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To not see anything meaningful in this home security footage

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OMGMyLifeIsCrazy · 21/05/2020 05:02

Just wondering if anyone can see anything I'm missing in this home security footage. It's from a couple of years ago but what it shows has been an active debate for me and my ex-husband. Back story isn't important. Just curious as to what others see in the footage. Note: It's blurry because it's pointed towards a street light. For context, the camera is at the front door pointing into the front garden.
ring.com/share/6702065164243721783

OP posts:
OMGMyLifeIsCrazy · 21/05/2020 07:34

mathanxiety - I think you provided some helpful comments on earlier posts when I was in still living with him during the worst part of his MH. Thank you.
But stop trying to reason with him. You will end up finding your mind focusing on this far too much, crying with frustration, losing sleep.
That's pretty much been my life for the last 3 years so you are completely right. I have had some counselling but our lockdown made things pretty difficult.
He rarely brings the issue up but when he does it's usually because he's 'seen' something new. He doesn't want to discuss it generally. While I am still having contact with him (I'll probably go no contact in the near future after we have done our property settlement etc). He did mention something he saw at my house when dropping the kids off one day. I didn't respond but made it clear when the kids were out of earshot that he was completely out of line and overstepped the boundaries. Thanks again for your comments Smile

OP posts:
Nannewnannew · 21/05/2020 07:35

Mnthrowaway20202 Thanks for that tip, I can finally see something moving from r to l. 😀

MondeoFan · 21/05/2020 07:36

It a fox moving from right to left.
But terrible quality

heartsonacake · 21/05/2020 07:37

You need to let this footage go. Destroy it. It will never prove anything to him except what he wants it to, and you are both consumed by it.

What you’re doing isn’t healthy; you need to focus on yourself, not him.

Don’t send it to his psychiatrist. It’s old, irrelevant news that needs destroying for the good of you both.

Lifesabeach86 · 21/05/2020 07:39

Definitely a dog/fox walking from left to right near the end of a video

DameHannahRelf · 21/05/2020 07:41

And sorry just to clarify, when I said " If he did show his Dr this, it would at least give his Dr a better idea of how just how far gone he was/ is, so to speak", I meant back in the day/at the time, hopefully his Dr(s) have a fair idea of just how delusional he was/is. I should have written "have given", duh.

Soubriquet · 21/05/2020 07:41

Looks like some form of animal to me

WhoWouldHaveThoughtThat · 21/05/2020 07:46

At about 21 seconds in I see a drunk crawling along (quite quickly) from left to right. Not sure where you live but it might have been me.

mathanxiety · 21/05/2020 07:59

@OMGMyLifeIsCrazy, the man you lived with and loved for so long isn't there any more. Think of it as dealing with someone with Alzheimers. He simply cannot experience the breakthrough to rational thought that you want him to just as the beloved parent with Alzheimers can't remember who you are no matter how hard you try to rekindle the memories.

I agree that you need to get rid of the footage, and I suggest you really will yourself to stop engaging with all of this.

You need help grieving, drawing a line under all of this, dealing with the anger, and creating a life with you at the centre. Don't let his mental illness claim more than one victim.

nettie434 · 21/05/2020 08:01

I could only see the rain! I could see some lighter and darker bits but absolutely nothing.

I hope he can get some treatment. Has he ever seen a psychologist? Some do work with people who have delusions. It is a shame that the medication has not worked. Obviously, it won't help your husband to know almost all of can't see any people in this footage. I don't think it's helpful for either of you to focus on it. What matters now is creating a cordial relationship.

SoloMummy · 21/05/2020 08:04

It does look like on the right hand side there are two people towards the end, but no idea what they're doing. If it was my footage I'd have been concerned as our garden is fenced.

Obviouspretzel · 21/05/2020 08:08

It does actually look like someone having sex bent over to me. Under the light, the grey blurry shape. But then one shape goes away and the sex is still happening, so I'm guessing it was a threesome on the street in the rain OP?

thegreylady · 21/05/2020 08:08

Very small ghost practising haunting and going ‘Wooooo!’ and throwing its sheet about a bit.

hopeishere · 21/05/2020 08:09

I can see what's he's saying. Person goes from right to left to joint blob j set the light. Blob under light starts moving. Person runs from left to right.

FlosCampi · 21/05/2020 08:10

That creeps me out somehow. I would say a dog runs in from the right leaping up on something else on all fours , maybe another dog or at a pinch a man bent double and moving slowly, then dog runs off to the right. But it's like that ink blot test psychologists do surely, fear and confirmation bias create what you expect to see?

ByGrabtharsHammerWhatASavings · 21/05/2020 08:11

Are you safe OP? Men in the grip of paranoid delusions can be extremely dangerous, especially when it's about an ex and a suspected infidelity.

Please don't show him this thread. I don't see anything either, I had to watch it 3 times before I could even see anything moving, and I absolutely don't see anything that even vaguely resembles people. But as others have pointed out, his delusion has no basis in logic or evidence. I've worked with delusional patients in hospital before and anything you do or say to challenge the delusion just becomes supporting evidence for it. Like when conspiracy theorists say that anyone who debunks their conspiracy is actually a part of the conspiracy. I agree with pp who said to destroy the footage before it eats you as well.

And please put your safety first.

InfiniteSheldon · 21/05/2020 08:12

Posters need to read the thread and stop looking at this video you are feeding the Ops problems not solving them

HalloHalloHallo · 21/05/2020 08:15

So he suddenly developed a MH disorder and thought you were having an affair and then on a rainy night when the camera wasn't very clear he 'caught' you having sex on the footpath in front of the Ring doorbell of your own house? And you're both still arguing about this over a year later? Hmm

I wouldn't waste my time arguing with him anymore OP. You're seperated now, he's seeing someone that can help him, let him think what he wants and it's probably best for you both to move on.

KingOfDogShite · 21/05/2020 08:17

It’s a cat or a fox or something.

What’s up with your ring cam? I’ve got the full system and every camera is crystal clear. If my footage was like that I’d expect my money back!

JudyCoolibar · 21/05/2020 08:18

Two figures enter the frame one after the other from the lower/mid right side of the screen and move quite rapidly towards the lighter area under the light in the middle.

Nonsense. Anyone who sees this has problems.

ElectricTonight · 21/05/2020 08:20

Looks like a fox or dog.

Notredamn · 21/05/2020 08:20

It won't work. He will be right and everyone else will be wrong. He's clinically deluded- of course he interprets things differently to healthy people.
You need to stop trying to prove yourself to him, you'll lose your mind.

Kljnmw3459 · 21/05/2020 08:26

I can see some fast moving pixels?

Disfordarkchocolate · 21/05/2020 08:27

I can't see anything of note.

ArriettyJones · 21/05/2020 08:32

That's pretty much been my life for the last 3 years so you are completely right. I have had some counselling but our lockdown made things pretty difficult.

Oh FGS, you poor thing. What a hiding to nothing. Time to draw a line now. Flowers

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