- The camera appeared to be pointed at a specific house in California.
- The apparent target, James Dimapasok, said his family was terrified.
A California family was left terrified after a hidden camera disguised as a rock was discovered pointing at their home.
The device, hidden in the dirt next to a sidewalk, was found by the apparent target’s neighbor, James Dimapasok, who said he and his family are baffled as to why anyone would want to record them.
“I was afraid,” he said. KTLA. “My wife was crying.”
After reporting the camera to the police, Dimapasok discovered he could download the camera’s video and caught a glimpse of the perpetrator.
This is the suspect seen placing a hidden camera directed at the home of a California family
The camera was hidden in the ground and designed to look like a rock, and was supported by a power bank so it could operate without a cable.
The apparent target, James Dimapasok, said his family was left terrified and confused after their neighbor discovered the hidden camera.
Footage downloaded from the camera showed the suspect shaking dirt to hide the camera, wearing gardening gloves, a blue shirt and a bicycle helmet.
The perpetrator rode a scooter to and from the scene, which Dimapasok feared had been purposely placed outside his home, possibly to detect a robbery.
“It was a clay-covered chamber that looked like a rock, so it was very precise,” he said.
The resident added that he discovered that it was powered by a wireless power bank, meaning the camera had to remain there for some time.
Police told Dimapasok that the camera was transmitting from local cell phone towers and was potentially being used as a live feed of the neighborhood.
In searching for the perpetrator, Dimapasok also checked his Ring doorbell camera, which captured another angle of the planted camera, but it was too far away for a clearer description.
When asked why anyone would want to film his street, Dimapasok said he didn’t know anything.
“I don’t know,” he said. ‘I really do not know.’
The camera was pointed directly at Dimapasok’s home, raising fears that it was being used to inspect his home.
Dimapasok’s Ring doorbell camera captured another angle of the camera being placed, but it was too far away for a clearer description of the suspect.
Neighbor Julissa Castillo raised another chilling theory, as she noted that the street is commonly used by children walking to school and could be used to “keep an eye on a particular child.”
Her neighbor, Julissa Castillo, raised another chilling theory, noting that the street is commonly used by children walking to school.
“A lot of them do, especially on that street,” he said. “I’m almost worried that maybe they’re watching a particular child.”
Dimapasok said he is beefing up his home security system while the case remains under investigation by the San Bernardino Sheriff’s Department.
In a message to the suspect, he said: “I don’t have any money… So whatever you do, whether it’s money or whatever, I don’t have anything and I don’t know why you’re doing it.” Only for.’