XCam2 Synchronicity

August 1, 2001 - The famous psychologist Carl Jung coined the term. That term is synchronicity. Webster’s dictionary describes synchronicity as the coincidental occurrence of events and especially psychic events that seem related but are not explained by conventional mechanisms of causality. In other words, something that seems to happen at just the right time and in the right place, with no explainable reason.

Debera Manning had her own bit of synchronicity recently. Debera lives in a mobile home park that has been having trouble with drug activity and theft. Because they live in a private, gated community, the police don’t patrol the streets. And unless there’s proof, the police are pretty much unable to do anything about the spate of thefts and activity taking place.

So on July 15, 2001, Debera bought the XCam2 for her own peace of mind and protection. On July 17, 2001, Debera had the system up and running. She hooked up the XCam2 to the TV and VCR, put a tape in the VCR, and started that tape rolling at extended play. "I taped all day, and forgot about it because I was doing everyday things," she says.

Later on in the evening, her neighbor came by and announced that his CD player had been stolen that day. Debera’s neighbor was not aware of the XCam2 setup; he was simply bemoaning his loss. But Debera was prepared. "I went to my VCR and rewound the tape. We watched the tape until just the end, as it was getting dark. We watched a teenager make several passes by the car, walk in a circle, come back by the car, reach in and take the CD player."

Not just part, but the whole event was caught on tape. Everything from the teenager casing the car, to the actual theft was right there on tape. That’s enough proof right there for the police to take action. Thanks to Debera, there’s going to be a few more CD players left alone because one of the thieves is out of the way. But there are still more, so Debera keeps herself ready. "I get up every day and turn on the VCR and tape the daily activity," she says. She also tells us that she just recently ordered the NightWatch camera for those "after hours" activities.

So what was it for Debera? Was it luck? Fate? Or was it what Carl Jung called "synchronicity?" In all actuality, it was XCam2 Synchronicity.

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