I’m hoping someone here can help me understand a short piece of audio from my Ring camera because the whole situation is bothering me and I can’t make out one of the voices.
My husband and I had just left our house. Very shortly after we left, a girl I have never seen before and do not recognize at all came up to our front door.
What makes the situation feel strange is the timing and her behavior. In the video, she doesn’t just casually walk straight up to the door. She looks hesitant, seems to pause/back away, and then comes back toward the door and tries the handle. From what I can see, she tries to open it once or twice. The door was locked, so she couldn’t get in.
I can clearly hear the girl say:
“I heard them close the door.”
Then she says:
“I’m nervous.”
There is another female voice in the background responding to her, and that is the part I’m really trying to figure out. I can hear that the second person says something, then the girl at the door responds “yeah.” Later, the girl says something like “I can’t open it.”
I’m especially curious about what the second person says right after “I’m nervous” and before the girl says “yeah.”
I’m not trying to accuse anyone of anything, and I’m not saying I know what their intentions were. I just find it odd that this happened right after we left, that the girl seemed hesitant before coming back to try the door, and that she appears to be talking to someone else while doing it.
I also don’t want to post the actual video because the girl appears to be a minor, so I’m only comfortable sharing the audio with no identifying video attached.
I’ve already tried automatic transcription, Whisper, slowing the clip down, boosting the voices, and removing background noise, but the second voice is still really hard for me to understand.
If anyone can listen with headphones and tell me what you think the second person is saying, I’d really appreciate it. Even if you’re not 100% sure, please tell me what it sounds like to you.

https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/i65x4zto99d94zc7esb9r/Video-Oct-16-2026-23-21-19.mp4?rlkey=53k6el1ptv965fnvjtawb5pvz&st=ny49ux2l&dl=0

back in 2021, i saw this psa with a man who, after a car accident, ended up with some medical device that was very pole-like holding his brain together, however there is a reason why im so desperate to find this, its because one other reddit user, back in 2018, saw this psa, and i intended to send it to them when i saw it, but i forgot, and ive been looking so much since then..yet, nothing.

i gave up looking until another reddit user posted about wanting to find it which made me start looking again, however i only ended up more demotivated as i found nothing.

so please, im asking anyone here to help me and everyone else find this psa, even if you only remember seeing it and dont know the name or where it came from, thats great, tell us, please.

and to anyone who tries to say we are imagining things, i promise you, we arent. so many people have said they’ve seen it, so unless we’re collectively group hallucinating, we arent makinf stuff up.

thank you in advance if this post isnt removed

I work for essilorlux and I had to login to my personal desk, but they've changed it so now you have to log in with a Microsoft authenticator. Things were really weird with the site in March and I think I think they were hacked but didn't tell us. I couldn't log in because it kept telling me I needed to approve a request on my authenticator. I never set one up.

I called the help line to reset my password, and they told me that a pixel 6 was set up with an authenticator. I have never owned a pixel phone. Ever.

How can I see the history of when this phone was added?

My mum Evita Sarma (Latvian citizen) has been missing from Gyron port (Tibet side), since the floods on the 26th of August.

At this point i am running out of options, so I'm reaching out to you dear Reddit users.

Based on the last photo that my mum sent me, she just cleared the Border about 3 min before floods hit. I have contacted the Latvian ministry of foreign affairs, Chinese embassy in Latvia and support phone line that was set up for international queries.

I do understand that chances are astronomically low, but until I'll get concrete information I will be still keeping hope and praying for the miracle.

My biggest problem is that last information about what's going on (in terms of rescue work) was on the 7th of September.

If you know anything current like hospitals rescued people have been transported to, agencies to contact, statistics or anything else, I would be endlessly thankful.

I really need your help. My mum is the dearest person to my ever and only family i have. We always been close and I miss her so, so much.

Need help identifying an unusual red license plate from video footage

I'm in Bismarck, North Dakota, and dealing with an ongoing custody dispute involving my two children.

Their father recently arrived in a vehicle I didn't recognize, a white Chevrolet Suburban with a completely red rear license plate and white lettering. There was no front plate.

Because of our custody history, I'm documenting the circumstances of this visit. Our attorneys are already involved, and I have since received the address where the children are staying.

I captured video of the vehicle, but the plate is blurry. I've tried extracting and enhancing frames without successfully identifying the state.

I'm hoping someone familiar with license plate designs can help determine:

- Which states issue solid-red plates with white lettering?

- Could this be a dealer, specialty, or temporary plate?

- Are there any distinguishing design features that could help identify the plate type?

I'm not asking anyone to identify or contact the driver or vehicle owner. I'm just trying to establish what kind of plate appears in the footage.

Any insight would be appreciated!

So im not really sure when this happened but i assume it was when i was at school.

This morning i left at 6:30 and i came home at 2:40. The front door is always unlocked (unless someone is home to lock it from the inside) because we lost our key about 4 years ago and my mom is just lazy to replace it. We also live in a very small apartment.

When i got home i closed all of the doors in the house for my new kitten to explore. I didnt really notice the missing tv in my moms room. I also didn't think much of it because my own room (where the kitten was) was closed as i had left it and he was on my mind the most. The whole day i was unaware until my mom came home and asked me where the tv was.

We were both shocked. We checked everything. And we found a dirty dell laptop on her bed that was NOT ours. And a taser/lighter(?) thing on her bed and a pack of opened toilet paper on the floor that was also NOT OURS. The tv MISSING!! The tv was pretty big too. Like maybe 40 inches or 60?

i also have a tv in my room. And it's about 3 feet long, i feel that wouldve been more easy to carry? It baffles me, really. You just take a big ass tv?

The strange part is, there was 300 dollars out in the open in my moms room and the burglar didnt even take it. Unless they didnt notice it which is a possibility. Im just really scared, concerned, and confused. Why? Im so glad they didnt come into my room and touch the cat though.

Edit: Also I'll have to mention i did tell my mom to file a police report and to contact the landlord for a key and she really has no sense of urgency because she keeps telling me no and to "shut the fuck up" shes pretty ignorant when stressed so i feel pretty powerless...shes refusing to file a report because "what are they gonna do?" As she says. And the mention of contacting the landlord, she gives a pretty vague dismissive,"I'll just handle it" yeah makes me feel prettyy safe and secure, mom. Thanks 😶

(BEFORE YOU READ, PLEASE NOTE: I have already shared this post in local subreddits like [r/socal](r/socal), [r/studiocity](r/studiocity) and [r/northhollywood](r/northhollywood). Someone I know has already shared a similar post in [r/SFV](r/SFV), so I’m not posting there since the subreddit doesn’t allow reposts on the same topic within a 6-month time frame. I’m trying to post this in multiple subreddits across the greater LA/SoCal area in hopes that it reaches someone who was there at the time of the accident or has any information that can lead to IDing the other driver, since those who drove through the intersection at the time of the accident (including the suspect) or even the people who may possibly recognize the suspect based on the description of the vehicle might not necessarily live in or near Studio City. It’s been several weeks without any leads, so we’re desperately trying to leave no stone unturned).

On Tuesday, September 22, 2026, at approximately 7:05 AM, my friend, Philip Chon, was riding his yellow 2019 Honda Monkey motorcycle on his way to work when he was struck and killed at the intersection of Ventura Blvd and Carpenter Ave, Studio City, CA.

The driver was in a dark blue 2004 Honda Odyssey traveling westbound on Ventura. They made an unprotected left turn onto Carpenter Ave, struck Philip, abandoned the van on Carpenter Ave south of Ventura (which investigators have impounded), and fled on foot. 

Despite being in possession of the suspect’s vehicle, police have not publicly released the license plate number or identified who the vehicle is registered. They are, however, seeking the public’s help with identifying the suspect responsible for this fatal accident (knowing who the vehicle is registered to doesn’t necessarily prove that they were the one driving it; police need actual evidence of the person behind the wheel).

If you live, work, or drive along Ventura Blvd, Carpenter Ave, or surrounding streets/access points, please check your Ring cameras, home or business security cameras, and dashcams for footage from 6:30 AM to 8:30 AM on September 22.

Footage of the van before the collision or someone fleeing on foot afterward could help. Even if you don't think your video has anything important in it.

Some camera systems automatically delete old recordings, so please save anything relevant in case it gets overwritten.

If you have footage or information, please contact:

- LAPD Lead Detective: Detective Anderson, Serial No. 40073 at 818-644-8036

- LAPD After Hours: 1-877-LAPD-24-7 (1-877-527-3247)

- Case Reference: Case RD: 1583 | RMS: 26186189

- Anonymous tips: Call LA Regional Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-8477(TIPS) or submit online at [lacrimestoppers.org](https://www.lacrimestoppers.org).

Below are links to news articles about this, as well as the community alert about the accident:

KTLA5 Local News
San Fernando Valley Sun
LAPD Valley Traffic Division
LAPD Online News Room (you might need to disable your VPN to view this link)
Community Alert Flyer

UPDATE: I saw a neurologist today.

Thank you to everyone who took the time to share their experiences and thoughtful suggestions. I had an extensive consultation with a neurologist today. He carefully went through the entire incident with me, including what happened before, during, and afterward. His assessment was very reassuring. After taking a detailed history and performing a thorough neurological examination, he found no clinical evidence suggesting dementia, hallucinations, or other serious neurological or vascular conditions he had initially considered, including impaired blood flow to the brain. He explained why my experience and examination findings did not fit those conditions, and he did not consider additional diagnostic testing necessary at this time.

After discussing my circumstances in depth, he concluded that I am experiencing depression in the context of significant ongoing emotional stress. He recommended psychological treatment and asked me to follow up with him in 15 days. I realize now that the amount of anxiety and uncertainty I've been carrying may be affecting me more than I understood.

My neurologist also explained how this episode could be consistent with depression, particularly in the context of prolonged emotional stress and fragmented, non-restorative sleep. He emphasized that sleeping for several hours does not necessarily mean getting adequate, restorative rest, and that poor sleep quality, combined with depression, can affect cognitive functioning, attention, and perception. Based on his thorough assessment, he felt that these factors provided a plausible explanation for what I experienced.

I'm grateful to those who responded with kindness and empathy. I'm going to focus on getting the support I need rather than continuing to search for explanations online.Thank you again!

I'm posting this here because I'm genuinely freaked out, and I'm hoping someone has experienced something similar or can offer a rational explanation. I'm a 54-year-old woman, I have health anxiety and my brain has a spectacular talent for jumping straight to the worst possible medical explanation, so I really need to understand what happened to me.

Yesterday, I was at a supermarket doing some grocery shopping. I'd already walked quite a bit (over 10,000 steps), exercised earlier that day and hadn't eaten much. I was tired and my head felt a little heavy, but otherwise completely alert, functioning normally and having perfectly coherent conversations.

My husband and I were communicating through WhatsApp while I shopped, mostly voice messages and pictures, with a few short written messages here and there.

At one point, while I was waiting outside for a taxi, I looked at our WhatsApp conversation and clearly read a message from him saying, "Are you still at XXXXXXX?" Except he was referring to a completely different supermarket, not the one I was shopping at.

I remember thinking, Why on earth is this man asking me such a stupid question? He knows exactly where I am! He had even asked me to buy some croissants that are only sold at the grocery store I was shopping at. So I answered him with a slightly irritated voice message.

This is the part where things get really weird: my husband replied with a confused voice message asking what the hell I was talking about. He assured me he hadn't written anything like that. And then I noticed that the message I had just read was GONE. Not deleted with a "This message was deleted" notice, but gone.I searched our entire WhatsApp conversation, no such message.

I was completely baffled.

I didn't just vaguely think I saw something. I remember reading those exact words, understanding them, getting annoyed, and recording a voice message in response, timestamped at 1:34 p.m. There's a spot in the conversation where I remember seeing his message, immediately before my reply.

After going through our WhatsApp conversation obsessively, both on my phone and on my laptop, I discovered that my husband had asked me whether I was at that other supermarket on a couple of occasions months earlier, except on those occasions I was indeed shopping there. The crucial distinction is that he used different wording.

The exact sentence I remember seeing yesterday does not appear anywhere in our conversation history. So when I say the message didn't exist, I don't mean that I accidentally stumbled upon an old message and mistook it for a new one. There is no old message with that exact wording to begin with.

Did my brain somehow construct a perfectly plausible sentence in my husband's writing style and make me perceive it as an actual WhatsApp message? Because if that's what happened, I would really like to know how something like that is even possible. I'm not ruling out a technical explanation either. But simply saying WhatsApp displayed an old message doesn't explain the different wording.

A few minutes after the incident, while riding home in a cab, I also experienced some mild, short-lived nausea. I hadn't eaten properly in hours, had been physically active for much of the day and may not have been adequately hydrated. I have no idea whether the nausea was related to what happened or was just a coincidence.For context, I have a history of dizziness, tinnitus, vestibular issues and cervical problems. I've also been under considerable emotional stress lately, but I have never experienced anything like this before.

I saw a doctor later that day. She performed a neurological examination, found nothing concerning, and wasn't particularly alarmed by this isolated incident. I also contacted a neurologist who said it wasn't an emergency but should be investigated. I have an appointment with him this morning. That's how freaked out I am.

Meanwhile, my health-anxious brain has been enthusiastically cycling through everything from exhaustion and some bizarre memory glitch to hallucinations, a mini-stroke, or early dementia.

Has anyone ever experienced something like this? Not just a disappearing notification, but actually seeing a specific written message inside an ongoing chat, responding to it, and then discovering that it apparently never existed? Could a visual or memory-processing error create such a convincing experience?

So i rarely get calls from private numbers the last time was one instance in spring.

But now on monday a private number called me two times in under a Minute waited 7 Minutes and called again. I misses the calls. Which is strange and from that pattern i excluded a bot or some institution.

Today (2 days later) again a private number calls me, i pick it up say hello? And they hang up after 2 seconds.

Okay so I was really bored while studying and ended up going down rabbit holes, which led to me looking at missing persons cases in my province, where I found this guy. He's called Emile Ruger on crimesolverscentral, with little/no details about his dissapearance and a very uncanny police sketch in place of a photograph.

Here's what the profile says:

- On the 15th of February 2008, a man named Emile Ruger was last seen in Cornwall, Ontario

- Quoting the website; "His dissapearance has left a void of information and a lingering sense of unease for those who knew him", and "Details surrounding his last known moments are sparse, painting a picture of a man who seemingly vanished without a trace" -> the entire article is written like this, giving next to no actual information

- about 5'8/70 inches tall, white, male, 170 pounds, 60 years old

- last updated 9/18/26 which is wierdly recent for a cold case from 2008

I don't have the membership so I could only read so far in the article, so that's just what I noticed without it. Someone in a forum comment seems to mention his 'schedule', but I can't find access the full comment without a membership and I can't find any mention of a schedule anywhere.

I checked the article's sources and they provided some further information:

- He was reported missing after his landlord noticed he didn't pay rent on time -> maybe indicating he didn't have family, or didn't keep in touch with them often?

- Also, neither of the sources had any actual photos of him either. Just that uncanny police sketch.

This article seems really wierd to me, specifically the phrasing, and how it seems to be written like it's trying to sensationalise the case instead of provide any real information. Also, the police sketch also seems odd to me. In 2008, nobody had a single photo of this guy? No family photos cropped to show just him, No old photos, no security camera shots, just an exaggerated police sketch that makes him look like a John Doe recreation or criminal?

Now I'm curious, is there anywhere I could go to maybe find more information on this guy? And does anyone have any possible explanations for any of the stuff I mentioned? I'm not really in the Cold-case-investigating scene so I don't really know how to go about this. I've just heard this sub was good for this. Thanks for any help!

I’m hoping to get some perspectives on an unusual incident. I’m not looking for relationship advice; I’d like to understand what might explain what I found and possible theories.

My husband and I separated few months ago. We are still legally married (we have to be separated for 12 months), and we jointly own our former family home, which is being sold. He moved immediately after separation with his gf.

Despite moving out, he continues to enter the house using his own key. His visits are unpredictable and usually brief. We no longer communicate, and I avoid interacting with him.

There is also some important context: his previous behaviour has been serious enough that police have sought restraining orders but they have not yet been served.

During his most recent visit, he put a box containing rubbish in the recycling bin.

I later checked the box because I needed it for something else. Is when I discovered a syringe and two needles.

Syringe: 3 mL (3 cc) capacity.
Needle 1: Orange-labelled, 25G.
Needle 2: Brown-labelled, 19G.

I was shocked because I had no idea why these items would be there. Could only be his, no one else enter to the house. No children.

He had been at the house for 20 minutes and spent most of that time in the bathroom. He also went into the kitchen twice.
I don’t know whether he has left similar items in the rubbish on previous visits because I don’t normally check!
Could not find any medication or any substance. I think he took it with him. I searched everywhere.
If it was medicine, why he didn’t do it at his gf home? Why he came here to do that?!

Could these items have an ordinary medical explanation? Could they be associated with recreational drug use, or are there other plausible explanations?

Given the circumstances, I briefly worried about whether he could have tampered with my food when he entered the kitchen. I have no evidence that he did so! and I don’t want to be paranoid but crossed my mind. But because of the past DV, I’m kinda concerned.

Any thoughts?

A few years ago, a couple who looked to be in their early 30s moved into a large, four bedroom house in our quiet cul-de-sac. The previous owner, who we know well, told us the couple had bought the house outright in cash. Their adult son independently mentioned the same thing a couple of weeks later, without knowing we’d already heard it from his father. As I understand it, the couple’s offer was also attractive because they had no property chain.

The new owners very much kept to themselves and never interacted with neighbours, which nobody really minded, it was just noticeable. Over the following months though, unusual activity became a bit too obvious to ignore.

There was a constant stream of visitors arriving in very expensive cars, with three or four different vehicles appearing on the driveway daily, and a different selection the next day. The owners also regularly drove different cars. Visitors arrived at all hours, including through the night. Noticeable due to exhaust and car door sounds, but I am a very light sleeper. Some let themselves in with keys and stayed briefly, others appeared to exchange something with the male owner before leaving. He would also frequently move boxes and gym equipment between the house and garage at odd hours. Possibly unrelated but appeared odd nonetheless. The activity was noticed and mentioned by several other people, including a family friend who stayed with us for a week, and multiple neighbours.

Edit: My sibling just recalled us discussing how we often used to comment on their windows being left wide open and off their hinges, for hours on end including through the night, and lights in the house remaining on for days on end. Again, maybe unrelated, just odd!

After about a year, the couple packed suitcases into a car one evening and left, presumably for a holiday. A few hours later, their house was raided at dawn.

Multiple unmarked vehicles arrived, and officers in all black clothing and protective vests surrounded the property, also blocking access to and from the cul-de-sac. I couldn’t clearly identify the agency. The operation lasted several hours, and a large number of boxes were removed from the house and garage. I couldn’t see what they contained.

The couple returned from their trip during a low-key street party and went straight inside. Nobody mentioned the raid.

Immediately afterwards, all the unusual activity stopped. No more daytime or late-night visitors, no revolving door of expensive cars. They switched to only driving one car each, which remained the same.

In the months that followed, beginning quite quickly after their return, they became much friendlier with the neighbours, joining in with a later street party and chatting regularly, asking for advice etc. They’re now settled with children and a dog, and I’m friendly with them myself. Nobody ever found out what happened.

I’m absolutely not accusing them of anything, and of course won’t be identifying them. I’m genuinely curious about what might have happened. I have a few theories of my own, though they may be way off, and I’m interested in hearing from people with more knowledge or experience of these kinds of raids.

Has anyone encountered anything similar or has any informed theories about what could explain the unusual activity, the raid and the immediate end to it all?

Looking for a missing friend of the family.

Statistically, we know he is most likely not alive but have been searching IRL and online as much as possible to try to rule out the more remote possibility that he may be living his best life somewhere, either with dementia/amnesia or having chosen to walk away.

Also looking for court records related to him and his family.

What resources do you use?

I recorded this in the middle of the night in my bedroom. I hear it often through out the night. It sounds like it's coming from the next room but I don't hear it when I go in there.

Almost sounds like a crappy police scanner? Sounds robotic and garbled...

Absolutely no tvs radios etc are on

Is there a logical explanation I'm not considering?

Uploaded audio here;

https://voca.ro/1k0YB3oYqYac

Greetings from San Antonio. The local University Hospital reaching out to our local area about a man they can't identify that was hit on one of the highways in the area and is in critical condition. He's been unconscious for 6 days. No one has stepped forward, so I am attempting to get this in front of more eyes.

"The man is believed to be in his 30s or 40s, about 5 feet tall and 160 pounds. He has no scars or tattoos and had no belongings with him, according to the hospital."

Story and image/video: https://news4sanantonio.com/news/local/university-hospital-seeks-help-identifying-unconscious-patient

On July 9, 2026, two healthy, well-groomed dogs were found alone at Will Rogers State Beach in Pacific Palisades. A beach bag with a swimsuit, dog food and a sunshade was found in a nearby restroom. An eyewitness reported seeing a woman with these dogs in that restroom.

A month later she has not been identified. LAPD's Missing Persons Unit is investigating under Report #26148091. The story has aired locally in Los Angeles but never nationally - and the person who recognizes her may not live in California.

The story has been covered by KTLA, FOX 11 Los Angeles, Patch, KFI AM 640 and Hoodline.

Good Samaritans started a website. Please take a look at pictures of dogs. Someone recognizes them.
https://www.missingdogmom.com/

Need help identifying a semi truck that was involved in a hit and run incident Orlando, FL. Pics I have were from another vehicles dashcam that captured the semi, but it’s hard to make out the plate. I have photos and video to help.

So I don’t know where to start, but I guess my biological dad was an interesting human
He died of a drug overdose about eight years ago.
When I was a kid, he did apparently undercover work for the ATF agency in California.

I can’t give too much away, but I do have his fake IDs, all stories. My brother’s godfather was the either captain or some high-level person and I have the name of that person and his son is still alive and also in the agency.
And I have a news article from one of the undercover drug bus, but essentially I will give a very quick little piece

My dad told me when he was younger he got in trouble. He was really really really good at kinda I guess infiltrating certain groups and so they took him out to like the forest of Sacramento and said hey if you go undercover to universities and help us monitor these communist groups in the 70s I guess maybe it was the 60s I was born in 77 but if you go into these groups and report back to us we won’t get you for these weapon dealings you did and so that let him into a lot of undercover stuff so yes, he was a narc, but we were around bikers are beginning of our life and some pretty dangerous people and I remember many many stories that are crazy

But I want to find out the truth. I want to find out who these people are that really hired him and what kind of documentation they have on him or reports or his file I have fake but they’re real company IDs in the 80s with my dad‘s picture and fake names that he would go undercover to these businesses that are actually like aerospace and military type businesses so someone got him these IDs.

I know this is very vague, but obviously I need to protect some information but no, I cannot just do a random freedom information act my brother already tried that but I guess I could try again but if there’s any information anyone has to the best approach so they actually don’t deny us that would be great. Like, why would they give me the information or why would they hold the information from us and how can I actually like force them to give it to us?

Im a bit bored and have always been intrigued by those 'online detectives' is there a subreddit/community whatever you call them \[ sorry I don't use reddit much \], where you can investigate incidents along side others?

This is probably a long-shot, but around 9:55 a.m. today, I was side-swiped by what I think was a silver Toyota RAV4, just past the HWY55 exit towards the split off between 94E and 394. They were passing me on my left and drifted into my lane. Alas, they did not pull over so I'm left with a scraped car and some blurry dashcam footage.

Unfortunately, the sun creates a pretty harsh glare against my windshield and the reflection of my dash blurs out the license plate even more. This would be my only hope to the State Troopers paying even an ounce of attention to this lol.

Google Drive Link: [Here] - Drive folder includes two short videos of the crash and immediately after, and the zipped file of these videos in case the quality is better. Hopefully I did this correctly - let me know if different file formats are better for this!

for brief context. i was forced to sell my very first car in 2025. literally January first i think. it died on the guy somehow and he sold it to a shop whom i think auctioned it off. i thought it had been crushed since a year went by and it was never titled again....

lo and behold i check the vin on carsforsale and there it is, March 17, 2026. registered and titled in my state still.

i dont need to know bros details. i don't need to know who he is. all i want to know is if its in the general area still or if its like three hours on the other side of my state lol.

the vin: 2HGEJ6614YH525481

last titled: march 17th, 2026

state: south carolina

last known location: gaffney south carolina

please help me find where it might be ish. again i want to reiterate. i have NO INTEREST in finding anything out about the owner, just the general location if possible within the state. if any more info is needed that doesnt delve into personal details i can provide

mainly looking for

Can anyone find archived advertisements or auction records for this VIN?

What public databases cover independent dealer auctions in South Carolina?

Are there ways to trace the car's resale history through public records?

Hey guys, I wanted to see if anybody could maybe give me some advice about a beeping noise that started today in my girlfriend and I’s apartment.

I was out for most of the day, but my girlfriend was home and asked me if I noticed any beeping noises when I left early that morning, which I didn’t. When I got home, I heard the beeping, as it goes off pretty much every 5 minutes. It initally sounded off 3 short beeps, but it switched to 5 maybe an hour or so after I got home in the afternoon.

Of course the first thing we were worried about was the CO detector, but there was no indication (i.e. a flashing light) on the monitor of it being the source of the beeping, and when you stand directly under it and wait for the beep, it sounds like it’s a good 10 feet away. The smoke detector is right next to the CO detector, so it’s the same problem there.

What’s strange is that we can’t seem to pinpoint the exact area of the sound. Every time we’re sure of what direction it’s coming from, we go to that area and wait for the next round of beeps, and it sounds like it’s yards away in another direction. We’ve checked the kitchen appliances, the thermostat, the humidity sensor, the digital lock, and nothing has really been a clear culprit of the beeping.

Please let me know if anyone else has experienced this and has any suggestions of what could be making this noise. If context is any help, we live in a pretty recently built apartment complex with 5 floors and we’re located in a fairly major US city. Let me know if y’all have ideas, because I’m starting to feel like a subject in a psychological torture study.

Update: So, somehow, the mysterious beeping stopped? I checked the batteries on a lot of things like people suggested, but didn’t really find a solution. I went to work for the day, as did my girlfriend. I got home a couple hours after my girlfriend came back and after an hour or so of my coming home, she realized she hadn’t heard the beeping in a second, which made me realize that I hadn’t heard it either. Someone asked if it was possible if it was coming from a neighbor’s apartment, which we had kind of ruled out because of how little sound tends to travel between these walls and because of how clear the high frequencies of the beeping were. But again, the beeping was pretty quiet compared to any smoke/CO detector’s low battery alarm that I’ve heard and it just miraculously stopped without any action on our part, so maybe it could’ve been from the neighbors? I’m not gonna question it, I’m just happy it’s gone.

Sorry for the disappointment, but thanks for all the suggestions!

So for background. Me and my partner, around 30, live in a small apartment complex (circa 6 apartments) in the middle of your typical small town. Europe, very safe area, not a hotspot for drug use or anything, quite the opposite. The analog intercom/ring/doorbell (really not sure of the terminology here, sorry) is very old, something like this .

Yesterday, between 22:00 and 23:30, someone rang our doorbell three times. What happened always was:

1. The person ringing.

2. We pick up the ring phone, asking "Hey, hello! Who's there?"

3. No one says anything on the other side, but keeps ringing.

4. Ringing continues for three or four minutes, continuously, without stopping.

5. Ringing stops.

6. Nothing for 15 - 30 minutes. Then AGAIN.

First time we thought it was an accident. Second time we walked through the hall of the first floor of the apartment complex to look out of the window there, but before we got there the person was gone. All this time we tried communicating through the ring phone, but nothing.

Eventually the third time I immidiately dashed through the hallway while my partner was still asking who is there. I looked out of the window and saw the woman.

I would write it off without this incident, but it just gave me creeps. I leaned over to see properly at the main doorway and suddenly I see a girl, or woman, maybe a bit younger than us, but seemed adult - ish (definitely not a kid playing the "doorbell game" unless the age range for that changed since my time) She was walking away. I yell affer her, very loudly, she had to hear it:

"Hey! Do you need something?"

Nothing. At this point my boyfriend gets there and yells even something like:

"Cmon, stop, we get playing around one time, but this is too much!" to which I yelled, at that point genuiny frightened:

"If you need something from us just tell us!"

But the girl didnt turn around, didn't speed up, didn't even flinch, genuinely ZERO reaction. She just kept, very slowly, very calmly walking through the street until she dissapeared behind the corner.

Now, you might think I am freaking out a little bit, but the last, third ring was what was IT for me. I get teens playing around, but the woman didn't even move slower or faster. I immidiately thought "drunk" so even if I saw her from just from behind I immidiately looked for any sign of like, wobblines, but no. It was like it was a very measured, deliberate pace.

We have paper thin walls so if there would be other apartment ringbells ringing we would've known. So it was just us. I asked my neighbor today, just to ve sure, who said she had no one ring her, but suggested that because this is a really old building, maybe the person tried to ring someone else and there was a short circuit and it connected them to our apartment by accident. Its true those are old doorbells.

But do you think that is a plausible explanation?

There is one more thing but really it just makes this even weirder and I don't wanna seem like I am reaching. Several weeks ago, I woke up my partner in the middle of the night at like 1am, claiming I heard a dorbell and it woke me up. My partner said he heard no ringing, we agreed it was probably in my dreams, and we both went to sleep. If that's true, that means there was one more strange ringbell incident in our apartment complex and I am wondering if this is more "ask the landlord for a new doorbell system and stop freaking out" kind of issue or should I start, like, asking around if anyone has similar experiences and try to actually look into it deeper? I don't wanna freak out for no reason, I tend to be a little bit like that. I tried asking AI, where at some point it claimed it's likely the ringbell really short circuited, but then some sources say there is a very low probability of that happening, but hard to say without me understanding how those ringbells really work.

End even if, like, why would anyone even behave that way towards someones apartment anyway, even if she wasn't ringing us? I think the answer is "kids" or "tweakers" but it just, he whole situation in general made me so anxious I need some reassurance it's really JUST shorted doorbell or tweakers or kids.

Without giving away any context of why I need this, I need help to figure out what this portion of a blurry picture of a barcode is, whether that be numbers/letters. I have a picture of the partial barcode here https://imgur.com/CBErrgy

I'm honestly not even sure if this actually is a barcode, but I'm fairly certain it is.

Hello. I am hoping someone could help me. This was taken at a bar at night. I am trying to decipher what sport or event this image is from. I know its likely impossible to get the actual broadcast, but just the sport would be very helpful. Date unknown but likely 2026. There is no useful metadata. https://imgur.com/a/ZQIBUUT

Update: Since so many people are curious about why I'm investigating. Depending on what event this is I will know if I am being cheated on by my partner.