The Ole Miss video originally posted by student Jakiyra Metcalf is drawing new attention after her roommate, Bethany Joyy, revealed that two women caught making monkey noises outside their apartment allegedly claimed they were “stimming” before asking whether the footage would be deleted.
Metcalf first shared the Ring doorbell footage on TikTok, showing three young white women outside the Oxford, Mississippi, apartment she shares with two other Black students. The recording, captured November 6 around 8:37 p.m., shows two of the women approaching the camera, beating their chests and making monkey-like sounds. A third woman walks past without appearing to participate in the gestures.
After the video circulated online, Joyy reposted the footage on Facebook with her own account of what happened that night, including an alleged confrontation, a later apology, and an explanation from the women.
“These girls are my upstairs neighbors,” Joyy wrote.
According to Joyy, the roommates had previously experienced problems with the same neighbors making excessive noise. She claimed they had addressed the issue once before, received an apology, and then heard stomping again after returning to their apartment. However, she acknowledged that the earlier incident was not documented.
The Ole Miss video captured the women’s actions outside the apartment, but Joyy says the roommates heard the noises before even reviewing the footage.
“We HEARD them making the noises from inside the house.”
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Joyy explained that she was sitting on the couch while her roommate and best friend were in another room. Once they checked the Ring camera recording, they went outside to confront the women.
“Once we saw the footage, we came outside and asked them if they did it, told them it was disrespectful etc.”
According to Joyy, the confrontation did not immediately stop the behavior.
“While we were doing this, the monkey sounds continued.”
She said the roommates eventually returned inside and that another interaction between her roommate and the women ended with her roommate being brushed off.
However, Joyy claims the situation took another turn later that night, after Metcalf’s original Ole Miss video had already been uploaded.
“Later on in the night, the first and last girls came and apologized AFTER the video had been uploaded.”
Then came the explanation that Joyy shared in her Facebook post.
“They claimed that they were “stimming” and were making animal noises in peoples ring cameras.”
Stimming refers to repetitive movements or sounds that can serve as a form of sensory or emotional regulation. However, Joyy’s account does not establish whether either woman actually engages in stimming, and their reported explanation has not been independently verified.
Joyy also questioned the claim that they were simply making animal noises into various doorbell cameras throughout the building.
“As u can see in the video, there is another ring camera across the hall that remained untouched.”
The footage shows the women directing their behavior toward the camera outside the apartment occupied by the Black students. It does not establish whether they interacted with other cameras elsewhere.
But the alleged explanation was not the only detail Joyy shared. She also claims the women raised a question about removing the footage shortly after apologizing.
“After they apologized, one of the first things that was asked was about if the video was going to be deleted or not.”
Joyy did not specify which woman asked the question. No independent recording of that conversation has been made public, and the women have not publicly confirmed Joyy’s account of the apology.
The roommate also disputed any suggestion that the women were unfamiliar with the people living inside the apartment.
“They saw us, and made eye contact with us.”
Joyy said the neighbors had interacted before and that none of their previous conversations had been hostile. She also explained that she and her roommates had contacted both their property management company and Ole Miss officials.
Meanwhile, the University of Mississippi has launched an investigation into the incident. In a November 8 campus statement, Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs Shawnboda Mead condemned the racist gestures and confirmed that the university’s student conduct and equal opportunity offices were reviewing the matter.
The university also warned against falsely identifying students online, confirming that one person had already been incorrectly linked to the incident. No disciplinary findings have been publicly announced.
Despite the attention surrounding the Ole Miss video, Joyy emphasized that her decision to share her experience was not an invitation for people to harass the women.
