- A man in a hoodie can be seen on CCTV fighting his own reflection in a window
- He is seen pacing and smoking, punching, kicking and headbutting the glass
- He smashed three windows were smashed before bolting from the hospital
- The incident has been reported to the Rockingham police, who are investigating
There was something strange about a brawl caught on CCTV outside a Rockingham health centre on Saturday.
On closer inspection, police noticed that the man wasn’t fighting an opponent – he was fighting himself.
The man found himself inside a reflective glass walkway at the Rockingham Maternity and Family Practice, and thought that his reflection was a threat.
A confused man in Rockingham was seen fighting his own reflection, thinking it was a threat
The video obtained by WA Today shows the man in a hoodie throwing punches at his imagined adversary, and then putting his knee through the glass.
The man can be seen smoking and pacing the corridor, before turning around and violently headbutting his own reflection.
After putting numerous cracks in the glass, and he then starts throwing frenzied kicks and punches at the windows.
He can be seen kicking and punching the window, apparently thinking that he had opponent
The man can be seen turning around and violently headbutting his own reflection in a window
The man puffs on what looks like a cigarette again, and then turns around and catches sight of what he perceives to be another assailant in the glass behind him.
He backs away, and then flees the scene while smoking, leaving only three smashed windows and a bizarre CCTV recording behind.
‘We looked through the CCTV and saw this guy, talking to himself and fighting his reflection,’ Practice assistant manager Jessica Neal said.
He turned around, caught sight of another reflection and ‘thought there was a whole gang’
The man flees the scene while smoking, leaving behind three smashed windows in a hospital
‘He then turned around and obviously saw another reflection of himself. I think he then thought there was a whole gang, so he took off.
The local police are aware of the incident.