‘Not only one or two, but four’: Michigan man throws a blue tarp over his fence after spotting his neighbor’s cameras lit up at night

A neighbor feud in Bay City, Michigan, has reportedly been playing out online for months. A man there recently installed a large blue tarp over his fence to block his neighbor from watching his property. The move comes after he discovered four cameras mounted by his neighbor, Sharon, which he claims point directly at his back door, according to The Nerd Stash.

Austin, who shares updates about the feud under the name @mycrazyneighborandi, captured the scene in a TikTok video. The neighbor’s cameras are reportedly pan-and-tilt models, which may let them move and track movement. Austin said he noticed them active during the night.

“Not only one or two, but four. And last night, I came outside, and they were all lit up, watching us facing my back door,” Austin said. He says he put up the tarp to block their view of his backyard.

He says the cameras are watching the front of his house too

Austin posted a follow-up video that appears to show the surveillance extending to the front of the house as well. “And if you can’t tell, they’re directly facing my house. It’s weird. It’s really, really weird,” Austin said.

The tension between the two neighbors has reportedly been building for months. Austin has posted several videos about the feud, some showing police officers speaking with both parties. The exact starting point is difficult to pin down, as the videos stretch back so far, but the main issue seems to involve Sharon’s dog.

Austin claims the dog harassed him and barked aggressively, which he says started the back-and-forth. However, Sharon’s side of the dispute has not been shown, as the videos come from Austin’s accounts. Her account of how the feud began could look very different.

The feud reportedly appeared to settle in early October, around the time a privacy fence went up between the two properties. The cameras suggest any truce may not have held, as the dispute now seems to have flared up again on both sides of the fence.

Neighbor disputes have escalated much further in other cases, including a protracted legal battle between neighbors involving one mother. Austin has not indicated whether he plans to take legal action over the cameras.

Viewers appear split on who is in the wrong. Some commenters called the neighbor’s cameras a clear breach of privacy, with one suggesting Austin “just point a laser at the camera.” However, others accused Austin of harassing Sharon, and one argued that “it’s not crazy to have cameras.”

Fights over home security cameras have turned physical in other viral videos. In one case, a woman ripped a camera off her neighbor’s house while being filmed. Austin’s tarp may block the view of his backyard for now, though the cameras on Sharon’s side of the fence reportedly remain in place and pointed his way.