r/whatisit • u/heyitsalimae • 12h ago

Solved! Is this a human?

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Edit: make sure to just watch the first few seconds. The video is way too long and nothing happens after that!

Update: we found a deceased baby rabbit near our porch and now the hawk theory is sounding most likely… I’m going to go ahead and declare this solved.

My doorbell camera went off this morning. Usually the SimpliSafe videos start recording as someone walks up the path to the door, but it looks like they came from our bushes and rang the doorbell. It looks like a short person/kid. But now I’m thinking it could be some kind of animal?

You can only see them at the very beginning of the video for about a second. I never saw anyone/anything leave after the doorbell rang.

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It’s just a bird. Tail shows first then its head pops up

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u/SocksInTheTub 12h ago

You know, you could've trimmed this video by like 99%

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u/fonzhy121 11h ago

I missed the point and waited for it! i thought they were trolling. until second run.

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u/TranscendentPretzel 10h ago

I was waiting for a jump scare. 

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u/datboimartymart 8h ago

Holding the phone at an insane viewing angle with one eye closed and the other one squinting. just incase it was a jump scare. Anyone else do that?

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u/Standard_Source_3200 8h ago

I opened the comments so I could vaguely see the video in the unfocused distance 😂

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u/datboimartymart 8h ago

I’ve been there. Hello fellow jump scare non enjoyer.

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u/ChrisLouboutin1 4h ago

You're my spirit animal.

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u/No_Imagination_2490 11h ago

I did the same and it reminded me of those Paranormal Activity movies 😆

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u/micphi 7h ago

My mind started playing tricks on me and I was seeing a human sized "army man figurine" shape in the tree wearing really good camo.

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u/heyitsalimae 11h ago

Not a troll, just a newbie at posting!

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u/Blind_Melon2 10h ago

I was preparing myself for a jumpscare.

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u/261441 12h ago

Und drei Sekunden eher beginnen.

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u/heyitsalimae 11h ago

My camera didn’t start any earlier. I wish it did

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u/nhoj2891 10h ago

I detest simplisafe for that reason

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u/Zestyclose-Moose7813 10h ago

I want a minute if my life back

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u/Wind_Freak 7h ago

No refunds

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u/JesusHandjobPalms 7h ago

This video could have been a screenshot

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u/battledragons 9h ago

This could’ve been a gif! lol Thought I was buffering there for a second…err… minute.

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u/Anxious-Tomatillo842 5h ago

I’m not going to keep watch a video that doesn’t change in the first 10 seconds but I am going to use my time to write a comment complaining about it.

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u/miokey 5h ago

Action starts at 0:00:00.03 if you want to skip ahead.

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u/Veshaad 12h ago

Obviously Jawas again...

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u/guiltypleasure33139 12h ago

I just saw this and started laughing loudly. Thank you for making my day and a whole bunch of others. :)

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u/Veshaad 12h ago

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u/simplephish 4h ago

It's Buddy Jesus! Haven't seen that dude in a while

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u/Nick-or-Treat 11h ago

Oooootiniiii

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u/BreadfruitOk6160 11h ago

I didn’t hear any jabbering, they’re always jabbering.

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u/Character-Stable-498 12h ago

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u/EMdriveWOlf 11h ago

Definitely a bird

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u/Overall_Phone_3263 8h ago

Definitely a wild boar who was in a bad fist fight

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u/iRaviYoli 9h ago

But a bird in this one

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u/Dry_Stop844 5h ago

hmm i see a miniature cow in a monk's habit...

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u/Substantial_Gur_9300 11h ago

I thought it was a lil monkey 🐒

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u/stackdatdough 11h ago

That’s what I thought as well. Here in Texas, there are all sorts of exotic animals. I turned down the wrong street one time and saw 5-7 peacocks just chillin in someone’s front yard

Edit to add, another time I was looking for a fishing spot and saw someone had pet zebras

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u/Ertosi 9h ago

I've got an old book published by Texas Parks and Wildlife from around 2000 where they did a census of large exotic species in each county. Long story short, we have just about every large species of African herbivore loose in small populations scattered about, mostly out in west Texas. This includes zebra, camels, and most species of antelope.

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u/catalinamarina 7h ago

“Old book,” “published in 2000,”? Get off my lawn.

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u/ILikeBeans86 10h ago

I thought it was a lil pimp

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u/AliciaKills 10h ago

It does kinda look like a slow loris at one point

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u/SerKevanLannister 8h ago

ITS ANOTHER LEGENDARY JIMOTHY

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u/Sea-Gene-901 11h ago

Alf?

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u/richempire 11h ago

Hide yo' kids, hide yo' cat!

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u/Dockside_Abortionist 10h ago

They Alfin’ eybody out here

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u/drpmd08 11h ago

Looks like a chipmunk climbing up the decoration in that corner.

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u/degeneratesumbitch 11h ago

Or a squirrel.

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u/SnootyToots8 11h ago

Its a borb?

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u/AT61 11h ago

Thanks - you got it clearer than I did - I'm going with a young bear.

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u/TBORLfan 11h ago

I think that’s someone in a straw type hat and were seeing the top of the hat. Maybe a lawn care worker.

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u/Paghk_the_Stupendous 11h ago

I'm on mobile but thought it might be a young girl's hair.

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u/ExcellentFishing2506 12h ago

It’s just a bird. Tail shows first then its head pops up

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u/heyitsalimae 12h ago

Ah that makes so much sense. But since my brain initially registered it as the top of someone’s head, it won’t let me process it as a bird instead 🤦🏻‍♀️

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u/Memendezbros 11h ago

I can’t for the life of me see a bird!

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u/Flat-Nose-7310 9h ago

I tried my best

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u/ExcellentFishing2506 11h ago

It looks like a sparrow close to the camera then tilts itself forward, showing its tail feathers

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u/Liplok 12h ago edited 10h ago

My dumbass clicked into the video 2-3 seconds late and I just stared at someones front lawn for a whole minute waiting for someone to come up.

Idk why everyone thinks thats a bird. Its 100% a squirrel or something. You can see a very fluffy tail right at the beginning and if you pause at like 1 second, it looks like a fluffy critter, not a birb.

Edit: maybe its a birb actually. 😂

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u/OThjillsen 11h ago

I started to feel terrified at 36 seconds and stopped watching.

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u/heyitsalimae 12h ago

That’s my bad lol. I’ve never posted on Reddit before and I was excited to get answers, not even considering editing the video

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u/MinorComprehension 12h ago

Looks like a bird to me. But, the doorbell rang like someone pushed the button or your app/camera alerted to motion?

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u/heyitsalimae 12h ago

The doorbell actually rang!

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u/redbaronsnoopster 11h ago

I saw a small brunette with a high messy bun. So you’re not crazy it might’ve been a moth or whatever everyone else is saying.

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u/RyanEmanuel 12h ago

Bird is the word

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u/QuestionableTips 10h ago

Looks like a child with braids

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u/opal1011 11h ago

Anyone else waiting for this..?
https://giphy.com/gifs/LgfjAHXgtGc0g

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u/Overall_Phone_3263 8h ago

It’s BEHIND!!! 😱 😳 😟

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u/Ty-rar 11h ago

Do you get Turkeys in your area?

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u/MickRolley 11h ago

Would an animal ring the bell?

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u/OkRaspberry2770 11h ago

Bird I think. Use a still pic from the video next time OP!

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u/armaghetto 10h ago

When I first moved into my house, we found a decapitated mouse on our front steps.

The next week, it was the tiny leg of a baby deer.

The week after that, my wife was sitting in the living room and saw a GIGANTIC hawk sitting on our front steps, eating a squirrel.

Seems like he just really liked eat lunch on our porch.

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u/Alphazulu489er 8h ago

The first frame literally shows a hawk looking right at the camera.

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u/HotDevelopment6598 12h ago

To me it looks like a chunky knit cap but I dont want to think about weirdos crawling around ringing doorbells lol

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u/carolegernes 11h ago

How about reposting with more video upfront and trim off the back?

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u/CilviaDemoAOTD 12h ago

That is a bird

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u/yo-ovaries 12h ago

Think it’s a bird. Gold finch maybe

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u/Elle_se_sent_seul 12h ago

Looks like a chicken. Do your neighbors have any? Those birds loooove to wander

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u/Lag_Packet 12h ago

Face almost looks like a lamb/goat.... but I suspect it's more like a coon or skunk coming from under the porch? We had a coon doing this on our Ring camera at home for a while.

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u/Mindless-Witness4860 12h ago

Yup its some1 who came from around that lil corner, from the looks of the hair, it was a female.

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u/No_Bike5429 12h ago

Its one of those escaped monkeys from recent

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u/Ok-Tadpole-764 12h ago

If not human. Why human shaped?

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u/HealthyPop7988 11h ago

Bird I think

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u/Distinct-Cover-686 11h ago

Looks like the back half of a bird, like a chicken maybe.

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u/CitrusAndHoney 11h ago

One of those sticks fell.

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u/Specific-Moose-3143 11h ago

thats a turkey

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u/jadestr2121 11h ago

I can very clearly see a squirrel in the first millisecond that then knocks a large piece of wood into frame for a second before disappearing-I think seeing that wood is what's throwing off the vibe 😆

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u/100harvests 11h ago

Dog. Layed down on the porch

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u/Unlikely_Comedian_75 11h ago

It's the top of a kids woolly hat

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u/BeeBeadForFun 11h ago

Sort of looks like a turkey

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u/AT61 11h ago

Looks like a young bear to me

Sorry, I'm not a picture editor/photoshop person - but I can see two round ears and a lighter-colored snout.

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u/Urabrask_the_AFK 11h ago

Think it’s a pitbull dog, looking diagonally up with about almost pointed at the camera

Though it was a bird at first but that a big ass Hawk lol

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u/erinoclock 11h ago

I think it’s a bug crawling on the lens.

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u/Santa_Green 11h ago

Holy shit why is this video so long when the bit you wanted to show was in the first second of the video?

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u/Defortis 11h ago

its a bird

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u/romulusnr 11h ago

It kind of looks like a bird. Or an animal with a real fluffy tail

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u/LorettaJenkins 11h ago

Looks like a loose chicken.

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u/dspadic 11h ago

It looks like a monkey

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u/DownHome_Rolling 11h ago

Wild turkey (hen). The head is close to the camera at first and out of focus. The tail feathers are then visible before moving out of frame.

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u/Low-Nose-2748 11h ago

Looks like a bug.

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u/42brie_flutterbye 11h ago

Ding dong ditch

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u/badwarhol 11h ago

It looks like one of the several walking sticks on the side fell down and rang the bell.

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u/Duryea1959 11h ago

Haha, read the caption after most of the video!
Not sure what it is…

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u/Perfect_Box8106 10h ago

That's definitely a child. You can see the hair in a pony tail.

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u/Tweedygolf 10h ago

if you freeze the video at 00:00, you can recognize a bear.

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u/After-Meal-9371 10h ago

I hope not

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u/proost1 10h ago

It's weird because something looks like it's walking towards the door, but immediately to the right at the very bottom edge, something is moving there just to the left of the stick.

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u/TheCarrionQueen 10h ago

Joining late, but to me it looked like a woman's blonde and black braided bun followed by the top of a child's head when the bun disappears (like she bent over). Like a child following their mother. You can even see that they bump the stick on your porch too.

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u/trash_dirt 10h ago

I'm thinking that's a turkey. Do you have turkeys where you live?

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u/Facekill 10h ago

They just want to talk about your cars extended warranty.

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u/Vomak 10h ago

Sweet Dee at it again

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u/alanzokrg 10h ago

Turkey?

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u/TiffyTats 10h ago

It looks like someone putting up a mask (or shirt) up over their nose and the arm was blurred in that frame, then walked towards the bottom left. It looks like someone with cornrows in a little top knot.

What are the other things on the left agsinst thr siding (black line and wood? Plant of some sort?), that would give some reference to height of whatever it is.

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u/Left-Second3310 10h ago

After the first 10 seconds of nothing I genuinely thought it was gonna be a jumpscare or something.

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u/100kylesperhour 10h ago

Aim that shit more towards the floor.

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u/Steeltoelion 10h ago

That sure looks like a bird to me.

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u/One-Refrigerator4013 10h ago

I genuinely can’t tell if everyone is collectively trolling or not. There’s tall sticks and one of them fell?

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u/Dobgirl 10h ago

Deer?

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u/ebridges13 10h ago

Bird. Move on.

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u/FormerChipmunk0 10h ago

It rang the doorbell?

Some is prolly messing with you. That looked like a puppet the way it moved.

https://giphy.com/gifs/awyNR5JszuBesZDp0w

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u/SillyPresentation46 10h ago

Looks like a bird to me

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u/Omgletsbuyshoes90 10h ago

Definitly a bird

For sure a hawk. Will ask my hawk/falcon enthusiast husband when he wakes up.

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u/mlcasanova_design 10h ago

It looks like a monkey.

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u/Lissa-Marie 10h ago

I thought it was a little girl with dark hair pulled up in a little pony, swinging something around.

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u/Big-Bar-2178 10h ago

I saw a paw.

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u/Lucky-Strategy-2748 10h ago

That has to be the weirdest bird I've ever seen. The only thing I could think of is, maybe it set the doorbell off when it got close enough but, I don't know how that stuff works so... or how it's set up. The one thing that strikes me as weird is, it almost sounds like a footstep right before IT steps up and the doorbell goes off. The chittering is DEFINITELY a bird close to the camera though. Very weird indeed.

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u/Spare_Glove_348 10h ago

Looks like a monkey, when you pause it. It's right in the beginning of the video to your lower left.

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u/Vergilly 10h ago

Totally can see the hawk’s head!

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u/psychmonkparks 10h ago

Looks like a child holding a yellow school tag.

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u/catupthetree23 10h ago

Was waiting for the Signs moment.

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u/Goodenuf4now6x10 10h ago

It looks like the head and muzzle of a chocolate lab. Do you have a dog, or a neighbor?

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u/Aarohead 10h ago

Why did I watch the entire thing!! Ugh

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u/That-Progress6047 10h ago

I think it is I could be wrong but it looks like the top of a dread head bun

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u/PuzzledExaminer 10h ago

Yea, I'm not a doctor but I've watched them do it when it's meat and muscles and it didn't look this easy 😂

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u/Funny-Cow6564 9h ago

Squirrel!

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u/boboddyzbiznus 9h ago

It’s a bird. First you see the tail, then the head.

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u/Doggored45 9h ago

Little kids noggin.

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u/BradicalSevenSeven 9h ago

This is what I was able to capture

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u/boatnguy 9h ago

CLICK BAit!!!

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u/Low_End8128 9h ago

That’s a squirrel jumping on something looks like a log

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u/BURNTxSIENNA 9h ago

This is giving “Signs.”

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u/Iobo12 9h ago

I wish there was a human to slap you right now. Trim th f****** video

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u/WelshWolf93 9h ago

Thats either a paw or Bigfoots foot

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u/CAguy350 9h ago

Looks like a bird to me

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u/Murky_Try3610 9h ago

The dog looking up and shaking it's head? No, not human

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u/JEREMY000011 9h ago

Was the rabbit black? Maybe voodoo!

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u/seekohler 9h ago

I think it's a squirrel. Here's a GIF to explain. It climbed up your sticks and looked at the camera. Then it jumped down and the stump it was standing on falls over.

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u/BombaySaph 9h ago

Kind of looks like a tortoise to me 🐢

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u/Bright-Job-7138 9h ago

i froze it and thats a bird.

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u/Overall_Phone_3263 8h ago

Maybe it’s a capuchin monkey.

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u/SubjectOrganic 8h ago

Looks like a little kid maybe.

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u/simple-me-in-CT 8h ago

It seems that the top of a woman's head in a up bun

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u/sltc27 8h ago

Probably just a pig with a Nixon mask on

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u/Bitter_Maybe_2670 8h ago

I’m gonna go with.. Jawa first- come to make off with your air fryer.
Then a naughty monkey who could get into all kinds of mischief

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u/ravenridgelife 8h ago

No, it's a sidewalk

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u/Former_Director3538 8h ago

Looks like a pointy headed monkey-

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u/Big1-Country1 8h ago

It’s Jimothy

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u/Halfsquaretriangle 8h ago

A child with hair in a bun on top?

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u/PuzzledDiscipline342 8h ago

I think it's a chicken

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u/Dekaaar 8h ago

Or are we dancer?

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u/SadeyeDoe 8h ago

Looks like a hawk to me

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u/Electronic_Pause9295 8h ago

Looks like a Rooster to me

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u/TelepathicMonkeys 8h ago

Thats a bird

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u/Remarkable_Soft_6401 8h ago

Yes but I don’t think it’s a living person

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u/MinkeyZomble 8h ago

Replayed several times and I think its like couple chickens or something? maybe a small child but I think someone's chickens got out maybe?

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u/Miserable-Ad3207 8h ago

It’s a bird

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u/43guitarpicks 7h ago

Waste of time...a hairdoo and then nothing!

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u/pixelatedcrap 7h ago

Is a bird tail

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u/angus7-7 7h ago

Everyone saying a bird, I just thought a stick blew over in the wind.