{"id":84871,"date":"2023-11-15T23:25:46","date_gmt":"2023-11-15T23:25:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mylifestylemax.com\/?p=84871"},"modified":"2023-11-15T23:25:46","modified_gmt":"2023-11-15T23:25:46","slug":"woman-urges-people-to-keep-lights-off-when-they-arrive-home","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mylifestylemax.com\/lifestyle\/woman-urges-people-to-keep-lights-off-when-they-arrive-home\/","title":{"rendered":"Woman urges people to keep lights off when they arrive home"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Woman, 25, issues terrifying warning to ladies who live alone urging them to keep their lights OFF when they get back to their homes &#8211; after making a chilling discovery on her doorbell camera<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Mary Alice, 25, issued the warning after noticing a man outside her apartment\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><span>She suggests people don&#8217;t\u00a0turn on their lights when first entering their homes<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span>The Chicago musician says this tactic helps if someone is watching you<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>A woman is warning people who live alone not to turn their lights on as soon as they get home, claiming it can potentially be unsafe.<\/p>\n<p>Chicago\u00a0musician Mary Alice posted a now-viral video to TikTok, detailing an incident which left her feeling deeply unsettled and unsafe.<\/p>\n<p>In the minute-and-a-half video, the 25-year-old explained why you shouldn&#8217;t turn your lights on immediately after entering your house based on her own terrifying experience.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Especially if people can see the windows of your apartment from the street,&#8217; Mary explained in her TikTok. &#8216;Because if someone&#8217;s following you home, they&#8217;re gonna know what apartment you live in.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/15\/00\/77754587-12744697-Chicago_musician_Mary_Alice_posted_a_video_to_TikTok_detailing_a-a-1_1700009957019.jpg\" height=\"680\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Chicago musician Mary Alice posted a video to TikTok, detailing an incident where a man was loitering outside her apartment, which left her deeply unsettled<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/15\/00\/77755505-12744697-After_noticing_the_man_watching_her_Mary_suggested_that_you_didn-a-2_1700009957125.jpg\" height=\"711\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>After noticing the man watching her, Mary suggested that you didn&#8217;t turn lights on inside the apartment unless you&#8217;re sure no one was watching<\/p>\n<p>Mary then went on to describe an incident that had occurred earlier that evening, saying she had noticed a man getting things out of his car inside her apartment complex when she was getting out of hers.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;I&#8217;d never seen him before this morning when he was in my apartment complex area,&#8217; she explained in a video she filmed her bathroom.\u00a0<span>&#8216;He just gave me bad vibes.&#8217;<\/span><\/p>\n<p>After she got home in the evening, she said the man approached\u00a0her and tried to strike up a conversation with her about a broken headlight on her car.<\/p>\n<p><span>&#8216;[I said], &#8220;Oh, yeah,\u00a0<\/span>I know. I just have to get around to it. Whatever,&#8221;&#8216; she said dismissively.<\/p>\n<p>After getting inside her apartment, Mary didn&#8217;t turn on her lights right away, instead checking her Ring camera to see if he was around.<\/p>\n<p>To be horror, she saw him\u00a0standing in the street right outside her building and staring at it, estimating he stayed there for about five minutes.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;I mean, like, halfway through, he left the empty parking spot and hid behind a car, but he waited to see,&#8217; she continued.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><span>&#8216;So now he knows what car I drive and where I live.&#8217;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/15\/00\/77754549-12744697-Mary_recalled_checking_her_Ring_camera_to_see_if_he_was_around_a-a-5_1700009957178.jpg\" height=\"684\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Mary recalled checking her Ring camera to see if he was around after getting inside her apartment<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/15\/00\/77754537-12744697-image-a-4_1700009957163.jpg\" height=\"100\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/15\/00\/77754557-12744697-image-a-6_1700009957586.jpg\" height=\"134\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/15\/00\/77754543-12744697-TikTok_users_were_terrified_by_her_story_with_many_leaving_sugge-a-3_1700009957153.jpg\" height=\"122\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>TikTok users were terrified by her story, with many leaving suggestions for the young woman<\/p>\n<p>im so tired of feeling like prey !! my lights are only on in my bathroom now becauase its the only room i have with no windows #creepy #creepystory #womensafety #womensafetytips #storytime #scarystory #stalker #menarescary #apartmentsafety <\/p>\n<p><span>Mary concluded the chilling video with: &#8216;<\/span>So don&#8217;t turn your lights on.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>In the caption, Mary said she was &#8216;so tired of feeling like prey.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;My lights are only on in my bathroom now because it&#8217;s the only room I have with no windows,&#8217; she added.<\/p>\n<p>More than 20,000 people left comments on Mary&#8217;s TikTok warning, some with suggestions as to how she could feel more safe.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Wow never thought about this,&#8217; one user responded. &#8216;Getting blackout curtains for the side of your apartment where it&#8217;s visible from the street is also a good idea!&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Get a light timer. Then they\u2019ll think your apartment is active 24\/7 or leave your lights on,&#8217; one TikTok user suggested.<\/p>\n<p>Another responded, saying the scenario was a &#8216;new fear unlocked.&#8217;\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;I&#8217;m sorry girlie stay safe,&#8217; they said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Amazing advice, that I guarantee so many don&#8217;t think about,&#8217; someone else gushed. &#8216;I didn\u2019t until you said something! Thank you!&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/femail\/article-12744697\/Woman-shares-terrifying-warning-leave-light-on.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Woman, 25, issues terrifying warning to ladies who live alone urging them to keep their lights OFF when they get<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":84870,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-84871","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-lifestyle"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v24.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Woman urges people to keep lights off when they arrive home - My LifeStyle Max<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/mylifestylemax.com\/lifestyle\/woman-urges-people-to-keep-lights-off-when-they-arrive-home\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Woman urges people to keep lights off when they arrive home - 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