Woman reveals nifty hack to catch out gym creeps: 'This is really good advice'
A woman has gone viral after revealing the genius hack she uses to catch out creepy guys at the gym.
In a video posted to TikTok, Emily shared the hack – commencing the video with a clip of a guy intensely watching her at the gym.
"So if you ever have that feeling that there's a creeper staring at you, but you don't want to actually look at them and risk making eye contact, I've got a trick for you," she begins.
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In her demo, Emily begins by pointing her camera down at her husbands feet. TikTok/@emilywithanimals
Emily uses her husband to demo the hack, panning the camera to a shot of his feet at a weight bench.
"Point your camera down low and just pretend you're texting—totally not suspicious. Without moving your phone, switch to wide angle and now you're able to see their face and whether or not they're staring at you," she says.
As the clip continues, Emily switches the camera lens to a wide angle which reveals his entire body – which shows where he is looking.
In the comment, Emily explains that in order to switch to a wide lens you have to, "Zoom out! Regular says 1x at the bottom. Switch it to .5x or .6x."
(Note: this feature is only available on the iPhone 11 and beyond.)
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As she switches her camera to a wide lens, Emily successfully captures her targets face and is able to see where he is looking. TikTok/@emilywithanimals
"Now please enjoy some bonus footage of the gym creeper I caught by using this method," she concludes as she showcases videos of a man staring intently at her in the gym.
The video quickly garnered plenty of internet attention, racking up over 400,000 views, 113,000 likes and thousands of comments from users praising Emily for the trick.
One person shared her experience with the hack saying, "I tried this, forgot my flash was on and BLINDED HIM – he never looked away so fast lol."
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Another person took aim at Emily saying, "So checking people out is a crime now," to which she replied, "I feel bad for the people you interact with if you don't know the difference between checking out and 5 minutes of staring."
A third wrote, "This is really good advice."
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