Knott’s Scary Farm DESTROYS a FLOCK Camera in The Hanging! The main villain of this year’s show was
The short version: A Knott's Scary Farm haunted show turns a Flock Safety ALPR camera into the season's villain, literally destroying it on stage, as YouTuber Walrus Carp documents public contempt for license-plate surveillance going mainstream.
Our Take
When a seasonal horror park picks your license plate reader as the monster of the year, that's not a coincidence — it's cultural osmosis. Walrus Carp's video of Knott's Scary Farm's "The Hanging" show putting a Flock Safety camera in the role of the villain, only to have it torn apart on stage, is a sign of how deeply the public distrust of mass ALPR surveillance has seeped into everyday life. Thanks to Walrus Carp for capturing it — credit where it's due for noticing that Flock has become shorthand for creepy, unaccountable watching, even to a crowd that just wants a scare.
This isn't really about one haunted house gag. It's about what it signals: ordinary people, not just privacy advocates, now recognize these cameras on sight and understand what they represent — a dragnet that logs your travel patterns whether or not you've done anything wrong. When a theme park writes that fear into its script, it means the message about Flock's overreach is landing outside the usual circles of surveillance watchdogs.
If a fictional camera getting destroyed on a stage gets a cheer, imagine the energy that could go toward dismantling the real ones. Check our camera map to see if Flock has already moved into your neighborhood, and head to our take-action page to find out how to push back for real.
This is DeFlock The USA’s original commentary. The video above is the work of Walrus Carp, published on YouTube — full credit to the creator.