c/found-footage-finds

That statistic about how many security cameras are actually monitored surprised me

I was reading an article from a security trade journal last week and it said something like 95% of camera feeds are never watched in real time. It makes me wonder if any of the creepy videos people post here could have been stopped if someone was actually paying attention.

Trail cam caught something weird behind my shed near Eugene last night

I was checking my hunting trail cam footage around 3am and saw a dark shape just standing still by the fence for like 20 minutes. Then it moved sideways real quick behind the bushes and vanished. No tracks in the mud this morning either. Anyone else have cameras catch weird stuff that has no good explanation?

Wasted $60 on a fake night vision camera off eBay for ghost hunting

The footage looked like green static the whole time and the seller ghosted me after I complained. Anyone else get scammed by those cheap 'military grade' IR cameras?

That $40 trail cam I bought off Facebook marketplace caught something moving in my backyard at 3 AM that I still can't explain

I set it up to watch for raccoons getting into my garbage cans, but the footage shows a tall figure walking across my lawn that leaves no footprints in the morning frost, and now I'm sleeping with a hammer next to my bed - has anyone else had a camera pick up something that just doesn't make sense?

TIL comparing two "creepy security cam" videos side by side shows one was definitely a guy in a costume

I got bored last night and pulled up two of those popular "unexplained figure in parking lot" vids that have been floating around. One from a Walmart in Tucson, one from a gas station in Ohio. Put them on side by side in my editing software. The Tucson one had this weird floaty walk, looked legit at first. But the Ohio one? Dude was clearly stumbling on purpose and you could see the seam on the hood thing near his chin when he turns. Night and day difference once you actually compare. Anyone else ever do this and realize most of these are just people messing around?

Had to pick between two creepy videos for my collection

I was digging through an old YouTube channel that hasn't been touched since 2009 and found two videos that both looked legit but weird. One was a guy filming something moving in the woods near his cabin in Oregon, the other was a static security cam feed from a gas station with shadows that didn't match anyone around. I picked the woods one because the date stamp and his shaky commentary felt too real to fake. Watched it three times and still can't figure out what that shape was ducking behind the trees. Anyone else ever have to choose between two finds and later wonder if you picked the wrong one?

Found a 14 year old SD card with one creepy video file on it

Bought a lot of old electronics at a garage sale in Toledo last Saturday. Popped one of the SD cards into my reader just out of curiosity. There was only one video file on it, dated 2011 at 3AM. It's like 30 seconds of someone standing in a dark forest pointing a flashlight at nothing. Then a twig snaps and the video cuts out. No way to know who filmed it or why. Anybody else ever stumble on something like that?

That creepypasta channel changed after 3 months of weird static videos

I've been watching this channel called "Fogline Transmissions" for about 4 months now. At first it was just random static clips with faint voices, nothing special. But around week 8, I noticed the static started forming patterns that looked like old security footage of empty hallways. Now at month 4, the videos have clear images of a man standing in the same hallway every time, and his position gets closer to the camera each video. Has anyone else tracked a channel like this where the content slowly evolved into something clearly staged or maybe not?

Tried that old VHS tape trick with a head cleaner and it made the tracking worse

Picked up a dusty tape from an estate sale, ran a cleaning cassette through the player first, and now the footage has these weird static bars that weren't there before. Is there a way to actually fix a clogged head without destroying the picture further?

Remember when the 'Cascade Creek' footage from 2018 got scrubbed from every major site overnight?

I was up late in my old apartment in Tacoma, watching that shaky cam video of the hiker who filmed a tall, thin figure moving between trees near the creek bed. The next morning, it was just gone from YouTube and Vimeo, like it never existed. It made me start downloading anything truly strange right away, because you never know when it'll vanish. Anyone else have a go-to method for saving this stuff before it gets deleted?

Found a video from a closed mine in West Virginia that shows something moving in the dark, but the uploader vanished.

Warning: that 'ghost caught on tape' video from the old Ohio asylum has a weird detail in the window reflection

Honestly, I was watching that clip from the 2012 upload again and ngl, you can see the guy holding the camera's own hand in the glass for a split second, which makes the whole 'floating figure' thing look staged.

A guy at the gas station in Bakersfield told me his dashcam caught a figure walking into the desert at 3 AM, and now I can't stop looking for that clip.

He said he was reviewing footage from a late delivery run and saw a tall, thin shape step off the shoulder and vanish into the dark, and he deleted it because it freaked him out, but I wish he hadn't.

Okay, this security cam clip from a gas station in Bakersfield is making me side-eye every shadow in my house now.

The time stamp says 3:17 AM, and something that looks like a person, but way too tall and thin, just walks straight through the closed bay door. It's not a reflection or a glitch, the thing moves behind the counter. Has anyone seen anything else from that area? It's freaking me out.

Question about a video from a trail cam in the Ozarks last month

It caught what looked like a person, but the way it moved... all wrong, like it was gliding. Has anyone else seen something like that from a camera out there?

Rant: I had to pick between deleting a weird video or keeping it for proof

Found a clip on an old hard drive from a rest stop camera I used to have in my rig. It showed something moving in the woods behind the truck, but the quality was bad. I could either delete it to save space or keep the file. I kept it, and after showing it to a buddy, he pointed out the shape didn't match any animal we know around there. Has anyone else held onto a video that just gets weirder the more you look?

I figured out a way to spot the real found footage from the fake stuff

I was going down a rabbit hole on a video from a guy exploring an old factory in Detroit. It looked real, but something felt off. I started checking the video file data using a free tool called MediaInfo. The original upload said it was from 2005, but the file's metadata showed it was made in 2022 with a modern camera codec. That was the giveaway. Now I always download a copy and check the data before I get too deep into a video. Has anyone else found a good trick to check if a video's date is real?

Watched the 'Mackinac Bridge Walk' clip 50 times before I saw the thing in the water

I was so focused on the group of people on the bridge arguing that I missed the dark shape moving against the current below them for weeks. It only clicked when someone in a YouTube comment pointed out the timestamp at 1:47, and now I can't unsee it. Has anyone else gone over that footage and caught that detail?

I was reading a forum thread about that 'Third Man Factor' thing in survival stories

Someone mentioned it might explain a lot of the 'shadow person' footage people post here, like the ones from abandoned hospitals. They said the brain under stress can make you see or feel a presence that isn't there. It made me look at those videos differently. I watched that famous 'Mel's Hole' clip again, where the guy films something moving in the dark pit. Could that just be his mind filling in blanks? What's a video you've seen that could be explained by a trick of the mind instead of something paranormal?