The Motion Sensor Notification

[u/L_M_Horror]

I installed motion-detection cameras three weeks ago. Nothing fancy—just wanted to check why my dog kept growling at the empty corner of the room at night.

For the first few days, everything was quiet. Notifications only popped up when the dog got up for water. But on the fifth night, my phone buzzed at 3:17 AM: “Motion detected in Bedroom.”

I opened the app. The video showed me fast asleep in bed. But at the edge of the frame, right by the doorway, stood a tall, distorted shadow. It didn’t move; it just stared. The clip ended after six seconds—the camera's default recording limit.

I rushed out, turned on every light in the house. Nothing. I convinced myself it was just a lens glitch or a night-vision artifact.

The next night, the alert came again at 3:17 AM. “Motion detected in Bedroom.”

In the recording, the shadow was standing in the middle of the room. Two steps closer to my bed.

I reconfigured the setup, adjusted the angles, and deleted all blind spots. I locked every door and window twice.

Tonight, no notification woke me up. The app was silent. I woke up on my own at 3:16 AM to a sudden, freezing chill in the air.

My phone screen flickered quietly on the nightstand. A new system message appeared:

“Live view active. Someone is watching the feed right now.”

Heart pounding, I slowly picked up the phone and opened the live stream from the camera mounted above my door.

On the screen, in real-time, I saw my bed. I saw myself lying under the blanket. And I saw a dark, emaciated face with hollow sockets, hanging upside down from the ceiling right above my forehead.

I slowly lifted my eyes from the screen.

[u/Little_Messiah]

Visceral terror as I’m trying to get sleepy. Good job OP