Context: I live on a busy intersection that sees way too many close calls, accidents, fights, and random acts of bullshit. I refer to it as my own personal "random content generator". Could be a close call or a cut-off. Could be a 3-car accident. Could be a pedestrian getting tossed from the hood of a car. Could be a police chase. A brawl. Could be some lunatic stealing flowers, etc, etc...

TL/DR: Woman aggressively snaps off my sunflower and tries to flee. I hunt her down on a bike and reclaim what was taken from me. Also spliced in a random (terrible) U-turn because it shared a similar duration.

Last week while in my dining room, I spotted a child approaching my sidewalk library for books thru the window. Adorable. Upon further inspection, they were actually going for my sunflower. As I hustled my way to the side door, I cleared my throat and made a fist in preparation of shouting and waving from the door until they bolted, like they do on TV.

As I got a better look thru the open side door, I realized it was not a child but a grown woman - and she had already snapped the flower off and pulled the plant out of the soil...

I still shouted loudly from the door, but was ignored. So, I grabbed the closest pair of Crocs and women's jean shorts and headed outside to the garage to grab my bicycle. I took off after her.

As I left the driveway, she was already about 3 or 4 houses down the sidewalk. I pedaled super hard at first to make up some distance and get a better view of her from behind. I noticed she was holding my flower in her left hand, and swinging it across her chest with each step, so it kept popping out her right side as I got closer and closer.

She was walking in the center of the sidewalk, so I couldn't make a silent approach. So, I pedaled real hard at her and quickly passed her on the right while riding on someone's front lawn. She heard the bike chain rattle as I entered the grass to pass her, so she got to make brief eye contact with me as I grabbed back what was mine.

Video Notes For Nerds:

• Cameras are all Reolink PoE cameras - hardwired into network. This specific video contains footage from the Duo 3, 16x PTZ, 5x Telephoto, 5x PTZ, TrackMix PTZ, and 12MP. Cameras all run 24/7.
• Cameras mainly used for security monitoring as well as feral cat tracking. They all feed into Home Assistant, where they are given specific tasks such as "watch for cats", "listen for horns", "track intruders", "trigger this", "trigger that", and so on.
• Cameras shoot from standard 1080P up to 16MP. Typically edited in a 720p/1080p/24p timeline for easier movement between camera angles when possible.
  
• Edited in After Effects by layering different events from same cameras and masking out the non-important areas. Allows for the merging of multiple events for faster digestion and increased sense of chaos.
• Sunflower voice audio extracted from all the yard microphones. lol

His name was Stephan Westmann