Bodycam footage shows officer exploring basement before jump scare
By: United Kingdom - At first glance, this video could pass for a scene from a found-footage horror film, with a tense buildup and a textbook jump scare.
But the chilling clip isn’t from Hollywood, it is real bodycam footage of a Met Police officer sweeping through a dark basement during a shift.
The video was shared by the Met Police, accompanied by the Stranger Things theme tune.
Officers saw a suspect entering the property and when they carried out a search of the address, they uncovered a basement.
The video shows the officer, with a torch, entering a bathroom where the shower curtain is creepily pulled around the bath.
In true Blair Witch fashion, the officer lets out a bloodcurdling scream as he pulls back the shower curtain, revealing a figure standing in the bathtub.
Turns out the motionless figure was not a ghost or evil spirit, instead it was a convicted drug dealer breaching a court order.
The officer is heard saying: ‘Jesus Christ! Right, come out here, you’re under arrest.’
Once outside of the property and the arrested person’s rights are read, the officer admitted they ‘gave me the fright of my life, I can’t lie.’