A disturbing doorbell-camera video shows a person wearing a Joe Biden mask stopping outside a Texas family’s home to eat a banana.

The unusual encounter was recorded by a Nest camera in Watauga, roughly 35 miles west of Dallas, at about 8:05 p.m. Sunday.

The masked individual approached the house, opened their jacket and revealed a T-shirt bearing the word “FREEDOM.”

The shirt had been popularized by conservative commentator Charlie Kirk, who was wearing it when he was assassinated at Utah Valley University on September 10, 2025.

The person then peeled the banana, touched the camera twice and grinned, giving viewers a close look at the mask resembling the former president.

They proceeded to eat the banana while appearing to stare into the camera, then turned around and walked away.

Watauga Police Department Chief Jim Lewis acknowledged that the stranger’s “choice of attire and snack may have raised a few eyebrows,” but said neither appeared “to have violated the law at this time.”

“While we can’t explain the costume, the banana, or the apparent political identity crisis, we can confirm that being bizarre is not, in itself, a criminal offense,” Lewis told WFAA.

Lewis said he would leave the interpretation of “political figures and evening snacks to the internet.”

After reviewing the footage, officers found no evidence that a criminal offense had occurred.

No arrests or charges have been made. Lewis said the department nevertheless takes “these types of reports” seriously.

“We encourage residents to continue reporting suspicious activity, even when the circumstances are a little bananas,” he quipped.

The family whose camera recorded the incident told the outlet that the encounter was “scary.” Their identities were not disclosed.

Officers searched the surrounding neighborhood after the masked stranger was reported but were unable to locate the person.

Police said other Watauga residents had also mentioned similar sightings on social media.

However, no additional reports concerning this particular individual had been filed directly with the department.

Police said they did not have the video available to release.

Online viewers quickly focused on the stranger’s clothing as they tried to make sense of the puzzling banana-eating appearance.

‘Wearing the Charlie Kirk shirt??’ one Facebook user asked.

Others were more offended, with one person calling the footage ‘beyond scary and disgusting.’

A separate commenter asked if it was ‘unlawful to eat a banana in a Joe Biden mask while ringing a doorbell.’

‘I think not,’ he said. ‘Might be dangerous to the banana eater!’

Some simply dismissed the stunt as a ‘lame Halloween prank’ and nothing more serious.

‘I guess these are the new Halloween pranks,’ another user wrote. ‘The old doorbell ditch is out.’

There were even jokes that the Biden impression was lacking, as the former President is known for liking a different treat.

‘He should have been eating ice cream,’ a commenter posted. ‘Opportunity missed.’

The Daily Mail reached out to the Watauga Police Department for comment.

An unusual cloud spotted over Washington, DC, has fueled sensational claims that extraterrestrial craft may be concealed in the skies above the US capital.

A recently shared image showed a huge, isolated formation resembling a UFO suspended over the city.

With its smooth, saucer-like outline, the cloud appeared to remain perfectly still above Washington.

One witness wrote on X on Friday: “Seen this cloud about an hour back. No movement, no shape change. After being stationary for about 20 mins, it just vanished.”

UFO researcher Scott C Waring suggested that similar formations across the city could be “cloaked alien craft attempting to get closer to the human population by appearing as a simple cloud.”

“Where else would aliens want to listen telepathically to the minds of humans than the area where most US gov intelligence workers live,” Waring added.

“Washington DC is an intelligence playground for them.”

Despite the speculation, the formation is a well-known natural phenomenon: a lenticular cloud.

Lenticular clouds are smooth, lens-shaped formations created when moist air moves in waves, typically around hills or mountains.

They develop as stable, moisture-laden air flows over elevated terrain and produces atmospheric waves.

When air rises toward the crest of one of these waves, it cools and its water vapor condenses into a smooth, lens-like cloud. The formation can seem motionless even while air continuously passes through it.

Additional photographs taken Friday appeared to show another enormous UFO-like object moving above the city.

Although it shared the distinctive saucer shape associated with lenticular clouds, the second formation was identified as a pileus cloud.

Pileus clouds form as cap-shaped layers above rapidly developing clouds, when rising air lifts moisture upward and causes it to cool and condense. Like lenticular clouds, they can look remarkably similar to flying saucers.

The formations emerge when a fast-growing cumulus or thunderstorm cloud forces a moist layer of air higher into the atmosphere.

As that air cools, it condenses into a thin, smooth cap that may eventually be overtaken by the cloud rising beneath it.

Despite that meteorological explanation, Waring claimed the clouds seen over Washington DC were camouflaged alien craft.

‘Such things often go unnoticed by most people, however the public is widely changing its opinion about these disk-shaped objects and leaning further towards the idea that they are cloaked alien craft,’ he wrote on UFO Sightings Daily.

He also claimed the supposed ships used artificial intelligence to detect when someone was watching and conceal themselves.

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‘Have you ever looked up at a cloud and thought, “wow, that’s strange,” then it suddenly disappears in a few seconds right before your eyes?’ he continued.

‘It’s the standard built-in reaction of the ship’s AI, causing it to scan if it’s been seen and instantly cloak if it has. 

‘In this way…you have telepathically controlled the ship itself, forcing it to hide even more. Yes, you heard me right, you have controlled an alien ship!’

Waring has shared images of other clouds he believed were clocked UFOs.

In August, he reported on a sighting above a Canadian mountain town.

The image was reportedly captured over Canmore, Alberta on August 2 and shows a glowing, saucer-shaped formation suspended above the landscape.

It was shared on Facebook by Chary Woods, who posted the photo in a group dedicated to clouds.

Many people in the comments were quick to congratulate Woods on capturing an epic cloud hanging in the sky, but some noted that it looked more like a UFO.

At its center is a dark oval that UFO researcher Scott C Waring claims is a classic disk-shaped alien craft concealed within the cloud.

Waring said he increased the contrast on the photograph, allegedly making the object at the center of the formation easier to see.

He claimed the UFO had deliberately created the cloud to hide itself while flying closer to the ground.

The UFO researcher further alleged that alien craft use clouds as cover while secretly scanning the thoughts of people below.

The extraordinary image has divided viewers online, with some declaring it evidence of extraterrestrial visitors while others questioned whether it was created using artificial intelligence.

However, no evidence has emerged proving that the shape is a physical craft or that aliens were involved.

‘This is a UFO cloaked within a cloud that it created,’ Waring wrote on his UFO Sightings Daily website.

‘When you add contrast to the photo, the alien classic disk craft becomes visible at its center.’

Waring claimed extraterrestrials had successfully used the supposed camouflage technique for millions of years.

‘UFOs use clouds to fly closer to the ground in order to scan the thoughts of humans below,’ he added.

‘I think UFO researchers worldwide will agree with me on this.’

The photograph shows a glowing formation stretching horizontally across the sky above mountains, trees, homes and a road.

A 48-year-old man who sexually abused six children has been jailed after detectives identified him from a photograph showing his knuckles that he had posted on the dark web.

Darren Welsby was linked to the abuse through images uploaded to a hidden online network and an adult pornography website.

Experts identified visual similarities between some of those images and photographs showing a man raping and sexually assaulting a child.

A digital-forensics specialist determined that the images had been taken using the same device. An anthropologist also concluded that the hands visible in some of the photographs belonged to Welsby after comparing them with images of his knuckles.

The investigation began in 2020, when officers reviewed three sets of child abuse images uploaded to an Interpol database.

After Welsby was identified, National Crime Agency (NCA) officers arrested him at Manchester Airport in August 2020 and seized his phone.

Police also searched his former home in Wythenshawe, seizing 58 exhibits. They included 10 digital devices containing more than 30,000 indecent images of children dating back to 2005.

The material included photographs and videos made by Welsby that documented his offending, including the rape and sexual assault of a child.

Investigators found 4,700 Category A images, the most serious classification, along with 4,500 Category B images, 24,000 Category C images and 18 extreme pornographic images depicting bestiality.

As well as rape and sexual assault, Welsby took indecent photographs of children without their knowledge. He also caused some of them to engage in sexual activity, recording the abuse.

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On July 10, after a two-week trial at Manchester Crown Court, a jury convicted Welsby of 18 offences. They included the rape of a girl under 13 and causing or inciting a girl under 13 to engage in sexual activity. He was sentenced to 23 years in prison.

Bethany Raine, a specialist prosecutor with the Crown Prosecution Service, said: ‘Darren Welsby has been imprisoned for sexually abusing children, including the rape of a girl under 13. He also recorded images of some of these terrible crimes.

‘This was a landmark case because expert digital-forensic evidence established that the images had been taken on the same device as other images known to have been captured using one of Welsby’s phones.

‘A separate expert report confirmed that the hands shown in some of the images were Welsby’s, based on comparisons with photographs of his knuckles.

‘This was a complex and challenging case because of the unique evidence required to bring Welsby to justice. It would not have been possible without the comprehensive investigation carried out by the NCA.’

NCA senior manager Jen Cruickshank said: ‘Darren Welsby is a predatory sexual offender who subjected children, some as young as six, to horrific abuse over an eight-year period.

‘It is impossible to imagine the trauma they endured as a result of these monstrous crimes and the emotional scars they have been left with.

‘Our investigation was painstaking and time-consuming, using innovative forensic techniques to identify Welsby after he attempted to conceal his offending through the dark web.

‘This thorough investigation ensured that the evidence needed to bring him to justice was secured.’

‘This sentence is testament to the skill and unwavering dedication of investigators in the NCA and we will continue to pursue dangerous offenders like Welsby, who prey on those who are vulnerable, to protect children from sexual abuse.’

Senior Trump administration officials are questioning Laura Loomer’s campaign against the Justice Department, suggesting the president’s outspoken ally may have a personal interest in a legal battle that could generate billions of dollars in taxpayer-funded fees for a lawyer she considers a friend.

With President Donald Trump scheduled to hold a midterm rally in North Carolina on Tuesday, the right-wing provocateur launched another sharp online attack on the DOJ over what she called “insulting lowball offers” to victims of the Camp Lejeune water contamination scandal.

Administration sources told the Daily Mail that Loomer’s activism deserved scrutiny, particularly as she continued to criticize the DOJ official overseeing the settlement process.

“She makes it sound like she’s siding with the victims when in fact she’s siding with the lawyers that are trying to take money out of the victims’ pockets,” one source alleged.

Military personnel stationed at Camp Lejeune between 1975 and 1985 faced at least a 20 percent greater risk of developing several cancers than service members stationed elsewhere, according to findings linking the elevated risk to prolonged exposure to toxic chemicals in the base’s water supply.

Those who became ill have accused the Marine Corps of failing to safeguard the health of its personnel. They have also criticized the federal government for taking too long to investigate the contamination.

The scandal triggered extensive litigation after Congress passed the Camp Lejeune Justice Act in 2022, opening the door for victims to seek compensation from the federal government.

“The Department of Justice and Associate Attorney General Stanley Woodward approved 3,780 more settlements for $860 million more than previous administrations combined,” a DOJ spokesperson told the Daily Mail. “We are in lock step with the White House and Department of War on protecting our veterans.”

Keller Postman LLC, which represents roughly 80,000 of the 400,000 people seeking compensation, had sought to retain 40 percent of settlement payments. The DOJ rejected that demand and imposed a cap limiting attorneys’ fees to half that amount.

Officials defending the DOJ’s position are now raising questions about Loomer’s involvement in the dispute.

Loomer denied receiving payment for her advocacy when speaking to the Daily Mail, but acknowledged that she has previously worked with Keller Postman’s lead attorney in the case.

“I have not received any compensation from Keller with regards to this project but I have assisted Ashley Keller with previous projects,” Loomer told the Daily Mail. “I’m friends with Ashley and have known Ashley for two years or so.”

“Have I assisted Ashley Keller on previous projects in the past? Yeah, I have. And Ashley Keller is representing a lot of these Camp Lejeune victims.”

Keller Postman also rejected the suggestion that Loomer is being paid for her work.

“We are not capable of deploying Laura,” Ashley Keller told the Daily Mail.

“She speaks for herself. We of course agree with her wholeheartedly that the administration should take care of those who served, and it’s perplexing to us that they have not. But we will vindicate our clients’ rights in court.”

Keller Postman hired MAGA lawyer John Lauro to sue the DOJ in the summer of 2025, but DOJ didn’t budge, sources say. 

’The DOJ called their bluff and told them to sue,’ a DOJ official told the Daily Mail. ‘They never did.’

Meanwhile, federal judges in the Tar Heel State denied the firm a coveted spot on the Plaintiffs’ Leadership Group (PLG), which manages settlement talks and entitles members to share in a ‘common benefit fund’ that the court will set aside to pay for their efforts. That reserve could amount to billions of additional dollars.

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Keller Postman has already obtained settlements for about 350 clients, netting $94 million. The lion’s share of cases are pending as the parties seek a ‘global’ settlement.

After Keller Postman struggled to make progress in direct talks with the DOJ, Loomer appeared as a well-timed ally to Postman to exert pressure on social media. 

Loomer made what appeared to be her first statement on the case last fall.

Then in April of this year, the 33-year-old flame-thrower took the fight to Associate Attorney General Stanley Woodward – just two months after he took control of the settlement process for DOJ.

She has ratcheted up her verbal attacks in recent weeks, as the first trial in the Lejeune mass tort begins next week.

Loomer went straight for the political jugular, declaring the Trump-appointed official a ‘far left’ Democrat.

Pushing for a quick settlement far greater than the DOJ is offering, she accused Woodward of causing the delay, lowballing offers, belittling victim suffering and sabotaging the president’s desire to aid veterans.

‘President Trump will be in North Carolina for a rally tomorrow, and this needs to be put on his radar immediately,’ Loomer posted to her 1.9 million X followers Monday night.

’The Democrats will say that it was HIS DOJ that screwed over sick US Marines and their families, and Stanley Woodward is handing the Democrats that ammunition on a silver platter,’ she continued.

‘He has got to be one of the WORST hires of the second Trump administration,’ she wrote. ‘But, I tried to warn people.’

In one thread, Loomer shared the horrifying medical sagas of several Keller Postman clients, using specifics sources say appear to be spoon-fed by the firm.

Loomer defended her advocacy in this case, saying she has friends with family members who were victims of the Lejeune contamination and is passionate about getting victims substantial payouts.

She said she’s also invited Keller and some of the Lejeune victims on her podcast to discuss the case. 

‘I’m used to incompetent people who work for the president attacking me when they don’t want to take responsibility for their own actions,’ Loomer said. ‘Senior White House officials even tell me that they think Stanley’s handling of this has been atrocious and that he’s completely fumbled the ball.’

In late September, the federal judges in North Carolina fired what appeared to be a warning shot at ‘outside’ lawyers. 

In court papers, they reminded lawyers in the case that it’s the job of the Plaintiffs’ Leadership Group to pursue a settlement and that sanctions can be imposed against any outside lawyers who take actions that ‘impede, undermine, or otherwise have a deleterious effect on the settlement efforts.’

Speaking with the Daily Mail Monday, attorney Ed Bell, lead counsel for the group, offered a defense of Woodward.

‘Everyone knows this is a very sad case, but to specifically target Stanley Woodward and blame him for the delay is simply just not true,’ Bell told us. ’He has done an extraordinary job in working with me and others to get this matter resolved.’

The DOJ has already paid out roughly $1 billion to settle nearly 4,000 claims to date, the vast majority under the Trump administration. 

The DOJ and plaintiffs’ attorneys have until October 30 to come up with a framework for settling all outstanding lawsuits and damage claims.