We definitely have to see a video
I get it about how they can scare years off by disappearing. Last winter I thought we had lost Opie (my main cat man) one night. A feral cat broke into the house (middle of night of course) and was eating the dry cat food. We woke up to the ultimate cat fight, my 3 were furious! The feral took off back out the cracked basement window, and we thought Opie had gone after him. Thankfully, he hadn't, he was hiding probably due to all the commotion DH & I were causing.
Stuff like that will scare a person for sure! (And the window was repaired. We hadn't even realized it was broken.)