What appeared to be a terrifying break-in turned out to be a bizarre and unexpected mix-up. A mother who woke up to find a stranger inside her home says she’s relieved to learn her family wasn’t being targeted, but the scare has left her shaken.

Just after 2 a.m. Saturday, Samantha Dunbar said she received a notification from her Ring camera that woke her up.

"For a second, I was like oh, it's probably Amazon," she said.

It wasn't.

"I decided to check it and that's when I saw a man on the back porch," Dunbar said.

Video from her camera shows the man lurking outside, looking at his phone, then shining his flashlight into a window, just feet away from where her daughter and niece were sleeping. Moments later, the camera captured him stepping inside through the back door.

“I immediately

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