Sometimes things aren't always what they seem. After approaching an injured bird on the ground,

one Somalian man found this out the hard way. It turns out it wasn't a bird at all, but it did

harbor a sordid secret that threatened not just the man's privacy but that of everyone around him.

And this is far from the only time something like this has happened. So from the devilishly

devious to the outright absurd, let's investigate some of the secret ways people invade

your privacy and the gadgets they use to do so.

You're listening. You're listening. You're listening.

You're listening to be amazed.

Back in May 2016, something happened in Somalia's capital of Mogadishu that rocked the entire country to its foundations.

It was a clear day and everything seemed completely ordinary until a single bird flying overhead crashed to the ground.

Most people didn't care, but one man went over to see if it was still alive and got the shock of his life.

The bird definitely wasn't alive, and it also definitely wasn't a bird.

Rather than an animal made of flesh and bone, the man was looking at some sort of metallic

gadget in the shape of a bird.

Unlike a bird, however, it had no feathers, and two battered propellers were attached

to the front of its wings.

It didn't take long for more people to gather around, wondering what the heck it was.

One theory quickly rose to the top, suggesting it was a surveillance drone of some kind,

and it had been spying on the people of Mogadishu disguised as a bird of prey.

Who would want to spy on them, though? The USA?

Supposedly there is a secret US drone base somewhere in Somalia, and it'd make sense to have

it near the capital. But US drones are larger and far more advanced than the one that crashed

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