Encountered Scrappers in Abandoned Mall at 2AM / Creature-Filled Caverns - DOUBLE FEATURE

[@jessewellens6188]

Scrapper guy and gal, or whatever they were doing were actually pretty cool showing yall the spots and not getting angry that you’re there

[@alexatkin]

The fact they trusted them to blur out their faces rather surprised me. Although I guess the footage only proves they were there, not what they were doing.

[@jessewellens6188]

@@alexatkin and they didn’t seem to be up to any real shady behavior but you can always seem okay but be up to some sketchy shit!

[@D3G00N]

the scrappers have no reason to be angry when they shouldn't be there themselves.

[@thestars386]

Exactly, these morons talk like these f****** scrappers are the owners. I don't care how nice they were, I don't care how rude they are they're nothing as far as I'm concerned.

[@thestars386]

Y'all talk like those people own the place when they're bums. They own nothing. All stolen.

[@SOOKIE42069]

It's cool how once the scrappers realized you weren't cops or security the "people who lurk around in buildings at night" code kicked in and they gave you the info hookup

[@cagneybillingsley2165]

what do you think scrappers are?

[@SOOKIE42069]

@@cagneybillingsley2165listen in my time crawling through buildings I've met my share of scrappers and some are nice folks and others are territorial and fucking violently crazy.

[@reecemichael2700]

the lady was so nice telling them to be really careful. she sounded like a mom

[@krudmuphinstudioz]

"Pretty cool flowers!" - shows Japanese Red Spider Lillies, a flower symbolic of death, loss, and abandonment lol

[@i_love_games110]

maybe they should stop making the cool flowers the depressing ones

[@Roofpizza808]

@@i_love_games110yea... Yea

[@jowbokitten2317]

pretty fitting for an abandoned military base lol

[@justin43098]

According to stuff I made up they symbolize red spiders in Japan.

[@thestars386]

In America it means you have the diarrhea. 💩

[@j-skullz]

Something kind of comforting about meeting strangers in an abandoned mall at 2 in the morning, a potential nightmare scenario, and they're just nice friendly people and they show you around. Humans are mostly ok, actually.

[@davidt3563]

Projector guy here. Movie screens have holes in them primarily to limit the amount of light reflected back towards the viewer. The secondary effect allows the base speakers to project through the screen without shaking it. Regarding the speakers and the projectors being gone. They would absolutely have an audio engineer and projector engineer come in and remove all the devices + automation gear after the movies stopped playing. If it was post DCI (digital cinema initiative) there would be no way they would leave the projectors behind as they are likely 300,000.00+

[@rainscratch]

Just a small correction. Cinema screens have holes in them to allow the sound of the speakers placed behind them to travel to the audience. Screens need to reflect as much light as possible back into the audience. Bass speakers are non directional and are usually placed below the screen. Depending on when this place was abandoned would depend if it was viable to remove projection equipment. After digital came in older film projectors, amplifiers and sound systems were virtually worthless. Most went to land fill.

[@TheWeeklySlopYT]

Yea no its just for sound. Dont be that guy in the comments. Youre not special. They already explained it in the video

[@bsbforum]

Who needs a horror movie set when there's malls like this 😂

[@chrisanimations22]

Do not worry, I’m making one about the Rolling Acres Mall

[@Roofpizza808]

@@chrisanimations22will u release it? Cus if so I will be happy to watch it!

[@JOHNMICHAELJERITONG]

A horror movie set are built from scratch not on malls

[@Ikmaakjekapot]

I imagined that during every movie Why build something stupid like that When something scary like this exists

[@Roofpizza808]

@@Ikmaakjekapot fr

[@SentaiAce]

I’m happy you guys wear respirators now

[@benjaminmendenhall4497]

Me too

[@eily_b]

This is pretty old footage, at least Japan...

[@ieatplastic1756]

It is a really good thing that they did. Save their lungs a bit.

[@ryatt1]

I haven't seen them wear respirators in new videos for so long.

[@thatmetalchiick]

I’m guessing asbestos in all those walls!!

[@babaleionard7044]

Please keep the intro indefinitely, I swear there isn’t a better feeling than listening to that and drinking some warm tea ❤️

[@byost83]

Jamestown is my childhood mall. I still live right down the street. It was so hard to drive by it, watching it rot. As for as demolition, they just finished tearing it all down last week. It didn't start until 2024. Great video as always guys!

[@mikepodorski4272]

I grew up in Hazelwood. Definitely breaks my heart. Spent a lot of time there.

[@Tee_Toasty]

Ugh, that fade from the VHS effect to normal footage was so clean. You guys' production value is always through the roof. Definitely inspiring for a small studio like us!

[@UshiSound]

26:42 the wood says Ishikawa Manufacturing Co., Ltd shared use

[@blakehelveason7088]

Google Translated it and it said: Hayashikawa Manufacturing Co., Ltd. shared use

[@UshiSound]

@@blakehelveason7088ya i figured my translation was slightly off

[@koolkevbo]

@@blakehelveason7088it’s wrong. It says Ishikawa. The one in brackets is kabu, the Ltd in co. Ltd

[@DonariaRegia]

I'm glad the scrappers were normal and not... The Proper People Eaters.

[@cagneybillingsley2165]

they're simply recycling unused materials. it'll get demolished anyway

[@JackReacheround]

@@cagneybillingsley2165 the demolition company does that, if they're caught it's theft, since the money from the scrap is roughly factored into the demo price.

[@1RED1]

I remember exploring an abandoned factory with some friends when another separate group was also exploring. We ended up hiding from each other for 2 hours thinking the other group was security. Was a huge relief when we finally spotted them lmao

[@flakky55]

I was hiding in the auditorium of my school to dodge going to some loud asf assembly because there wasnt a designated spot to go if you *didnt* wanna attend (it was in the gym and not auditorium to fit all the students), two kids walk in- i hide cause i thought they were security one kid walks past me and looks down and jumps like 2ft back cause I scared the shit outta him by accident lmfao-

[@rod-rodney]

In a world of Decaying midwests and stringer medias we really do appreciate the quality of content u guys have consistently put out

[@aelx69420]

I cant stand the narrative they try to add to all of their stuff it's so annoying.

[@androiduberalles]

@@aelx69420mkay, don't watch then

[@davidsny1190]

​@@aelx69420You mean all the vital backstory information about the history of these locations? That's literally the best part.

[@rod-rodney]

@@davidsny1190 he is talking abt decaying and stringer not the proper people hahahaha

[@probro101]

I think the Japan bunker trip taught you all the importance of wearing the PROPER clothing and equipment. You need to wear appropriate, waterproof, ankle-high boots and tuck or blouse your pants into them before delving into sketchy situations like that.

[@halfsourlizard9319]

100%

[@shannonrickard8605]

They very often dont wear the proper safety gear for the place they are exploring. No hate at all from me by saying that. I love them. But it always worries me. They're going to get hurt or have long-term health problems 😕

[@deannaruest6920]

I love this channel but their lack of proper equipment always gives me anxiety!

[@carystorm1863]

​@@deannaruest6920pop a Xanax

[@skedizzle]

@@shannonrickard8605 ikr. I feel like the amount of visible mold in the mall should have urged them to wear respirators.

[@marcberm]

Love this! It's like an unexpected bonus for February that's also a two-for-one in it's own right. Awesome!

[@MrPoke]

The black mold in Jamestown is insane. There are more recent videos where it got much worse, but the whole mall's gone now

[@andyreed475]

My childhood mall! Every Santa photo was taken there. And my first Mac came from the Sears there in 1993!

[@JarethUrbex]

Honestly, I'd love to see more videos like this. Really cool being able to see videos in which your explorations didn't quite go as planned. It was also cool to basically get two Proper People explorations in one video.

[@jack.e_bee]

it's so crazy to be walking around in buildings and know that at some point in the future, all these shiny functioning places will one day be just like that mall

[@LouieArmstrong1244]

They got good soundtrack with ambience of dealing with the past.

[@mirrormimi]

First part: Oh my GOOOOD, THAT'S SICK, I wanna go explore like that, the couple pointeing them in the right direction felt like characters helping you in a video game, that's SO COOOL. Second part: Nevermind, I'm good.

[@talia6442]

😂

[@ryatt1]

As long as it's not in Japan you're good I guess

[@Valerie24810]

I'm sorry, leeches? I would have run away screaming. 🤣

[@EphemeralProductions]

They will just attach, stay there awhile, and once full will drop off. :). They secrete an anesthetic so you don’t really feel them.

[@skedizzle]

I guess they are like mosquitoes? But honestly me too LOL. Wait don't they carry any diseases with them?

[@DaewooFestiva23]

those scrappers were so chill. I wish them the best.

[@lauralestrange8351]

Those are house centipedes but we call them thousand leggers. Spider crickets are actually their enemy’s. I had both in my old basement. I put traps under the backless stairs so they didn’t get my legs while I was walking with a basket but they are both harmless, except to each other so I just let them have their civil war in my basement 😂

[@beegee80]

I had resident house centipedes in my last apartment. They kept the other 'bad' bug populations in check. Pretty cool animals.

[@snowballil3133]

House centipedes are good

[@abbytheredwolf174]

When I had my lizard I just walked around the house with her in my hand 😂. I made sure she could eat it and if she could she did.

[@lauralestrange8351]

Yes, house centipedes clean up the bugs you don’t know about. Little creepy heroes 😆

[@rokidokirockstar]

I've got both them and silverfish in my childhood home...hate em both, but so long as they stayed in the basement I was good.

[@FaydraGirl]

Lmaoooooo you guys are calmer than I would be. Id be running around screaming "get them off me" but won't stand still long enough for anyone to help lol. I'm that annoying person haha. Then id smash face first into a wall and fall INTO the leeches. LOL

[@arcticxabyss]

when you guys saw the scrappers, i was worried they were going to do something bad to you guys, but i'm glad they didn't attack you guys!! 😅

[@wahlflower3517]

They tend to be pretty cool with them exploring. Since both of them aren't supposed to be there.

[@arcticxabyss]

@@wahlflower3517 yeah and it seems like neither the scrappers, or the proper people were expecting each other to be there. 😬

[@jpeg42069]

Proper People mall exploration videos are like crack to me

[@julmdamaslefttoe3559]

YOU NEED to find more Japanese Military stuff, I ADORE IT!!! as a WW2 fanatic its so intriguing, your filming what likely never has.

[@maolcogi]

Pretty fun exploring the old WW2 ruins on Okinawa when I was stationed there in 2007-2009.

[@AppleInk]

Oh man, I wish these after dark vids were longer... Great content as always ❤

[@kevinhenry4292]

watching you for about 5 years now. I'm a fan. I love your work.

[@DyingDarkStar]

Man, i love this channel. It gives me the feeling of early 2000s shows that i used to watch (especially the intro), but where the videos are HD. I like how the music is used sparingly and not constantly throughout the video so you can get a feel of the atmosphere. Love the style. Keep it up, guys.

[@matterhaz2980]

Omg. Ww2 Japanese bunkers!! You guys continue to get better and better. This couldn't be more up my alley!

[@OrganizedChaos75]

I've been to Jamestown mall many times as a teenager in the 90's. The peak of American mall culture, those were the days. They officially closed 10 years ago, I didn't think it would be in shambles that badly. That was more than just vandals & scrappers, it was truly falling apart. Funny to see long, skinny, perfectly cut rectangles in the walls, which I assume were to get to copper pipes.

[@harris72kolj74]

its so weird seeing that mall, im glad you were able to see it before it was demoed completely. I remember spending every weekend in that mall wandering around to the different stores and watching movies with friends in that theater, to the right of that main entrance to the theater was the arcade. In the planters where crazy wild live plants and trees that at one point after it was closed made the place look like a jungle

[@louiseblackstone2763]

14:46 I think it's really cool in the dark, the way it is lit makes it beautiful in a way

[@random22026]

14:38 Favorite image from that video: the illuminated glass bricks! 🤗🤗

[@TheCHUCKY1992]

You know it's gonna be a good day when the Proper People upload a new video.

[@Bigfoottehchipmunk]

I had to chuckle about the bugs. We have one of those centipedes (leggy things) wander up from our basement whenever it rains a lot. If they think, they probably react the way Michael did whenever they see one of us. lol

[@BUILTFORDTOUGH79]

Nice. My wife and I stayed at the Richardson for our anniversary because of your videos. Another good one! Keep them coming!

[@nottherocketman]

As someone quite familiar with the St. Louis area, I started running old malls through my head "Crestwood, Mid-Rivers....JAMESTOWN!" Great footage!

[@AmbientWalking]

Scary! But cool! Thank you! Thank you! What a wonderful time I had traveling with you. The world is so amazing!

[@UnitSe7en]

Isopod just chillin' 27:32

[@YoSuey]

Been cozy for eons

[@Vacuoustom]

You guys should call this "Cutting Room Floor" and make it it's own sub-series of shorter/less complete journeys. Maybe you could spend less time editing them too so they're easier and faster to put out. You know us fans would still enjoy the additional content!

[@tqpro]

digging the vintage vhs feel during transitions

[@christopherharris6005]

Awesome video as always The Proper People. Ever place y'all explore never disappoints always some epic adventures in the Japanese Bucker you can really feel the history of it. Thanks for letting us walk along with y'all on y'all's adventures.

[@zazzrazzamatazz9970]

It's amazing how fast a building can completely fall apart when it's been abandoned.

[@Ganiscol]

This is cool, especially the critter exploration - I call it CritEx. Well, that sounds like some pest control product...😅 And the friendly neighborhood scrapper who gave you directions like a tour guide - was probably just relieved you weren't the cops. 😂

[@spindalis79]

I'm surprised how freaked out they're getting over large sowbugs and house centipedes (in their native range as well). The Scutegera centipedes are quite beneficial if you have them in your house.

[@baseballjc94]

I spotted the cave centipede but do sowbugs get that big in Japan?

[@spindalis79]

​@@baseballjc94 I don't know specifically if they are sowbugs. Definitely related. Hard dorsal terrestrial crustaceans.

[@EphemeralProductions]

I always have heard that but they’re so gnarly lookin that every time I’ve found one in my house, I can’t help but put it outside. lol

[@chrisgg80]

Those friendly people you encountered was wildly cool in that environment. Over here actually completing side quests.

[@RTCMAHL]

I need to waste 40 minutes and Proper People drop this!

[@gena.sottile..HG..]

That mall i went to ever weekend growing up in the 90s as a teen .great times sad to see it gone now , I remember going there and nothing but fields and farm land

[@frankm8533]

I hear ya. My 90s mall is still there barely alive the outside looks great but inside is getting more and more empty every time I go. I tell my teenage nieces it didn't look anything like this in the 90s

[@LuisC-x3u]

I know this guy from propper people he was dating my sister , we used to game on Friday nights order pizza and ride our dirt bikes at the cemetery, nah jk but if u read this it means u like this channel like I do . Thanks propper people u have amazing content . Peace out ❤

[@carabevanart]

Those "leeches" were inchworms! Leeches don't crawl like that. They can't hurt you, just caterpillars lol. Interesting to see all of those bugs in the tunnels and house centipedes too! Really cool places

[@carabevanart]

The last big worm at the end of the video was a hornworm - caterpillar that feeds om tomatoes and similar. Also harmless.

[@snowcrash512]

They are Japanese mountain leeches.

[@EphemeralProductions]

@@carabevanartyeah. They’re really cool little guys.

[@matt_kelly]

Yeah for a while I thought that urbexing would be cool, but after seeing the part 2 I'm reconsidering my life choices.

[@SilverGummiShark]

I've run into snakes and spiders and some kind of large wild animal that I only heard and did not stop to look back at. I haven't urbexed in a while, but it was something I'm glad I had a chance to enjoy. You just have to be careful, and be prepared for anything lol

[@kotsuumo]

Really enjoyed this, glad you got some use out this footage to get a video out of. Although i do remember the scrapper footage was shown on a q&a a few years ago.

[@davidbandler]

Malls built in KC and STL during the 80s had small, maybe 2-4 screen theaters inside. The last surviving mall in KC had its theater removed out of the mall sometime in the early 90s or late 80s; eventually being relocated to a stand-alone multi-screen theater next door; and ultimately being demolished to build either a Target or Academy Sports. Theaters changed a lot in this part of the country along with the rise of AMC - pre-AMC we used to have lots of independent and smaller chains (which is usually what was found in the smalls and stripmalls.)

[@RobsNeighbor]

Looking forward to this! Love your work be safe y'all!

[@samr7989]

I would love to see more of these short explorations in a double feature. Was really fun to see the quirky stuff that usually doesn't make it into videos

[@jimthesoundman8641]

20:48 That's not a leach, leaches live in water. That's an inchworm, and they are harmless.

[@DominicWade]

They are leeches, inchworms are a type of caterpillar.

[@TheMapler1]

WOOHOO A NEW PROPER PEOPLE VIDEO

[@palm1986]

I’ve been watching you guys for like 11 years, and you always put out good content!

[@justinkwong8071]

They're the most risky of missions, but I love the ones that involve surprise encounters.

[@jkunz27]

Man, so sad! I went there with my grandparents as a kid. I remember that sculpture, and those giant planters with the benches around them!

There is nothing better than when the proper guys release a new fresh video and a fresh kebab that I brought from the Turk is warming up on my table. So let's go :-)

[@andok0303]

I started watching this video as soon as it was made public, this video had 50 Likes by the time I finished the 35 minute video 585 people had liked it. It's interesting knowing how many people are excited for a new Proper People video!

[@semectual]

I love the 2nd half of the episode! I would rather go to any abandoned Japanese place than any here in the USA! Everything gets vandalized here, in comparison to Japan, they look like they maintain their abandoned places. Look how immaculate those caves look? 😮😮😮😮😮😮😮😮😮😮

[@tomahzo]

Going through an abandoned mall at night without lights turned on gets you that grainy video look that's really spooky ;D. Thanks for sharing these short excursions that don't go as planned - still very interesting to watch! I think I enjoyed the nature photography from Japan the most. I can almost feel the soft summer breeze against my face. Love dramatic coastal landscapes like that. Interestingly enough you can find similar coastal environment along the North-American west coast :).There's something about the pacific that seems to give rise to that kind of geology.

[@kolmenoitaayeet]

Those leggy bois in the cave are a type of house centipede! We have them in North America and Europe and are totally harmless. I loved the close-ups of all of the creatures you guys found.

[@panzermensch_-_]

Thanks for posting these videos, its had a great impact on how I view architexture and building, please keep making these!

[@random22026]

29:32 'Temple of DOOM' vibes... Wouldn't be a 'Proper' video without abandoned Christmas decorations...the Japanese adventure was entirely fascinating...'leeches just chillin' 🤭🫢😱

[@cstoner9430]

Nailed it again! Thanks guys! Bryan - What boots are you wearing in the bunkers?

[@TheProperPeople]

Thanks! Those were Vasque boots.

[@minimusmax]

@@TheProperPeople Do you know what kind of Vasque boots?

[@bugtalk84]

I really liked seeing those cool bugs but the tons of isopods in the caverns were my highlight. It was awesome to see so many of them.

[@ttintagel]

The shots of the skylights in the darkened mall were pretty awesome.

[@tonyludwig8054]

Finally!! You went somewhere I know. Jamestown mall is sketchy and completely gone now. It’s a bad area and is why it shut down.

[@dreamerjs]

woohoo!!!! always love alerts from y'all!!!

[@CityLurkz]

We got an encounter just like this with scrappers at an abandoned hospital here in omaha. love to see it

[@SurfnSunshine89]

@TheProperPeople I love that you guys are from Florida, and Micheal is freaked out over all those bugs. No lie, I think I'd rather come into contact w those critters over palmetto bug(s) flying at your head as you walk to your front door that's illuminated w a porch light, lol, thats my fearsome bug story. Well, that fat leech at the end was a wrap, good ending. Based on the comments I read, we would love to see more archives in addition to all of your epic explores! Much love 🤙from Cocoa Beach. Bryan & Micheal, have you ever been palm berry picking in central FL? Theres money to make, & places to explore, and lots of critters! Lol you guys are hilarious 😂

[@jamiewhalen7804]

That intake vent you two crawled through to get into the mall is absolutely 100% pure nightmare fuel

[@juanzapata492]

Just part of life ; a place of fun and laughter is just a memory

[@christopherreinsmith1401]

That place was popping in the mid 80's ! I was ten years old! And i had a blast going to that mall!

[@sonikku1011]

It’s odd watching people explore a mall you went to a few times as a kid. I remember Jamestown used to have a carrousel and I remember riding on it. My uncle took myself, cousins and my younger sister there from time to time. Chesterfield mall which isn’t too far from where Jamestown used to be is about to be demolished too. I hope Mid Rivers doesn’t end up like these two despite my love for urban exploring.

[@Barton_Motors_Ltd]

Loved the caves. Japan is just wild Thanks for the upload

[@pyro323]

Well this video went from exploring to National Geographic pretty quick.

[@beegee80]

I get so happy when I hear your theme music every time I watch one of your videos.

[@Synathidy]

I imagine you didn't go in that cave as biologists, but the life you ended up finding ended up making the video a lot more fascinating and fun to watch. Quite a collection of interesting critters.

[@Red-Corporation]

I have known you for years now, you are now like family friends who periodically take me around the world with their adventures

[@CowTown]

Beautiful scenery around those bunkers! But all those bugs? I’d be gone 😂

[@rainscratch]

5:00 Watch where you walk!! These semi-derelict or buildings under demolition will have cavities that can go several floors down. Holding a camera up and looking at the screen or ceiling or up ahead you could easily suffer serious injury or death.

[@devinsullivan6160]

Love a double feature

[@MrWinnfield]

Places like these should be protected. They are basically small eco systems.

[@magnoliamoppet1584]

Okay, the second half seemed like some horror film where two American guys trust a local to show them around some haunted and cursed location through a jungle.

[@d11am0nd8]

just wanted to say thank you for the disclaimer about the bugs!! as someone deeply afraid of them, thank you for letting me know beforehand that you would be showing them so i could avoid being spooked :)

[@kimscrafttime9184]

Those are inchworms not leeches. Inchworms are harmless

[@snowcrash512]

Japanese mountain leech

[@skeetsmcgrew3282]

Lol I was not expecting them to be such babies given what they do. Very obviously inchworms. Millipedes as well. The bats were maybe a small concern, maybe, but not really.

[@snowcrash512]

@@skeetsmcgrew3282 Japanese forest leeches, look it up

[@AshleyDunnavant]

3:23 An update about this mall. This year, they completely tore it down, and it is rubble now. Not sure if the property was sold or not.

[@Groompski]

love the mall videos :)

[@cnel90]

Grew up in the STL area, went to Jamestown a lot. So wild to see it like this. I went to a dang street fighter 4 tournament at the movie theater there around 2011ish

[@AstroNerdBoy]

It would be cool if you guys had more content from your trip to Japan. That aside, loved the video.

[@thesultan4030]

I think Michael's voice has been cloned for AI . There's an AI narrator on the channels Deep Dive True Crime and Mentour lawyer that sounds just like him.

[@doubledee88]

You guys really should of showed up at Jamestown Mall a couple years ago. This was by far my favorite abandoned mall because of how long certain parts of the mall have been abandoned for almost 2 decades and you can really see the dilapidation.

[@CMExploration]

Liked this episode very much, love the caves 😍