30 Of The Worst Things That People Have Caught On Their Doorbell Cameras

Doorbell surveillance is becoming increasingly popular. It's something that has changed the way we approach security, providing us with another valuable resource.

Doorbell cameras are attached to the outside of homes and have a live feed to monitor people walking by, delivery drivers, or simply to know who is at your door. Homeowners have access to the camera and can watch it at all times.

Usually, the doorbell camera might ding or give some sort of alert when it senses movement that could indicate someone is nearby. Sometimes, people might catch crazy things on their doorbell camera by logging in when they receive an alert or by reviewing video footage for some reason.

Reddit has once again provided us with a thread that contains everything we are looking for. This Reddit thread is where people shared their craziest stories about what they saw or heard on their doorbell cameras.

Some of these stories are wild, and some are absolutely terrifying. Doorbell cameras are a smart way to keep an eye on your home entrances while ensuring your safety.

Get ready to go through these 30 crazy things that people saw or heard on their doorbell cameras.

1. Pay attention to your surroundings.

"I saw a dude crouching behind my car while my mom and I got out. He crept up right behind it, and we didn't even notice. His face was covered; I didn't see him until a day or two later while watching random clips."WungusDigester

2. I'd say this is creepy.

"Not really creepy, but there’s a serial gnomer in my neighborhood who has been caught on doorbell cameras. She drops off gnomes at unsuspecting homes and walks away."NotVeryAccurateTbh

3. Leaving it there for him is adorable.

edgehillfla

4. This would freak me out so much.

"Not a Ring doorbell, but a small camera in my bedroom window caught a man watching me through the window in real time. My phone alerted me that there was movement outside, so I opened the live stream and watched the man watch me."bairose

5. This was a wild ride of a story.

CatumEntanglement

6. Now this is a story.

"I watched a delivery driver get knuckle-deep in his own nose and then plant a gangly-looking booger on one of our columns. That was the funniest part. The creepiest? Our neighborhood is a common target for porch pirates. Our neighbors had a bunch of packages 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 reach porch pirate status by being an intelligent person. I moved some cardboard boxes outside, intending to load them into the truck and take them to the town dump. I got busy and forgot I had set them out on the steps. It got late, and 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, indicating someone was at the front door. I went out, took a quick peek, and saw nothing. The dogs went nuts again a few minutes later. This time, I went back outside armed (it 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 junky car rev up and putter away. I checked the 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 10 lbs 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 Ziploc 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 creates one hell of a mess that they will never be able to clean up."bucket_of_salt

7. The doorbell cameras do come in handy.

"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 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. The police picked him up, used the cigarette and my videos as evidence, and charged him. He got three years at Her Majesty's pleasure."beerman_uk

8. I just want to know why.

"Not too creepy, but there was a man in my area for a time who would wear a jumpsuit and a TV on his head. He would randomly leave old TVs and monitors on people's porches. Dude hit up like 50 homes. Never caught."3sheetz

9. This is scary, but I wouldn't have gone out there.

"My mom saw a guy wandering around her yard with a baseball bat in hand late at night. She, my brother, and our Great Dane went out to ask him what the heck he thought he was doing. The guy immediately ran off. I used to think security cameras at home were weird. Now I know they can give you a head start in case someone shady is around."KayTheMadScientist

10. This is hilarious and embarrassing.

huewutm8

11. People are a little crazy.

irishdude1212

These doorbell camera stories are definitely creepy, and they make you wonder what you've missed going on outside your door if you don't have a camera. I know that after reading some of these stories, I want to get a doorbell camera.

Be safe out there, people, and watch your surroundings.

12. It's great that the little kid went to them though.

"At around 5 in the morning, the sun was just starting to come up, and it was the middle of winter. My husband, half asleep, answered the doorbell on his phone while lying in bed next to me. It was a toddler wearing nothing but a pajama top and underwear. My husband said, 'Hello?' The toddler replied, 'Can (my son's name) come out to play?' My husband, still half asleep, said, 'Not right now, maybe later.' About three minutes later, my husband suddenly sat up as the reality of the situation dawned on him, and he rushed out of the house to track down a wandering toddler walking barefoot in the streets in freezing weather. It turned out to be my son's toddler friend from daycare, who had been to our house once for a playdate and just walked straight out his front door undetected, memorizing 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."misspoopyloopy

13. That is crazy.

"A chemical plant blew up a few miles from my house, and you could hear a distant explosion and see an orange glow from mine."woodchuck125

14. Okay, but this is cute.

OpossumJesusHasRisen

15. That's not where I thought that story was going.

emptysignals

16. A mountain lion?!

"It’s not actually a Ring doorbell (just a security cam), but we caught this mountain lion casing my car late one night."GingerLibrarian76

17. People are really bold.

endisnearhere

18. I mean, that's a little weird.

"Not super creepy, but there is a guy who pets my plants sometimes."lookssharp

19. I don't get why people steal.

bwatching

20. This is so sad.

"My little brother is a sleepwalker. 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 sitting on the porch couch, apparently having a conversation with my grandpa. She said 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 to what had just happened until a couple of hours later when my uncle called to tell 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."Raging-ball-of-fury

21. This one actually made me laugh out loud.

lianhanshe

22. He just pet your dog? Okay then.

dinoaids

23. I wonder what was triggering it.

"What's most scary is my Ring doorbell went off 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."CarsonSimpson

24. I think they might have police evidence.

"A full-grown man had a gun and shot someone. I don't know if he missed or not; all I knew was that I was scared."gabluvshimself

25. She's very lucky that she had the doorbell camera.

"I have a camera doorbell. Not a Ring. The creepiest thing I ever saw was the night I had two cops come to my door. They stood outside the door talking to each other about whether I was home or not and who would r*pe me first. I was at home at the time. My dog alerted me by whining at the door, and I checked the doorbell camera. I listened to them talking for about ten seconds before I called 911. The operator told me they didn't have cops in my area and to stay away from the door, put at least one more locked door between me and them, and to stay on the line and quiet until the real cops could get there. I live around the block from the fire department, so it was less than two minutes later when a fire truck pulled up and the two fake cops ran off."Krizked

26. This is super weird. Let's hope it was just HOA.

"Six people were standing about ten feet from my door, just staring at my house this past September. They were there muttering to each other for almost twenty 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."mxmnull

27. Raccoons can be a little creepy.

"Not a Ring cam, just a porch cam. The creepiest thing I've seen?

Raccoons... like twelve of them lined up on my porch, staring at my front door for what seemed like a really long time..."

RockyBass

28. We are definitely hoping that's a prank.

"A Honda Civic was 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."amoeba2020

29. It's pretty cool that it was caught on tape.

"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

30. No thank you.

"My wife’s ex-husband was in our backyard looking in the windows."Same_Lack_1775