A woman has been told by fellow social media users to seek help after sharing a concerning video online of a bizarre symbol she found outside her home.
Taking to TikTok to share the clip, user '@bby.jade__' captioned her post "What does this mean?"
In the video, the woman can be seen walking outside of her home, explaining that she had previously gone to throw out her garbage earlier that morning. However, when she reached her garbage container, she found that somebody had scrawled "1F" on top of it in the snow.
Concerned, she went to social media for answers, but many TikTok users were quick to inform her that she needed to contact the police and seek help after revealing the alleged meaning behind the symbol.
After raking up over 6.6 million views, people were quick to leave the woman advice in the comments section.
"It means: 1 female," one person wrote. "They are telling the people who are supposed to rob you or whatever, that you live alone."
Another user wrote: "stay safe contact the police it means 1 female to [people] who are planning to rob you [sic]".
This advice was echoed by another social media user, who wrote: "1F means one female, ur being targeted, so what u need to do is put fresh snow on the lid and write '3M' on it which means 3 males so its less likely [sic".
In response to her video going viral and the comments it received, the woman later posted an update in the comments section, writing: "IM SAFE! I stayed at a hotel it's now 1am I'll update when I wake up. My dad will be coming to town and staying with me for a few days!"
She later wrote: "I called the cops. I left with my mom. I whipped it off. I'm getting cameras! I'm doing everything I can!"
In a series of follow-up videos, the woman says that she had officers come round to her property, but there was little they could do. She is now staying with her mom for a few days.
She reassured those following her story that she is doing "fine", and when she returns home, she won't be going alone.
