UNBELIEVABLE: Savannah Guthrie is stunned when her doorbell camera rings at midnight — a shadow looks exactly like her mother returning home, she opens the door and breaks down. Read more below ↓

According to psychological consultants assisting the case, “presence hallucinations” or grief-induced visual misperceptions are well documented. Shadows, reflections, or motion artifacts can momentarily be perceived as a familiar person, particularly a loved one whose absence dominates the individual’s emotional state.

Savannah reportedly told investigators that for a brief moment, she was convinced her mother had come home. Officers described her reaction as intense and immediate, with Savannah breaking down emotionally at the doorway once reality set in.