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MEMernet: Strangers in the Dark and ‘Drinking Holes’

A neighbor reports an odd nighttime visitor, and a dive bar shout-out from the UK.

Memphis on the internet.

Nighttime Visitor

West Overton Crossing neighbor John G. said he heard a loud knock on his door one night last week. His Ring camera showed nothing. So he peeked outside but saw no one. 

“I had this weird feeling like someone was watching me from across the street so I snapped a photo [above],” he said.

A tech-savvy Nextdoor user Bobby Anderson downloaded the photo, adjusted the image settings, and revealed this: 

Posted to Nextdoor by Bobby Anderson

In the adjusted image, you can just make out the figure of a person who seems to be in all black standing on the porch across the street. John G. had not posted an update on the situation as of press time. So it remains just … creepy.

“Drinking Holes”

Posted to Facebook by Ryan Hutchinson

UK tourist and bar enthusiast Ryan Hutchinson posted on Facebook last week that “Alex’s Tavern and Earnestine and Hazel’s in Memphis, TN delivered the goods. Unpretentious, real drinking holes.”