaaps Report

Final score:

22points

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Corgo Man 2 years ago

Find out what happens next on Detective Dave, Doofus in Disguise

6points

Woman Moves Out Of Parents' Home After They Asked Her To Give Her Space To Brother, They Freak Out

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#48

Literally creepy: we have a gecko that hangs out on top of the camera. Apparently he figured out that moths and other critters are attracted to the infrared and he ambushes them. He looks like an alien when his head fills the whole camera shot.

BTTammer Report

Final score:

22points

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Mazer 2 years ago

I love love love geckos. The used to lay their eggs on the window frames at my old place in Hawaii. Heavy sigh. I miss their chirps. Such cool critters

19points

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#49

Used to teach online in the early hours of the morning and saw a man I was pretty sure I saw at an intersection a few days before with a cardboard sign approach the house. Once he got closer I switched to the Ring to observe. He crawled up the stairs on hands and knees then came to the door in a crouched position and scratched on the door. I was freaked out.

My Jack Russell is usually asleep when I teach, so he didn't immediately react. I was still teaching, so quickly put myself on mute and yelled "Who wants a treat?!" Doggo immediately awoke and heard the scratching and went bonkers. I saw the guy running down the drive and was creeped out for several days.

Final score:

22points

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Upstaged75 2 years ago

I would have pissed myself!

0points

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#50

A mama bear and her cubs getting into our trash cans and then getting a little too curious about our cars and coming down the driveway to investigate. Our dogs scared them off as soon as they got too close to the house, but getting that alert and watching the video made the door between us suddenly feel very flimsy.

Dandellionprincess Report

Final score:

21points

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#51

Where I live, our houses are surrounded by walls so no one can actually walk from the street to the front door as they would have to go through the gate first.

The people across the street from us came over to ask if we had camera footage from the night before as someone had broken into their house. When we reviewed the camera footage from the security camera, we saw that they had attempted to come into our house first by using an electricity box to try and climb over the wall. Fortunately, the wall and fence was still too high for them to get over but it was scary nonetheless.

Calligrapher_Far Report

Final score:

21points

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Cold Contagious 2 years ago

I hope there was some good photographic evidence on the video for the police to catch their asses

5points

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#52

Mine - nothing exciting. But one morning my husband and I were out early for a run, and we saw a teenager walk up to a house, open the front door and walk in. Seconds later, screaming, yelling, teenager books it out there and takes off down the street. About 3 minutes later the neighbor posted in our Ring Neighborhood group about some random kid walking into their house and scaring the cr*p out of them.

Turns out that this kid was texted with a friend and his friend told him “doors open come on in” and he was at the wrong house. And also apparently wrong house keeps their front door unlocked. Ensue fierce neighborhood debate on “kids walking around on their phones” “not knocking” “why is your front door unlocked at 6 am”

SpeakerCareless Report

Final score:

19points

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Mazer 2 years ago

I was raise in a house with an open door policy, unlocked 24/7. We were never ripped off. My current neighbor is the same way.

2points

#53

Drunk guy dressed as Ronald McDonald throwing fries and swearing. Later that night he would be arrested at a Burger King for screaming anti Semitic slurs.

dogcatbigbrain Report

Final score:

19points

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Florence likes women 2 years ago

it would have been funny just the first part but also creepy as hell. we stop at antisemitism

10points

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#54

30 People Who Have Doorbell Cameras Are Sharing The Worst Things They’ve Caught On Them The little red flag thing on our mailbox rising up and coming back down several times one night. There was no wind, no storms, no weather, a complete clear night. We decided to convince ourselves that it was the wind so we don't get freaked out by a paranormal event.

Little after a year later, we caught on the inside kitchen camera, the roll of paper towels completely coming undone by itself. That one REALLY freaked us out since it took several seconds of continuous unrolling. Now we have a praying candle a Bible and a crucifix in the house.

TColonrosa , flickr (not the actual photo) Report

Final score:

19points

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Rijkærd 2 years ago

I can tell you the candle, bible and crucifix won't do s**t. This ain't a movie script.

27points

#55

The first week I had my doorbell cam put in, 2 people pulled up in front of my house and had a fight.

o3mta3o Report

Final score:

19points

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Dorothy Parker 2 years ago

Might have been part of the entertainment package that came with the doorbell cam.

19points

#56

I once caught this man at my door step who repeatedly kept ringing the doorbell and calling out a name that was either Serena or Selena. He was there for like 30 minutes until he started to kick my door. I wasn’t home at the time but my girlfriend was and she called the police. Obviously he was on something.

Bataco8708 Report

Final score:

19points

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Mazer 2 years ago

Yep, on stupid.

8points

#57

A friend of mine had a woman come up to his home at 3 in the morning, drunk, and try to open the door with her set of keys. She then started banging, calling out some woman's name, which woke up my friend and one of his sisters. The woman then began to make threats. Cops came, turns out the woman walked for 3 hours from a nightclub in the next town over, and had gotten crazy drunk there. She was thrown out of the club because she was trying to start a fight with the other women because none of the guys were hitting on her or something. Her home was 3 miles from the club, in the other direction.

Game_Changer65 Report

Final score:

19points

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ThatOneWriter 2 years ago

This could have ended much, much worse for her 😬

12points

LimeGreenZombieDog Report

#58

I heard the unmistakable sounds of gunshots in front of my house. My bulldog ran towards it and burst through our storm door like Macho Man Randy Savage. Our Ring camera caught that motion, me screaming and tackling her on our front porch while two cars full of idiots shot at each other passing by my house.

Final score:

19points

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Kimi Tomminello 2 years ago

This is one of the most American things I've read all morning lol

10points

#59

I had an insane vagrant-looking person on my front porch for about 10 minutes at 3:00am. He was having a conversation with an imaginary person. I could make out him saying something like “I’ll get the shovel Tommy, just dont hit me anymore”

Misfits0138 Report

Final score:

18points

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Buren 2 years ago

I hope Tommy stops hitting him

15points

Wii_wii_baget , pexels (not the actual photo) Report

#60

30 People Who Have Doorbell Cameras Are Sharing The Worst Things They’ve Caught On Them I saw something that looked like my dog at dusk it definitely was not my dog only because I was sitting next to her on the couch. It was terrifying because I was home alone too.

Final score:

18points

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Buren 2 years ago

It could be some stray that happens to be same breed with your dog.

13points

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#61

Kind of related but about 2 days after I was hit by a truck (whole other thing) but my mother had noticed a man who she didnt know in our alley (we have one for the front and back of the house) peeking around our garage staring at our house abd my mother and had yelled for me. I ran upstairs and out the back door yelling at him until he had scurried off. Well after he was arrested we had found out he was previously convicted of murder. If I have the video I will link it.

Tldr: Murder staring out our house

Final score:

18points

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Mazer 2 years ago (edited)

You win. That take the cake. Glad your family is safe

6points

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#62

A couple of guys attacked my bushes with a machete, and threw the branches in the driveway. My family thought I ran into the bushes and scolded me, before I showed them the footage.

Still don't know why this happened.

Final score:

17points

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Kimi Tomminello 2 years ago

Those bushes looked at him the wrong way lol

5points

VisualizedBreathTech Report

#63

Someone was trying my door, I obviously spoke through and said “what the actual f*ck you doing?” they bricked it and was saying “ooh, oh sorry mate, wrong house”

The3NCRYPTD Report

Final score:

17points

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Anne 2 years ago

Yeah../ they were looking for one with no people in it..

5points

#64

A neighbor's cat went missing so we checked our Ring to see if they walked past our house. All we saw was a guy riding his bike down our street at 4 am.

After we found a cage trap in the woods behind our house, we took a closer look at the video and realized the guy was riding his bike one-handed with the cat slung over his other shoulder. The police confirmed it was someone with a history of fighting dogs and was likely trapping cats for bait. We moved shortly after.

Final score:

16points

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Susie Elle 2 years ago

Oh no, that poor cat :(

33points

#65

just my neighbor's cat and her demon eyes staring at it.

A-Robot-Guy Report

Final score:

16points

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Buren 2 years ago

They are plotting for our demise. I knew it

4points

#66

Two guys checking porch/front door handle and car doors. My wife's car was unlocked but I don't think they took anything. There were a few cars stolen in our neighborhood around that time so my guess is they were looking for keys.

kingdeuceoff Report

Final score:

16points

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#67

Someone pounding on my door at 6am

I went to open the door with my gun in my hand (I lived very deep in the bush) but decided to check the ring first. It was the West Virginia State Police looking for the previous tennant to the rental I lived in.

I now simply never answer the door when someone knocks and I hide in the bathroom while checking the ring camera lol

KlauseBenidict74 Report

Final score:

16points

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Mazer 2 years ago

Wise, very wise

9points

#68

Heard someone knocking at my door at 2 AM. Opened the app that streams my porch cam. Its facing towards my door. Its a small girl with extremely long black hair standing there not moving at all like the Grudge movie.

MaddogMuhn Report

Final score:

14points

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Buren 2 years ago

She is very polite

5points

#69

Had mine detect the sound of someone screaming bloody murder in the middle of the night. Was only like 2 seconds then stopped and didn't happen again.

Then there was the time there was a shootout across the street and it picked up the sounds of gunshots. I could hear the crack of the bullets on the opposite side of the house, but sadly not on camera.

xXminilex Report

Final score:

13points

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Chich 2 years ago

Cougar. https://www.victoriabuzz.com/2021/07/cougar-scream-sounds-like/

6points

#70

Bunch of cops with guns storming the house next door due to q robbery. That lead to me finding out my neighbor who is so blind he has a seeing eye dog has an open carry permit and a big hand gun.

allshnycptn Report

Final score:

13points

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Mazer 2 years ago (edited)

I want to go to the gun range with your neighbor. Some blind people are hella amazing. I know two stories of blind guys using echo location one clicks his tongue (he can ride a bike, sensing things that are around him), the other taps his leg with his hand (he single handedly runs a working cattle ranch, has help only when absolutely needed). People can be amazing

11points

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#71

Not me but my aunt has one. It caught some guy walking up to her front door and walking away as soon as he noticed the doorbell. My gut tells me he was up to no good

bakedmaga2020 Report

Final score:

13points

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#72

Not a doorbell but a ring camera on the garage caught someone pulling door handles to see if they were unlocked. There was a string of car break ins about a year ago in the neighbourhood so not too surprising. The scariest part about it was I had just gotten home 5 minutes ago. Just an un settling feeling knowing I was just out there and now someone with malicious intent in the spot I was standing.

dogsandmakeup Report

Final score:

13points

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#73

30 People Who Have Doorbell Cameras Are Sharing The Worst Things They’ve Caught On Them My neighbor shooting something at his girlfriends window then leaving like nothing happened

Final score:

11points

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Peppa Pig 2 years ago

*ex girlfriend

0points

#74

My neighbor has a ring and it caught someone checking car doors to see if they’d open. Her video wasn’t clear and she asked me to see if my dashcam got a better view. I wouldn’t have even known to look without her telling me. And as you’d expect, we turned the videos over the cops and they did nothing

dytinkg Report

Final score:

11points

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Stina Kolling 2 years ago

Plot twist: it was the cops!

0points

#75

My ex roommate taking naked pictures of herself after a heavy snow fall. Creepy a) because the last thing I wanted to see was my roommate naked and b) because I know the pics were for her married boyfriend

kindnesspunk4life Report

Final score:

10points

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Ruler Of The Meme Overlords 2 years ago

Her married boyfriend???

1point

#76

Not me but my relative said there was a guy roaming the street in front of his house carrying an assault rifle. He had just bought his house and had just installed a security system which includes the Ring doorbell.

gobboling Report

Final score:

9points

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ojjunior 2 years ago

I'm sorry for the US. American dream? Bite me.

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What do you think ?

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Demon Child 2 years ago

Not creepy, but funny We had this huge inflatable pool in the backyard, and it started loosing air. we looked around, and we found holes and claw marks. We do have a cat, but he's not that stupid. We eventually checked the ring footage and sure enough: an entire family of racoons playing in my yard.

6points

Big Blue Cat 2 years ago

This thread is about doorbell cameras but it's without any pictures (with BP IOS app)???

5points

Vic D 2 years ago

I agree. I have a ring doorbell and if I had a strange story to tell I would have the images to back it up.

5points

Ang.stl 2 years ago

The stories came from reddit, or the one I clicked on did, and it’s not so easy to upload a pic or video on every comment.

1point

Marnie 2 years ago

Most had pictures, but not the right picture. So dumb. Better that they post without a picture than with a fake one.

0points

Pat Bond 2 years ago (edited)

You have to be quite careful now in the UK on how you install ring doorbells and other surveillance equipment. A landmark case has recently made it possible for you to recieve a £100K fine for invading your neighbours privacy. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-58911296

4points

Dill 2 years ago (edited)

This is not really new - just people not realising the law and putting up ring doorbells without thinking about what they can view and record. They would be better with traditional CCTV and making sure the cameras point at their property only. You can film and record but you need to make people a) aware you are and b) not store any footage or c) use it to watch the activity of your neighbours. If people object then you should really make some adjustments.

1point

Glirpy 2 years ago (edited)

Even creepier to think about is what the Ring doorbell company has recorded you doing. Oh, they’re watching you, alright!

2points

Ang.stl 2 years ago

They make you pay extra to be an exhibitionist.

0points

Rachel Tucker 2 years ago

Our cctv showed us just how much our neighbour dislikes us. We've had on going issues with the bloke for years but on one instance the camera caught him driving up our driveway, ramming a tumble dryer towards the garage. It must have caused some damage to his car - it did to the tarmac. We only put it out for the scrap man to collect. He then proceeded to dead head all his flowers and throw it on our grass. Strange man.

2points

All's Gravy 2 years ago

Further to @Pat Bond: Very true. Video and audio captured outside of your own property boundary is potentially in breach of personal data rights. Of course, as well as providing data to Amazon for free, which they sell on - potentially making everyone more vulnerable to burglary with a pieced together schedule of comings and goings. But also Ring is hackable.

1point

Robert T 2 years ago

I have a camera watching my cars in our communal parking. It captures more wildlife than anything else - regular visits from a fox, a blue tit and once a little wren looking for spiders round the camera. Funniest was strange man having a good look through the windows of my car - turned out to be neighbour's father who was visiting and he liked my car. I bought it because we had a spate of cars getting scratched by kids on scooters - thankfully I haven't had to use it to confront their parents to get them to pay for damage.

1point

Olga Dremina 2 years ago

In school we learnt that during cold war there were silly rumours in America that there are wild bears walking freely on the streets of Russian towns and cities, and we were like "no way, no one could believe such bs!". Turns out there are bears, lions and racoons on American streets. I feel weird. We have birds, stray cats and dogs, squirrels in parks, and i saw a rat two or three times. Also - gunshots?!

1point

Yettichild 2 years ago

Well, maybe in Alaska there are grizzly bears that walk through the streets and possibly a black bear walking in a street at night. They do like to raid bird feeders. A friend of mine had a black bear raid her bird feeder. As for Lions, maybe they meant mountain lions? Also known as Cougars or Pumas depending on where you are, they don't like to be seen, but are occasionally at night. I get lots of pictures of them on my trail cameras, but have only seen one in person once. Raccoons are pretty common around here and I see coyotes pretty often too.

2points

ZAPanda 2 years ago

We are reputed to have lions in our streets, which is an exaggeration, I've only heard of this twice in my whole life, and both times they escaped from a reserve. Also a gorilla, who chased down a robber. But apart from that, mostly squirrels and birds, occasionally a civet or iguana or monitor lizard of some sort. 2021-10-31...d54739.jpg

1point

GoddessOdd 2 years ago

I live in Central Florida, in a very suburban area just outside Orlando city limits. I am probably not 10 miles from the heart of downtown. I have had a bear, coyotes, bobcats and foxes walk down my street. The bear was caught on no fewer than five security cams on my street, I guess because he was big enough to set off the motion detectors. Many neighborhoods near mine have to buy special bear proof trash cans... so yeah, bears walk down American streets semi-frequently.

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mamafrog 2 years ago

Had one looking at my mom's front porch because of disruptive relative. We also caught the local tweaker wandering around her front yard, using her garden hose to cool off just generally being creepy. Had to drive thirty minutes to her house several times that week to run him off and have the cops trespass him so he could be arrested later. He finally quit coming around but mom has dementia and knocked the camera down because she was "being watched". We finally got it back up where she can't see it.

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Ang.stl 2 years ago

I live on the same property as my parents and a niece and her family. One day I heard a noise outside and looked all around and couldn’t find anything, but then “person detected at gate” popped up. When I looked, I saw this guy just walking straight up the driveway. Called the cops, took about 10 minutes for 2 deputies to get here. Go to show one the video and the other starts walking around the houses and outbuildings. I’m zooming in on the guy and before I even hand it over, I realize it’s my niece’s husband. He changed shifts and totally threw me off. He was taking their garbage cans to the road. Sigh. I was embarrassed to the cops then laughed my butt off telling my parents.

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Ronnie Beaton 2 years ago

Can you get these things with a Mace spray option? Asking for a friend.

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abby smink 2 years ago (edited)

I live in an apartment complex, and someone kept dumping their trash on my front porch and lawn. It was (mostly) liquid supplement bottles and other health food type stuff. It got so bad I had to get a camera for the front porch. Finally caught them, and turned the video into the front office. Still have no damn idea why they were doing it, why they were singling me out, and why the type of trash was so oddly specific.

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ZAPanda 2 years ago

I'm fascinated by this thing that there's no front gate, or perimeter wall, around these properties. I think the last time we had someone knock on our front door was like 1979. Since then we've had 6ft walls and gates... no more solicitors, JWs, beggars, petty thieves, etc. You basically have to seriously plan a military operation to get into a house here.

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s. vitkovitsky 2 years ago

Hmmm, not exactly Mr. Rogers' neighborhood...

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Marnie 2 years ago

How much does a perimeter wall cost? I would think upwards of $100,000.

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GoddessOdd 2 years ago

Where I live, you are not allowed anything higher than a 4' picket fence on the front yard, in the back you can have 6' privacy fences, but no way could you close your house in with a perimeter wall. I tried to get a special variance to put a fence down one side of my property, to wall off my seriously mentally ill neighbor, I was told it would cost me $700 just to submit the request, and it was non-refundable if permission was denied. She eventually was foreclosed and moved away... thank heavens.

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Demon Child 2 years ago

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Big Blue Cat 2 years ago

This thread is about doorbell cameras but it's without any pictures (with BP IOS app)???

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Vic D 2 years ago

I agree. I have a ring doorbell and if I had a strange story to tell I would have the images to back it up.

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Ang.stl 2 years ago

The stories came from reddit, or the one I clicked on did, and it’s not so easy to upload a pic or video on every comment.

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Marnie 2 years ago

Most had pictures, but not the right picture. So dumb. Better that they post without a picture than with a fake one.

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Pat Bond 2 years ago (edited)

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Dill 2 years ago (edited)

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Glirpy 2 years ago (edited)

Even creepier to think about is what the Ring doorbell company has recorded you doing. Oh, they’re watching you, alright!

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Ang.stl 2 years ago

They make you pay extra to be an exhibitionist.

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Rachel Tucker 2 years ago

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All's Gravy 2 years ago

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Robert T 2 years ago

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Olga Dremina 2 years ago

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Yettichild 2 years ago

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ZAPanda 2 years ago

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GoddessOdd 2 years ago

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mamafrog 2 years ago

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Ang.stl 2 years ago

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Ronnie Beaton 2 years ago

Can you get these things with a Mace spray option? Asking for a friend.

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abby smink 2 years ago (edited)

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ZAPanda 2 years ago

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s. vitkovitsky 2 years ago

Hmmm, not exactly Mr. Rogers' neighborhood...

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