A University of Mississippi student has shared Ring camera footage that appears to show two white women making monkey gestures and noises outside her apartment while a third woman watched.
Jakiyra Metcalf posted the video on Saturday with the caption, “what do we have to say about this?” The clip quickly spread across TikTok and prompted widespread outrage online.
Recorded at approximately 8:37 p.m. on November 6, the footage shows one young woman turning toward Metcalf’s apartment, beating her chest and making sounds associated with a monkey.
Another woman then appeared to imitate the behavior, jumping up and down and making similar noises before walking away behind the first woman.
The third woman did not appear to make gestures or sounds herself, but the footage showed her smiling as she followed the other two.
One of the women could also be heard laughing as the group moved out of view.
In a comment on the widely shared post, Metcalf said the women were later identified as residents of the apartment directly above hers.
The footage was also posted on Facebook by Tasha Bolton, who said she is the mother of one of Metcalf’s roommates.
University of Mississippi student Jakiyra Metcalf shared the footage on Saturday, asking viewers, “what do we have to say about this?” as the video gained traction on TikTok
The Ring camera recording from November 6 shows a woman beating her chest and making monkey noises while turning toward Metcalf’s apartment door
The University of Mississippi said it was aware of the footage and investigating, while condemning the “offensive, hurtful and unacceptable behaviors” shown in the video
“My daughter sent me this video from her Ring camera at her apartment,” Bolton wrote.
She said her daughter is a freshman at Ole Miss and lives with two Black roommates. According to Bolton, the women in the recording live upstairs from them. She added that the footage had been submitted to university administrators and that the family was seeking answers.
Bolton described the incident as “absolutely disgusting and unacceptable,” saying college should be a place where students can learn, mature and feel secure.
Bethany Joyy, one of the students living in the apartment, said on Facebook that she and her roommates had previously spoken with the women about excessive noise.
Joyy said the women apologized after that earlier complaint, but began stomping again once she and her roommates returned to their downstairs apartment.
She said she was sitting on the couch when the incident occurred, while her roommate and close friend was in another room. The roommates could hear the noises from inside their home, Joyy wrote.
After watching the Ring footage, the roommates confronted the women and asked whether they had been responsible. Joyy said they told them the behavior was disrespectful.
According to Joyy, the noises continued during the exchange. The roommates then went back inside, and one of them later encountered the women again but was dismissed. Joyy said the first and third women eventually returned to apologize, but only after the video had been posted online.
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Bethany Joyy said the women claimed they were “stimming” and making animal sounds in people’s Ring cameras; she also said they asked whether the footage would be deleted after apologizing
Joyy said the women told them they were “stimming” and that they had made animal noises in front of other people’s Ring cameras. She pointed out that another camera across the hallway was not approached or disturbed.
She also said the women had made eye contact with the roommates and were familiar with them from previous interactions, none of which had been openly hostile. Joyy stressed that the post was not intended to encourage harassment or retaliation, but to make clear that she and her roommates deserved to feel safe in their own home.
Joyy said the roommates had consistently treated their neighbors respectfully and had reported the incident to both their property manager and university officials.
The footage drew hundreds of angry responses, with several users saying they had contacted the University of Mississippi to lodge formal complaints.
“This is unacceptable, period,” one TikTok user wrote, offering to contact the university if the women’s names became known.
Another commenter said she recognized one of the women and expressed shame over the incident.
“This is honestly disgusting. I hope they are all suspended,” a third user wrote.
One person said they were preparing an email to the university and described the behavior as “vile” and “grotesque,” while apologizing to the students who experienced it.
Metcalf said in a comment that the women shown in the footage were later discovered to be the roommates’ upstairs neighbors
Another commenter added that they had already written to the university and apologized to the students, saying the incident was “not okay.”
On Facebook, one person called the incident targeted and disturbing, adding that such behavior remained “disgustingly unacceptable” in 2026.
Another commenter expressed sympathy for Metcalf and her roommates, saying they should not have been subjected to such conduct and urging the university to identify those involved and hold them accountable.
A third person said it was troubling that students still had to deal with this kind of ignorance and called on the university to respond firmly.
A university representative told the New York Post that officials were aware of the video and had opened an investigation.
The representative condemned the conduct shown in the recording as “offensive, hurtful and unacceptable.”
“We are committed to maintaining a safe and welcoming environment for all of our students, faculty, staff and visitors,” the representative said, adding that the university would follow its established procedures to protect the campus community.
Although social media users have speculated about the identities of the women shown in the video, their names have not been confirmed.
The Daily Mail contacted the University of Mississippi for additional comment.