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The NYPD is joining Ring’s neighborhood watch app amid privacy and racial profiling concerns
One of the most recognizable police forces is joining Ring’s Neighbors app. The New York Police Department has announced that it will participate in Ring’s neighborhood watch tool. Officers won’t look for posts “around the clock,” but they will respond to users’ crime and safety concerns, post notices and ask for help with “active police matters.”
The move potentially gives the NYPD another way to interact with the community. It may also obtain footage of criminal activity that it wouldn’t otherwise have, with maps and timelines that could help pinpoint crime sprees and trends.
There’s already opposition to the NYPD’s participation, however. The New York-based Surveillance Technology Oversight Project (STOP) is concerned support for Neighbors will lead to more police violence, racial profiling and vigilantes. The technology “isn’t keeping people safe” and even puts people in danger, Executive Director Albert Fox Cahn claims. He cites an incident in October where a father and son shot at a woman in response to a Ring doorbell notification. The woman delivered a package sent to the wrong address.
Ring has previously stressed that device users aren’t required to share footage, and it has addressed some worries about enabling police surveillance by requiring public, narrowly focused requests within 12 hours of incidents. There are still fears Ring cameras and doorbells are collecting footage of innocent passers-by, though, and that Neighbors users may be racially biased when reporting suspicious behavior. The company has also grappled with a number of security flaws, including a bug that exposed precise locations.
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Google Maps Will Now “Vibe Check” Your Destination’s Neighborhood For You
While Amazon held its massive device showcase today, Google announced several new search features, including security updates. You can read about how Google will help you take sensitive information off its search engine here. But if you’re curious about some of the new, more UI-focused features coming to your…
The next time you go out, Google Maps will give you the “neighborhood vibe”
‘Glimmer Man’ Follows Mischievous Teens in Michigan Neighborhood
A teen in Lake Orion, Michigan is with a group of kids playing ding-dong-ditch in a residential area. After one of the episodes, the teen and a friend are aware of a translucent human-like figure following them.
The following account was forwarded to me:
“I was 13 years old in Lake Orion, Michigan, visiting my mom’s friends and their kids for the fourth of July weekend. I and a friend and their kids were roaming around the city area late at night. We ended up walking down some residential roads, it was really quiet and dead out, probably around 2 am, with no cars driving around. Just that really calm peaceful time at night when hooligans can run wild. Some of the kids wanted to ding-dong-ditch some houses, and I was kind of a straight-edged kid, so I went along with it even though it made me nervous.
We had ding-dong-ditched probably 5 houses at that point, and the kids started pressuring me to do it. That it was my turn, don’t be such a p*ssy type of stuff. So, they directed me to ring the doorbell of the house we were standing in front of. It was a smaller white house, square-shaped, with some metal fencing around the back for the owner’s dogs. I walked up and there was no doorbell, so I walked back. They told me to “just knock then!” So, as someone who didn’t want to kill the fun, I went back and knocked to find they had already taken off running.
I ran after them, and I don’t know if I believe what they were saying, but even my friend said they saw it. Apparently, there was a face in the window the first time I went up, and the house is notoriously haunted. I was a little spooked, and out of breath, we must have run half a mile.
I looked behind me to see if there was anything scary following us and I saw this figure that I have always described as looking made out of water. A humanoid figure is translucent, which makes the background behind them wavy and has a defined outline. I figured my mind was playing tricks on me and just kept walking joking around with the others, looking back every so often. It was following us, and I could see it under the streetlamps occasionally. The leader kid, that wanted to ding-dong-ditch houses, looked to see what I was looking at and exclaimed to his friend, “Do you see that?” and took off running. My friend looked back and took off running, and I was again left running after them. We ran all the way back to his house, probably three miles. No sign of it behind us anymore, but I have never been so shaken or scared in my entire life. I was inconsolable.
I was scared for a while. I would see it again and find out it had been following me the entire time. It’s been over 10 years now, and I’ve never seen anything like that again, and I’ve never been able to find anything like it searching for hours on the internet, until recently.” SS
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Have you had a sighting of a winged humanoid or huge bat-like creature in the Chicago, Illinois metro area / Lake Michigan region? The entity has also been referred to as the ‘Chicago Mothman’, ‘Chicago Owlman’ & ‘O’Hare Mothman.’ – Chicago / Lake Michigan Winged Humanoid Regional Interactive Map – Please feel free to contact me at lonstrickler@phantomsandmonsters.com – your anonymity is guaranteed. Our investigative group is conducting a serious examination of his phenomenon. We are merely seeking the truth and wish to determine what eyewitnesses have been encountering. Your cooperation is truly appreciated.
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Large White-Winged Creature (Possible Pterosaur) Observed Flying Over Crown Point, Indiana Neighborhood
A Crown Point, Indiana woman hears loud flapping sounds outside of her garage. When she stepped out to look she caught a glimpse of a large white-winged creature, possibly a Pterosaur.
I received the following account today:
“I live in northwest Indiana, Crown Point to be specific, about 30-45 minutes away from Chicago. At around 8:30 pm on September 17, 2022, I was standing at the front of my garage while talking to my mom, dad, and uncle. I kept hearing this flapping noise but didn’t feel too alerted by it until it started getting louder and faster sounding. I actually thought it was our flag out front which is a decently big-sized flag, that’s what it sounded like, but I realized my mom had taken it down.
That’s when I stepped outside of the garage to see what it was. It was across the street, above my neighbor’s garage, and it looked just as long as this two-car garage. I saw it for a split second, it clearly was flying fast and didn’t want to be seen but it was LOUD. I also conveniently live across from a forest.
I told my family and they laughed it off, saying it must have been a pterodactyl LOL. I did notice it looked all white or at least the wings that I saw definitely were. I have also seen owls around here, it was not that though. It was very big. I have been researching what I can since I saw it and a Reddit search led me to you.
I’m very curious but too scared to venture into the forest alone as a 27-year-old woman. This isn’t the first time I’ve seen weird things in the sky. I saw a UFO two times in my life thankfully with other sober people. But God…this is like nothing I’ve ever seen before. And although I’m sure it wasn’t a prehistoric dinosaur, it probably was close to being as big as one. I really wish I had stepped out earlier to see it actually flying past my house, but from what I was lucky enough to see, it looks very similar to the picture you have on your site (Pterosaur) where I decided to email you after my heart sank seeing how similar it looked to it.
Please don’t hesitate to reach out. My parents are actually going to be putting up cameras soon because of general safety reasons, but I’m very excited to possibly catch that on camera in the future. I’ll definitely keep you updated. S
NOTE: Pterosaur-like creature sightings are well-known in the upper Midwest, in particular throughout Indiana and Illinois. Lon
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Have you had a sighting of a winged humanoid or huge bat-like creature in the Chicago, Illinois metro area / Lake Michigan region? The entity has also been referred to as the ‘Chicago Mothman’, ‘Chicago Owlman’ & ‘O’Hare Mothman.’ – Chicago / Lake Michigan Winged Humanoid Regional Interactive Map – Please feel free to contact me at lonstrickler@phantomsandmonsters.com – your anonymity is guaranteed. Our investigative group is conducting a serious examination of his phenomenon. We are merely seeking the truth and wish to determine what eyewitnesses have been encountering. Your cooperation is truly appreciated.
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‘Winged Gargoyle Humanoid’ Encountered in Itasca, Illinois Neighborhood
An Itasca, Illinois resident details his encounter with a Gargoyle-like winged humanoid in his neighborhood in August 2020. The description is very similar to others we have received in the Chicagoland region.
I originally received the following account:
“I have an experience I would like to tell you about. I did not know this site existed and I was telling my brothers about it a few weeks ago at my son’s birthday party (they were laughing at me). I live in Itasca, Illinois and 2 years ago in August 2020 I went out at about 9pm at night and was putting something in my car. About 50-75 yards away I saw something land in the street. It looked like it was crouching and it looked the size of a coyote or maybe bigger sitting in an upright position. It was too big to be an owl but kind of looked like a bat/owl-looking creature. Like a gargoyle with little horns on its head. I was focusing on it for about a minute and kept asking myself, “What the hell is that?”
In a sudden burst with its wings, it kind of hopped up and exploded out of a crouching stance with a thunderous stroke of its wings and disappeared into the trees. I yelped and stepped back a bit as I could not believe my eyes. It looked like a 5-foot black bat/animal thing jumping/flying into the trees.
I have been reading about other sightings in the area and my sighting matches what others have seen. I got a good look at that creepy thing but I do not believe that it observed me because I was watching it quietly.” MM
I later talked to the witness ‘MM’:
MM states that he was quite surprised when he noticed the creature. I was crouched under a fairly bright streetlight and about 50 yards in front of him in his neighborhood (in the vicinity of Bryn Mawr and Elm Street in Itasca). This location is approximately 2 miles west of O’Hare International Airport. As he watched, it was apparent that it had bat-like wings and that the face was similar to a Gargoyle’s depiction with small horns on its head. The coloring was grey to black. There was no eye color recognized.
When it suddenly rose up from its crouched position, MM states that it stood 5-6 feet in height and that the body was somewhat emaciated, but defined. The arms were attached to the wide wings that spanned far off the body. It was definitely a humanoid form.
He used the word ‘explode’ to describe the sudden burst of energy when it took flight after just one flap of the powerful wings. The sound of the wings and ascent burst like thunder. It quickly flew into the tree and disappeared.
The witness is very articulate and seemingly forthright. He is still affected by this encounter 2 years later. He expressed how surprised he was when he found the interactive map detailing the Phantoms & Monsters Fortean Research extensive investigation of this phenomenon. Lon
Have you had a sighting of a winged humanoid or huge bat-like creature in the Chicago, Illinois metro area / Lake Michigan region? The entity has also been referred to as the ‘Chicago Mothman’, ‘Chicago Owlman’ & ‘O’Hare Mothman.’ – Chicago / Lake Michigan Winged Humanoid Regional Interactive Map – Please feel free to contact me at lonstrickler@phantomsandmonsters.com – your anonymity is guaranteed. Our investigative group is conducting a serious examination of his phenomenon. We are merely seeking the truth and wish to determine what eyewitnesses have been encountering. Your cooperation is truly appreciated.
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Have you had a sighting of a winged humanoid or huge bat-like creature in the Chicago, Illinois metro area / Lake Michigan region? The entity has also been referred to as the ‘Chicago Mothman’, ‘Chicago Owlman’ & ‘O’Hare Mothman.’ – Chicago / Lake Michigan Winged Humanoid Regional Interactive Map – Please feel free to contact me at lonstrickler@phantomsandmonsters.com – your anonymity is guaranteed. Our investigative group is conducting a serious examination of his phenomenon. We are merely seeking the truth and wish to determine what eyewitnesses have been encountering. Your cooperation is truly appreciated.
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TODAY’S TOP LINKS
SHOCKING ‘WHITE-EYED HUMANOID’ / PTEROSAUR ENCOUNTER / FAIRY – Lon Strickler (Host)
PHANTOMS & MONSTERS RADIO Podcasts on Anchor
PHANTOMS & MONSTERS RADIO Podcasts on Spotify
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