ULPT Request - I want to prank someone by leaving an apple on their car randomly over a period of years without ever been seen on camera .. how can I do this?
Posted by Hot_Baker4215@reddit | UnethicalLifeProTips | View on Reddit | 128 comments
Not going to go into the why, except to say that leaving an apple on his car will bother him intensely.. especially if he has no idea who's doing it.
Think of it as an Abstract prank
I plan on doing this for months or even years.. to torture him with bewilderment..different colored apples.. sometimes I'll cut holes in them and put messages in the holes, but they wont make any sense.
BUT I know he's the kind of guy that will probably put cameras in his car so that he can find out who is responsible..
How can I defeat the cameras without being seen?
I had the thought of using a drone and having it dropped onto the car .. or somehow otherwise lowering it onto the tree using a pole or hiring random people to do it. but I feel like that's just going to create needless questions, involving other people...
I also considered using one of those RC Blimps and just kind of silently and gracefully delivering it.
VixenTraffic@reddit
Easy. Buy two apples. Use one for the person you want to prank, and give the other to the person who delivers the prank apple.
The delivery person should never be the same person twice. It can be a homeless person, a kid walking home from school, a server at a nearby restaurant, someone random off Craigslist.
Surprisingly, People like helping others. And people LOVE getting something for free. Even something as small as an apple.
If it doesn’t work, offer a few bucks. Then it will definitely work.
Hot_Baker4215@reddit (OP)
just sounds like a lot of "people management/recruitment" work
VixenTraffic@reddit
It depends on the number of people in his neighborhood. The street I live on always has people walking by.
Just today (trash pickup day) as I was leaving for work a homeless guy was walking by looking through bins for recyclables, so I asked him if he wanted mine, which I keep in my house (to keep people from digging through my trash and making a mess.)
He was very grateful and waited patiently at the end of my driveway.
He asked if I had kids, offered me a stuffed animal, ands opened a small box he was carrying to show me about a dozen of them.
Since I’m nearing 60,of course I don’t have little kids, and I don’t even want to think about how he acquired these, so I thanked him and gave him my cans & bottles.
I know I could have asked him for a small favor and he would have done it. There are hundreds of unemployed and unhoused people in my neighborhood that would greatly appreciate an opportunity to earn a few bucks, or something to eat.
Johnny_Poppyseed@reddit
Wear a different Halloween mask every time you do it.
2020two13@reddit
And this week is aa great time to stock up on Halloween clearance priced masks , wigs & costumes
VixenTraffic@reddit
I’ve already picked up a dozen just off my local buy nothing group.
IOwnTheShortBus@reddit
Also bodysuits so the victim doesn't get a read on body type. Fat suits, strong suits, etc.
Bonus points if you wear a suit and act like you're speaking into a mic after the fact.
shitti_sherlock@reddit
Is this a coworker? If it’s a neighbor or friend they will likely start parking their car in their garage. Is there any more context to who and where?
VixenTraffic@reddit
If they park in their garage at night, just apple it during the day.
mycatsnameislarry@reddit
If you are doing this at night. Wear a baseball hat and put led lights in the holes on the top. It will flood the cameras and you will ha e a glowing halo over you. Won't be able to make anything out.
HaldenNic@reddit
Specifically UV LEDs
macedonym@reddit
No. Infrared.
HaldenNic@reddit
You are correct, I misspoke. I've used these before to evade cameras. I stand corrected
issacoin@reddit
i watched this episode the other day
HaldenNic@reddit
Episode of what? I'm always down for crime shows and documentaries
issacoin@reddit
the show that your username refers to lol don’t play with me!
HaldenNic@reddit
Ok
HaldenNic@reddit
Okay I googled Steve tabernacle, I get it. I thought maybe you were referring to like a true crime type show or something.
macedonym@reddit
You've used them before? That's pretty cool. In anger? Got a story for us
HaldenNic@reddit
IR (previously misspoke and said UV) flashlights can be used to blind security cameras. Allegedly and hypothetically could have done this to get past a security gate before. In a total legal use, you can use your phone camera in the dark to find possible hidden surveillance cameras, I scanning the room with the camera. Also you can point your phone camera at a remote control and hit the button to test the battery on a TV remote. If the battery is working you can see the IR light through your phone camera, if it batteries dead you will not.
Beginning_Reveal_817@reddit
Oh yes! Do this. If he can’t go by it’s it out he might think you’re an alien.
PremDikshit@reddit
Problem with drone drops is they are likely to roll off the car. But you could coat the the apple with bubble gum, or sticky caulk. That would help.
I respect your thinking about not involving other people.
You could tape some super magnets to an apple, then throw it at his car. That way you could avoid getting too close. But it'd probable scratch the car. How far are you willing to go?
Wear all black, plus black stocking mask, when approaching his car.
yeaguy1time@reddit
Shouldn’t roll off if you put it in the little divot for the windshield wipers
PremDikshit@reddit
easy to say. hard to do.
SiegelOverBay@reddit
Coat the magnets in something that will prevent scratches, then superglue them to the apple. Maybe glue felt pads to the "car" side of the magnets? Use the strongest magnets you can buy, but still test magnet effectiveness prior to deployment as any barrier lowers the magnetic strength.
year_39@reddit
Won't scratch, but still might dent if thrown.
SiegelOverBay@reddit
Use strong enough magnets so the dent will be pulled out when the target removes the apple? Or throw a suction cup dildo as well as the apple, so the target can pull out the dents themselves?
ZanzaBarBQ@reddit
Wear felony shoes with the above outfit so your shoes light up as you run.
ptgauth@reddit
For the first few times, you could just mask up, wear sunglasses, hat and hoodie or something. I imagine this person wouldn't put a camera in until after the third time when they know this is becoming a regular thing, right?
I have a feeling the drone or other similar methods would not be very efficient.
After that you have two options that I think would be the easiest as I have a feeling the drone or other similar methods would not be efficient.
1: get an assortment of wigs and always wear a mask with different clothes or 2: get your friends or pay random strangers to do it.
If 2 and using strangers just tell them your friend hates apples and it's a funny prank you do so you don't have to explain any more than that.
Conscious-Parfait826@reddit
They literally want an apple on the car without letting the other person know. Fishing pole. Damn it! How do you get the apple off the hook!
well_this_is_dumb@reddit
Is there string that dissolves? Tie it around the apple, lower it, add water.
Thingamajiggles@reddit
or just dress like a giant apple. There are probably some cheap costumes now that halloween's over.
Udntknowmebutiknowu@reddit
This also, homeless do a lot of a little
carinislumpyhead97@reddit
Final step get Twiddle to do it while they play “Apples”
You better like apples man
AlreadyTiredOfShit@reddit
Unabomber strategy.
Conscious-Parfait826@reddit
Fishing pole. End thread.
Hot_Baker4215@reddit (OP)
Out of a the sunroof of a car with tinted windows. Yup this is the way
Conscious-Parfait826@reddit
I've put way much thought into this but I'm committed. It needs to be more of a spike instead of a fishing hook cause otherwise your going to yank the apple back and you want to leave no evidence other than the apple.
No-Leadership8906@reddit
Just ask other people to do it for you every time
Ghrrum@reddit
Best solution is to break any camera recording with a high output UV or IR lights. The IR lights are not visible to human eyes and will fuck up most cameras.
Now, I want to point you there is nothing stopping you from working the abstract in further.
A 3 piece suit with white gloves and a full head LED mask will go pretty far to keeping your identity unknown. Leaning into the costuming will also make it strange, after all, what would Donnie Darko be without the rabbit suit?
I recommend the suit for social engineering purposes as well. A person in a suit is not normally an immediate suspect of anything. Full head LED masks are reasonably compact and quickly removed or worn.
As an added bonus, it also allows others to join in if they can create the same outfit.
Do with this what you will.
notheebie@reddit
This is easy because it causes no damage. Pay drunks to do it. They’ll think it’s funny and get a free beer out of it.
Hot_Baker4215@reddit (OP)
I don't want to involve anyone else.
Clownheadwhale@reddit
Zentai suit that covers the face.
IOwnTheShortBus@reddit
I'll help you if you're in Texas. Yes, I know you can drive for 14 hours and still be in Texas. Distance doesn't matter to me, I will help with this.
Relative_Ad9477@reddit
If you live in Virginia - I am available.
Ok_Kale_3160@reddit
Train a dog to place the apple
actingidiot@reddit
Put the sticker from the apple over the camera lens
year_39@reddit
Those blimps have trouble in a well air conditioned building, outdoors would have to be perfectly still.
What you need is a lenticular sheet "invisibility cloak"
Kiefy-McReefer@reddit
Comically large sombrero to cover your face
TedW@reddit
The easiest way, of course, is to quit your job and become a crane operator. Take jobs near their car, and use the crane with a piece of fishing line, to lower apples onto their car from several hundred feet overhead.
If becoming a crane operator is impractical, you can accomplish the same feat at much greater cost, by using military drones.
If becoming a military drone operator is impractical, you can use a hobby-grade drone for like $1k.
Honestly, now that I think about it, I should have led with the third option.
Hot_Baker4215@reddit (OP)
What if my job is already "Crane Operator"? what then?
TedW@reddit
Then I meant the other type of crane operation.
If you operate construction cranes AND perform surgery on birds, I should be asking YOU what to do.
Hot_Baker4215@reddit (OP)
I think I'm going to try a multi-pronged approach..
An RC vehicle with a crane function on top to place the apple and then leave out of sight..
I may also solicit collaborators who can help me track his vehicle as he goes about .. leaving the apples as he goes. I may also build a surveillance network of contacts throughout the region to notify me of sightings when he moves around the area.. go to pay for gas? Boom apple.. Mall trip? apple.. drive to work but park in a different parking lot to confuse me? .. nope we got you. apple.
webtin-Mizkir-8quzme@reddit
Remind me! 6 months
Abject-Temperature31@reddit
Bright UV torch to 'blind' camera? (Not an expert so please correct me if this is not a good idea)
HumanHousekat@reddit
a drone sounds like the best idea this far, please update us on this. this is genuinely hilarious and I look forward to hearing more.
DraftPerfect4228@reddit
Post on fiverr?
Fluid_Ask2636@reddit
Doesn't matter what you do - if there is a camera, it's easy to scroll back and see what happened.
climbamtn1@reddit
My cameras are solar and back up to cloud and SD card so UV light at night is best option. Or just get oversized robe like Star wars/death costume robe so no features are actually visable
Fluid_Ask2636@reddit
Newer cameras have sensors large enough that infrared mode is not required - the image is very clear at night. Plus, the fun in placing random object is making sure it’s not possible for the victim to know how it got there in the first place.
joaoslara@reddit
Send the apples in a box through mail
climbamtn1@reddit
The Unknown Comic in 80's just put a paper bag on his head with eye holes cut into it. Wear non descript clothes and gloves. Park a bit away. Add bag when close enough to be on camera. Cheap easy disposable disguise
bigdave41@reddit
Could you use one of those random odd job apps where you pay someone for specific tasks? I imagine most people would be happy to accept a job of placing an apple on someone's car for $20 or so. Not sure if it would be acceptable in the terms and conditions of the app though, as it may start to count as pranks/harassment rather than a legitimate job.
Hot_Baker4215@reddit (OP)
Brilliant
K_Linkmaster@reddit
After 3 apples, he will put up a camera somewhere.
FarmhouseRules@reddit
You could always do it from a crouching position so the camera can’t see you. Creepy hand reaching up from below to put an apple on the car. Nice. Please update us!!!
Pleasant_Expert_1990@reddit
Sounds like the kid who cabbages James Acaster.
Key-Candle8141@reddit
That little shit! He's not the one that ruined the game of "Squirt" was he?
Pleasant_Expert_1990@reddit
Might be I'm not sure. I just saw the clip on Would I Lie to You. This kid just started leaving cabbages on James' front steps, in the bushes, on his roof, etc. so James found out who it was and started doing the same. And it's escalated over the years.
Key-Candle8141@reddit
The series of Taskmaster that he is on is good as well he is just a maniac but in the best way possible
Alot of the WILTY (and Cats Does Countdown) panelists are on TM in various series and its fun to see them in a format where they can get up and move around 😄
TM was my introduction to UK comedians as a American and I love it
Pleasant_Expert_1990@reddit
Love me some Taskmaster!
tnelson5617@reddit
RemindMe! 6 months
YKINMKBYKIOK@reddit
Have you thought about crossdressing?
MagsNfragS@reddit
Get the ultra reflective jacket and wear a mask. Only leave the apples at night and the ir flash on the camera will completely obscure you.
eltegs@reddit
Ask your doctor.
Narrow-Height9477@reddit
Use a drone aka Ukraine. Pay random people.
ironicmirror@reddit
But a decent drone and practice a little before the first drop.
xtnh@reddit
Ask a passer-by to place it. He will have images of dozens of people tormenting him.
RuthTheWidow@reddit
LOL omgosh I like you. How worse would THAT be that instead of just a stray apple brought by one person...!! The whole world is out to "apple" his car. Damn.
BraileDildo8inches@reddit
Laser pointer will destroy camera sensors or just an infrared flashlight to blind it temporarily
112358132134fitty5@reddit
Can't you just wear one of those green suits and edit yourself out of the photos?
EffectiveRelief9904@reddit
This is gonna be hard to do without being seen or heard, especially if there’s a camera involved. I guess it kinds depends on where the car is parked. If it’s in his driveway then you’re never gonna go unnoticed and a drone would be the way to go but it will still be heard
Lucidthemessiah@reddit
Wear different masks every time you do it
occupiedbrain69@reddit
Maybe a long fishing rod with some kind of a release mechanism? 🧐
ATinyKey@reddit
Use other people. Also if you do it yourself, use rocks in your shoes to change the way you walk and bundles of clothing to change your body shape (in addition to masks wigs whatever)
Interesting-Step-654@reddit
Pay random people to do it
PizzaCop_@reddit
Pay random strangers $10 to do it for you so it's always someone different
lavasca@reddit
$5
Broccoli_dicks@reddit
You'd be amazed what a stranger would do for a single cigarette.
Full_Ad9666@reddit
Why you got one?
Same_Raise6473@reddit
Not sure if it was intentional but if it was….a very well placed quote
Jeezis@reddit
$5 and a free apple? Thanks kind stranger!
Street_Ad_762@reddit
Best answer in this discussion
Regular-Anteater-287@reddit
This definitely makes it even weirder, mabe give them all the same random message.
ShyrBit@reddit
Fishing rod. Get a long one.
indolering@reddit
RemindMe1 6 months
RemindMe! 1 year
RemindMe! 5 years
n3wt33@reddit
This is a complicated task. I think your strategy will have to evolve over time and very possibly a large monetary investment on your part (addition it to cost of apples).
I think the first thing we need to figure out is how many apples does it take for someone to spend the money and install a camera. How will you know when a camera is placed? For this we have a couple of options.
Option1.a) Assume cameras are already installed.
Option1.b) Hire a PI/Camp out to watch the subjects house and or check for cameras if or when they have been installed.
Regardless of the amount of apples placed over time. We are assuming cameras will be utilized, and when that time comes there are only a certain about of ways to disable a camera.
Option2.a) Infiltrate the cameras power supply/field of view. If the camera is hard wired, it’s as easy as cutting the power to the house. If the camera is battery powered you will have to come from behind and disable it as your imaginary permits.
Option2.b) A very high powered laser will destroy the cameras sensors or even destroy the lens.
Option2.c) Purchase nanospheres clothing. You will be too reflective to identify and hidden from any camera using IR, or just make a tin foil suit, like actually, same effect.
Hope this helps and good luck with youre appling.
nitro456@reddit
Pay homeless to do it
Hot_Baker4215@reddit (OP)
Can't imagine that going wrong at all
kear92119@reddit
I externally giggled at your comment! Thank you for giving me a other reason I cannot sleep yet - 3:03 A.M...🐿️
GenZ_Tech@reddit
wear a mask /s
CurlSagan@reddit
Does he park in the same spot? Could you possibly suspend high-test fishing line over the car?
If so, consult this diagram:
https://i.postimg.cc/prVRD8DG/Drawing-sketchpad.jpg
You'll have to figure out a detachment mechanism. For an apple, consider something like this.
dennys123@reddit
Calm down Satan lmao
glamorousgrape@reddit
Dude pick something cheaper. Go with bananas. They’re like 25 or 50c/lb
princessbubbbles@reddit
Did we just become friends?
Nedonomicon@reddit
I’ve been hiding lifesize plastics birds in my old workplace through various contacts I still have there . Apparent it’s driving my ex boss absolutely mental .
I’ve told them how to switch off the cctv though .
Make an IR Cap identity masker if he gets cameras . Or make a full suit lol .
Maybe attach a strong magnet to each apple then it could be thrown.
Thinking outside the box could you get fictional leaflets made , each time with a different apple motif or in the shape of an apple and pay
UntestedMethod@reddit
Get a costume and become its character whenever you pull the prank
D1rtyH1ppy@reddit
Wear a Richard Nixon mask and a suit and tie and ride a unicycle. That will just add to the mystery when he gets a camera.
slowasaspeedingsloth@reddit
Right? Make it part of the process - I was thinking a Mime, exaggerating tip toeing to the car with the apple
sillusions@reddit
Cut eye holes in a cardboard box and wear that when you do it.
Wide_Lychee5186@reddit
do a banana instead
Permission_Alarming@reddit
Might seem like a weird question but what kind of car? If it’s a Tesla, forget it. Camera in every angle. The drone idea is genius.
dragginFly@reddit
Do you live near a college? Maybe crowd source a bunch of students to do it, a different student each day.
Impressive-Reply-203@reddit
Rf interference or a blacksuit
biggererestest@reddit
It's an apple. Throw it.
Chadwulf29@reddit
Wear a mask
passamongimpure@reddit
I always wanted to do the Barenaked Ladies song Another Postcard prank and just mail a random address postcards with monkeys on them.
nitro456@reddit
Build up a pattern do it weekly for 3 weeks build anticipation and then take a month off
kooshans@reddit
Smash the car window and put a sock around the camera, so that when he tries to grab the camera to check the footage, all he gets is the sock.
kodered888@reddit
Find an excuse to share locations and airplane mode when your planting the apples IN PUBLIC when they’re out and about. Snapchat could be good if they use it often enough.
Wrasse22@reddit
I think you can get some sort of Lazer that can't break a camera so if it's a long term plan you've got, could be worth investing on that to ruin his camera aswell
Nerdsamwich@reddit
Stay in the most likely blind spots, like below the window line, and always do it away from the house.
deathboyuk@reddit
Yeah, I guess a drone... or just a hoodie + COVID mask :P
Pay kids to do it.
REALLY STRONG MAGNETS on the apples + a trebuchet.
Treat the bonnet with a hydrophobic coating and draw a massive apple on the bonnet, so whenever it rains or snows a massive fucking apple appears.
zeaor@reddit
You want to convince your friend that there's some crazy tweaker who's constantly watching his house and throwing fruit at his car?
That's kind of a dick move, hope your friend catches you and sets you right for making him worry for his safety.
Hot_Baker4215@reddit (OP)
Oh no.. it would happen at different times.. sometimes at work or running errands
Adventurous_Bid4691@reddit
Why try so hard?
Costumes can add to the insanity, especially if you get really creative.
Let him try to figure out who is wearing them as well as why.
New_Chard9548@reddit
You could leave it like on top of a tire & hope they notice it - most likely they'd have the camera in the car up higher. Good luck!!
LetsHookUpSF@reddit
This is completely unhinged. I hope you succeed and update.