There’s no shortage of bizarre headlines that start with “Florida man,” but this one might just give you the creeps for real. In a video that has the internet feeling like they’re watching a horror film, a young woman shared terrifying footage from her Ring camera showing a man in her apartment building holding a knife and using it to repeatedly stab her camera in what looked like a completely unprovoked act of rage.
Yeah, it sounds like something out of a scary movie, but it actually happened. The Florida man, who seemed eerily calm, approached the door, stood silently for a few seconds, then raised his hand and started jabbing the knife into the camera. You can even hear the disturbing sound of the blade hitting the lens over and over again in the video posted to Reddit.
To make matters worse, this guy wasn’t just a random passerby. According to the Ring camera owner, he had been seen around the property before. “I’ve seen him walk by our camera many times before and he’s always walking back and forth by our door,” she wrote in the video’s caption. So this wasn’t just some one-off incident. It looks like this guy had been lurking around for a while, which makes it even more terrifying.
Florida Man Wields Knife In Horror-Inducing Video
If that’s not enough to make you want to double-check your locks tonight, here’s another chilling detail: After stabbing one Ring camera, he apparently moved on to another one down the hall and did the same thing. It’s like he was going door to door, lashing out at security cameras, and who knows what his next move would’ve been if someone had actually opened the door.
Naturally, people online were shook. The comment section was flooded with reactions from horrified viewers. One person summed it up perfectly, writing, “Get the news to report on it.” Others encouraged the woman to contact her apartment management or even buy a gun or other weapon to protect herself. “Florida man has crazy eyes,” a third person wrote.
The woman did file a police report, but the response she got was pretty underwhelming. According to her, the police basically told her to “stay safe.” That’s it. No updates. No follow-up. Just a well-meaning but ultimately useless reminder to be careful while a knife-wielding maniac wanders around your building.
The Police Were No Help
She also said that another neighbor had already filed a report about the same guy. That means this isn’t an isolated event. He’s been spotted by multiple residents, and still, no real action has been taken.
Honestly, this whole situation is unnerving. Cameras are supposed to help keep us safe, but in this case, the footage just revealed how little protection some people actually have. Let’s hope the video reaches the right hands and the guy is caught before things escalate even further.
Until then, if you live in Florida—or anywhere, really—it might be time to check your own cameras and make sure your doors are locked. You never know who might be lurking around.
Emma Taylor 
