"Somebody's Watching Me" but it's playing in an empty mall at 6:45 pm

[@RealKansasMan]

I'm not sure if you just found this picture online when looking for dead mall pictures or if you live in Hutchinson and had taken this picture, but that is the Hutchinson Mall. The store front in the left side corner used to be Zale's Jewelers and the store front off to the right side used to be Pretzels N More, which closed in 2015, if I remember correctly. The storefront all the way to the back where it looks dark, used to be JC Penney's and it closed in 2017 or 2018. Even though this mall looks completely dead and abandoned from this picture, it's actually in the process of revitalization. What used to be JC Penney's is now an Ollie's and a Vintage Market that divided the space into two different store fronts. Off the the left side where Zale's Jewelers was, is a Dunham Sports at the end of the wing, which occupies the space where Sears used to be, and off to the right side where Pretzels N More used to be is a TJ Maxx, Ulta Beauty, Dollar Tree and Harbor Freight Tools, which all occupy the former Dillard's space. Then just behind the camera is the half of the mall that's not dead. This picture was taken sometime after JC Penney left and sometime before 2020 by the looks of it. I was not expecting to see a picture of the Hutchinson Mall pop up in my recommended.

[@DPSquid]

Unfortunately I'm not from the area, I just found it while looking around like you said lol. The source of the photo is in the description, actually It's kinda surreal to hear from someone who've actually been to places in pictures like this, because you see hundereds of these stange, familiar photos around the internet, usually without any context. I at least don't really consider who actually *has* been to these places, though. It's sort of like a feeling of sonder Thanks for sharing :)

[@RealKansasMan]

@@DPSquid It's amazing to me that you just happen to pick that picture at random out of millions of them. Not sure how or why this video was recommended to me, but I'm glad it was.

[@impinator-z4085]

@@RealKansasMan I got these recommend because I was listening to low quality music intentionally then this sort of thing popped up ,and now I'm addicted to it

[@MoonBillboardRileyReidMemes]

Hutchinson mall where?

[@ReddFourBirds]

So you're telling me the mall died and revived itself? That's amazing!

[@darthbane5676]

Imagine you’re lost in the Backrooms, you’ve been wandering around for hours looking for a way out, and suddenly you hear this

[@WishMount]

I'd turn back lmao

[@godfrey_approves]

Apparently hearing music anywhere in the Backrooms is like a MAJOR red flag to get out of there as fast as you can but idk, I'd kinda like to die to this song...

[@terciofelipeoliveirafrance2228]

I would say that the backrooms as a sick sense of humour.

[@ManOMannn]

I'd start bustin' it down sexual style in the middle.

[@odeiomelao]

@@godfrey_approves Running from stuff with that shit playing on the background would probably be the craziest thing ever tho ngl.

[@gangmaki]

this would make a great psychological horror film

[@Junesaidhi]

IKR

[@xerilaun]

Trueee

[@Bobber_The_Wise]

Paul Blart: Undead Cop

[@marsandcobblesproductions3501]

@@Bobber_The_Wise 🤣🤣🤣🤣 sweet Christopher Columbus

[@andretyroneii941]

Original music video to this song is already psychological horror lmao

[@388C4CGREEN]

POV: you have walked around thirteen malls trying to find the specific brand of bread dad wants while he calls you getting angrier and angrier every time

[@puffygasp]

DAD IT'S BEEN 2 HOURS I CAN'T FIND THE BIMBO'S BREAD!

[@UrParentalFigure]

PFFT-

[@MrGuy523]

Eventually it's just a roar coming from what sounds like a monster on the prowl for its prey

[@jasonstefani8276]

Don't recall malls having supermarkets. Also, you're dad might be a tad on the abusive side.

[@spingleboygle]

i misread it as “specific dog breed”

[@raven-dq6ox]

These videos remind me of the feeling you get when you go to the bathroom in the middle of class and the entire school which is usually filled with the noise of students is dead quiet and you feel like you're all alone.

[@starpearlinterlude]

im on drill team and we usually stay really late and so when i leave school its usually 8 or around midnight on game days and i park on the whole other side of the school so i always have to walk through the whole school alone and its lowkey the creepiest thing ever plus the exit i leave from goes to like this weird back alley looking thing and theres like no lights so its really dark and scary💀

[@averylitherland7733]

@@starpearlinterlude thats just creepy...

[@starpearlinterlude]

@@averylitherland7733 yess bro itd be like 1 in the morning and all the lights are just off😭

[@averylitherland7733]

@@starpearlinterlude 😭 that is soo creepy also it reminds me of the song "I always feel like somebody's watching me" lol

[@griffdogg204]

aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa

[@anynonymous1585]

"I always feel like (small pause) somebody's watchin meeee" Not exactly the thing you want to hear when exploring an abandoned mall

[@MandatoryCream]

Imagine if the song stops dead silent at "somebody's watching me" for 5 seconds and then it continues like nothing happened, that would be so creepy

[@maitre_jx]

can we have a version like that

[@rocketblooom]

Some people making this creepy but i found solace and peace. 80’s music in an abandoned mall or most preferably in an 80’s mall is the vibe

[@TheRealSephiroth]

I think its just the atmosphere of the empty mall that does that and the time its set it thats doing that but neither one by themselves gives off a sinister vibe.

[@chelikkakoyta5501]

Who th finds this creepy?

[@steamdragon8550]

I know why a bunch of people are seeing this as scary but honestly I’m just here for the bass

[@saramister3310]

Me too bro me too 😂

[@flyingstonemon3564]

It's a great vibe with the distant echo too, that synth and organ just responds too well with it

[@Stevie_B_0828]

This is how every song sounds to me, when I play them in my head. Not much up there, I suppose. 😉👍😁

[@DPSquid]

Same lol

[@Stevie_B_0828]

@@DPSquid Hey, have you ever played "Piano in the Dark" by Brenda Russell? Beautiful track, her voice would bellow in a large empty enclosed space.

[@xerilaun]

😂😂

[@AgentK83]

For me I tend to hear them “slower and lower” Especially if I’m at work

[@w0738]

bro same-

[@enokiizlmao]

This song perfectly sums up the entire lore of the backrooms.

[@SethirophBayonet666]

It does ngl

[@UrParentalFigure]

FR THO-💀💀

[@cylarious]

it really doesn't imo

[@enokiizlmao]

@@cylarious i kinda exaggerated by saying perfectly

[@cylarious]

@@enokiizlmao you 100% did

[@amyswamy]

Day dreaming to all these songs is genuinely my favourite thing to do thanks for this

[@karenharris3183]

me too

[@guwno7411]

Me to

[@markomatic5469]

Same dudwe

[@SharkyPopTart]

POV: you’re a security guard at the mall and annoyed you had to work the night shift. You hear this song begin to play from the speakers and begin to feel like you’re being watched. You turn around and see a figure duck behind one of the pillars. “Hey! I can see you! What are you doing here this early?” You yell. No reply. You check behind the pillar but see nothing. It’s impossible that the person got away without you seeing them! So where- You feel a tap on your shoulder The last thing you remember is that twisted grin.

[@DrippycatBigmoney69]

That's a cool idea.

[@Ixarus6713]

1 paragraph horror stories, nice

[@AgentK83]

No, this’s cringe defeatist and beta You’re a security guard with training and youre armed Ain’t no stupid grinning loser beating you, especially not after you’re alert Bash him

[@DrippycatBigmoney69]

@@AgentK83 It's a comment meant to be creepy, get over it.

[@Starko_0]

Imma smash fr

[@letsalllovelein]

This is elite. I'd love to explore an abandoned mall while this plays in the background, eerily getting louder & louder.

[@webeballinn]

i love hearing this song around Halloween time, big props to Rockwell and Mike😻

[@dorothyjosefina]

The "at 6:45pm" in the title really sets a complex mood.

[@nexus-509]

"Exactly, turn on turn the flashlight on and look in the dark."

[@TheBladeGuy522]

*You're the last one to leave from the bathroom, not knowing that the fact everyone is gone, the time has passed to a point where the mall needs to be closed and be opened tomorrow. No security were present at the time, and yet the lights weren't turned off, you seek for help, yelling over and over again the same words "Hello?! is anybody there?!", expecting for a security to come out and help you but, nothing, no useful results came out. As the time passes, you freely walk around in the so said mall with the fear of being watched, slowly the more you walk, the deeper you get into the point... two minutes later, all of a sudden, this song randomly pops out, as you get scared of it, you take a look around with a scared face as you think that somebody is really watching you through the security cameras, but the thing is, that's not true, you're completely alone, and the song... remains as a mystery.*

[@Pighill]

thanks for scaring me

[@Adrian-qr6gk]

the part where the chorus hits in sounds really good with the empty mall sound

[@marsandcobblesproductions3501]

I can imagine this being in an 80s style movie on Netflix

[@ItsaEuro]

This gives the exact vibes of the Halloween dance my school did, they even played this song.

[@t.b.cont.]

Welcome to what it’s like to be a security guard for just a brief moment

[@abramcase7256]

It sounds so realistic, like the music is actually playing in the background somewhere. I can also hear the echo.

[@definitelynot_tfol36]

This would actively make me feel like nobody's watching... i would be dancing the hell out of that song

[@autumnstupidity]

I love his voice sm, it’s so expressive. such a great singer

[@Isaac.84]

Michael Jackson actually sang a little bit in this. Just a fun fact.

[@autumnstupidity]

@@Isaac.84 really? what part? i love micheals voice as well so im curious

[@Isaac.84]

@@autumnstupidity I think a bit of the chorus but I’m not sure

[@snaccsize]

Michael sung the hook 😊

[@samuelhernandez6813]

That’s quite ironic 😂 Your becoming paranoid in a mall that’s devoid of people, besides yourself and this song is playing on the speakers and loops back to the start after the song ends each time.

[@chandlerc17230]

Used to have a local mall that would always play this song around Halloween when they used to do their annual trick or treating events. It looked almost exactly like that too, except way more lively back then, although considering the mall is still open it probably looks even more like this now. Definitely unlocked memories I forgot I had. R.I.P. my childhood

[@mackokitt219555]

Imagine if you're hiding out from a killer in an empty mall than all of a sudden all the lights turn on and this is blasting on the intercom

[@girle.madtail8464]

If I were a night security guard, I’d be playing music like this every night! 😂

[@lazerlightening]

POV: You had to stay late to clean your store and as you're walking through the empty mall one of your favorite classics comes on. You look around to see all the store fronts are closed up and the lights are off so you dance to this banger!

[@dark-mirror-_-8816]

This feels like I'm playing zombies in spaceland again

[@jeremylee1344]

this for some reason gives me extremely intense anxiety and i don't know why

[@jotarokujo7477]

Imagine you are in the middle of the mall, locked in for the night. **let’s imagine it’s like midnight** and you see a shadow run past your view. A few seconds later, this starts playing. What’s terrifying, is that you are all alone in that mall. No one else is there but you. No living thing is there. Not even an animatronic, or animal. Just *you.* you run up the mall escalators, and hear footsteps trodding up behind you. You run to the nearest diner, and hide behind a booth. You can hear the footsteps slowly coming closer until.. it stopped. You looked up.. and the last thing you can remember before you ‘passed out’ was the terrifying grin of ‘him’ stretching from ear to ear, with the inside of his mouth and his crooked teeth clearly visible.

[@Lickerball]

The feeling of something watching you is much scarier then there actually being something watching you

[@felipejose8834]

​​@@LickerballExatamente, o cara aí em cima viajou de criar um ente físico pra isso. O terror psicológico funciona muito mais em como o ser humano cria um ambiente assustador em sua cabeça do que ele realmente está em um ambiente assustador.

[@zalostlorendeathless]

​@@felipejose8834Vdd

[@psyche_therainsilk]

Imagine you’re home alone and this starts playing from your closet 💀

[@spazzey0]

most people include a monster in their imagination of this scenario but i just see a hobo running around the mall in paranoia and knocking things over as he desperately runs away from some unseen entity stalking him

[@margiebazanmab]

Ngl love these 80s vidoes where people makes it more scary

[@swisscheeseplease97]

Takes me back to the 80s, even tho I was born in 97

[@cassie.426]

Imagine being a night shift guard and hearing this at 11:00 pm

[@Letsnotdothispls]

*insert me vibing all the while forcefully ignoring the eyes staring at me from all over the place*

[@Tweek_reallylovesCraig]

Imagine you’re lost in the backrooms, you’ve been wandering around for hours looking for a way out, and suddenly you hear this

[@reeses_unicorn]

POV: You're walking through this empty mall while this song's playing. You stop walking for a brief moment to tie your shoes, but you hear an extra foot step behind you that's not yours. 0.0

[@newchillynoble2412]

Imagine you are doing urban exploring, you take a service tunnel to this place and then this starts blasting

[@yourlocalvampirekat]

POV: You are a security guard at a mall when its closed. The music still plays because the guy forgot to turn it off. As the song plays, you start to feel paranoid. You look to see strange humans outside the window missing limbs and a strange green color. The zombie apolocolypse has begun. There you go, happy Spoopy Season ya'll!

[@Urlot]

I didn't think I could find this specific video, lol

[@kokichioma1641]

Giving me Halloween music playing in a mall in October vibes rn smh

[@lovingneverland7710]

I'm thinking of a videoclip where there's this security guard that is alone and starts dancing bc the music was on bc he wanted to have some fun, suddenly he hears someone else singing, sees a shadow in the dark and starts running, runs for half the song with this shadow behind him and then discovered its his mate working with him and in the ending part they both dance together

[@Kietaro]

playing this in 5.1 stereo, and i'm terrified

[@hollowtheory]

Welcome to the salty Spittoon, how tough are ya? I listened to this video. Yeah, so? Without any lights.

[@eliasiom5357]

The lights... mesmerizing The music quality... pristine

[@The-Hound]

Love seeing stuff like this. Its makes you think of the unknown. From people there your safety isn’t questionable as it doesn’t become a though that crosses your head, remove the human factor and you fear that which could be there. I live in the United Kingdom and where i live, in the town theres a shopping Center that is built on a graveyard…and sightings by guards are very common. Videos like these are excellent and make me think of that Center and many places like it. When you ask people why they fear a mall or shopping centre after hours alone, they can’t exactly explain why the unease but they indeed fear it. Carry on the good work DP Squid.

[@TheHirohikoAraki]

I swear there are early 20th century films that shows liminal spaces.

[@Fat_Caseoh]

These liminal space things give off a indescribable good feeling that I can’t figure out. I thought I was the only human on the planet who experiences that. Imagine this playing in a spirit Halloween

[@nisarojas2869]

This song fits the creepy aura of a giant vacant area

[@TheGamerPainter]

If this played as I'm leaving the mall as it closed that would make my day even better at the mall!

[@Sowi.]

When wandering around in the backrooms turns into an 80s montage

[@xx_furby_lover_xx5812]

Weirdly nostalgic

[@A-Broken-Greatsword]

It's the Summer of June 16th 1989 when you get to see through the eyes of 19 yr old Rebecca Howard and horrible nightmare she could could have never dreamed of. Rebecca was a student enrolled at St. Richmond high school West Virginia Where she dreams of taking fiance courses to be a Successful Businesswoman like her Rich & successful uncle who she looks up to one day, While living with her 7yr Brother Charlie who's Autistic and gets extremely bullied at school because of it and Rebecca's Mother Katherine who know about Rebecca's dream wants to give her that and so works at the grocery store and has 2 part time jobs to make as money get Rebecca into college. One day at her job working as pizza delivery, talks to Simon one of the employees that work with her who likes Rebecca and one of her best friends along with Claire, their Manager who they call "Red", and Lee who just across the street at a Game store Who secretly likes her A LOT too but doesn't have the courage to ask her out. On June 16th 1989 Lee finally gathered up months of courage to ask out the girl he's been watching for months taking notes, watching her every move from her job to her home and justifies it with "So I can know more about her" he thought while getting dressed for prom. And so after Rebecca is done working Lee walks up to And so hours later "H-Hey Rebecca!" "Oh hey what's up?" She replied "O-Oh I just wanted to ask you if you wanted to go out for P-Prom! Will you please accept me?" "Oh I'm sorry already going with Simon" She replied. When Lee heard those words his world completely fell apart as he went from Lovestruck to Jealousy and was angry with this and said "B-But why him?!" Lee yelled Rebecca replied "Well I think he's just good guy" Discontent with this he ran off crying while thinking about how after all this time while studying her and watching her wondering how this could have had happened Simon never existed and so an extremely jealous Lee stomped off into the night "I'm I'M the best guy in your Life! I know and love you more than Simon EVER WILL" he thought as his feelings became hatred and jealousy. Later on Katherine Calls Rebecca "Hey Beck could please go to the mall with your brother and get him some new school clothes and groceries?" "But mom I have pr- "I got a little busy so I new couldn't do it so I left some money on the kitchen table Love ya Smooches" - Line ended "Oh come why on PROM?! and do I really have to bring him?" As She muttered under her breath while her brother was standing around corner listening. As Rebecca was told she took her brother to Hudson Center Mall While Driving to the mall Late at night having to buy clothes and groceries Lee was following behind. Rebecca and Charlie make it to the mall and have to hurry since it's 11:38 and the Mall's gonna close soon and so as they managed to get groceries and clothes, the Mall was minutes away from closing as they found an exit Charlie had peed himself since he's been holding it the whole time and so Rebecca who doesn't want to clean up pee in the car finds a nearby bathroom and tells him to go change in the public bathrooms and an embarrassed little Charlie does. While standing near the bathroom for 10 minutes waiting for him to come out. Rebecca urges Charlie to "hurry up the Mall's gonna close plus it's starting to get cold in here" as Rebecca looks around for anyone she sees how empty and dead (like manly's soul) the Mall is but sees a dark figure hanging by vending machine but it runs off once it Sees she saw it. Rebecca takes a breather and goes into the men's bathroom and yells for Charlie while looking in the stalls panicking since she can't find him but then finds a note on one of the stalls that reads "Was I not good enough?" With Charlie's doll he always takes with him underneath the stall. Scared she runs out and sees the Mall has been fully shut down and goes into panic running around the mall for about an hour looking for her brother. While looking around and having this uneasy feeling that someone is watching her and has had this feeling a while "CHARLIE! CHARLIE?! WHERE ARE YOU?!" Her voice as it echoes through the vast and seemingly giant Mall as she looks for Charlie. The endless darkness inside infinite amount of closed stores battling the neverending brightness radiating off the pure white fluorescent lights having to walk between them while feeling like she's being watched and that's when suddenly "Somebody's watching Me" by Rockfell starts playing and sees a dark figure starts staring at her from across the hall I'll be listening to any feedback and if there's any errors or something you think I should change I'll gladly do it Thanks for listening.

[@Poiesis11]

Pov: you’re in the back rooms dancing to the music while the Hermit watches in disappointment. Maybe there's another entity at well...

[@GedonPlays]

Imagen being the Janitor:

[@dragonbladeiv9224]

Not me sitting here, waiting for someone to actually pop out from behind a pillar and start watching me. Missed opportunity, honestly.

[@thatcoasterdesigner]

I used to go to a mall all the time and this year it was being demolished (it already has) but the last time I been there it was basically a ghost town and its giving me those vibes :(

[@elegantsedits]

ferb i know what we’re gonna do today.

[@mr.watts6927]

Something so perfect about 6:45 pm

[@DeathWishesXOXO]

POV: you’re trying to find your friends in the mall then this plays

[@West_Kootenay_railfan]

I feel like I'm running from a murderer...

[@lunarnotahero]

bro this is kinda a jam i hope whoevers watching me appreciates these dance moves tf

[@NinJoryMusic]

Intruders are trolling the Security at the night shift:

[@DaXenCroosader-27EA2]

1 word... fitting

[@someBODY1s2ldMe]

Me currently listening to this in the bathroom, the reverb sounds insane

[@tonyweaver2353]

I've always had that dream where I'm walking to one end of the mall to the other. Going to JC Penney's only to end up at Sears and walking all the way back only to get lost.

[@hajilee4539]

Gosh could you *imagine* if a mall had this much reverb...

[@alexanderblasiak2873]

This is a perfect song for a dead mall.

[@Jose10614]

Somebody’s Watching Me - Rockwell Who’s watching? Tell me, who’s watching? Who’s watching me? I’m just an average man with an average life I work form Nine to Five, Hey, Hell I pay the price All I want is to be left alone in my average home But why do I always feel like I’m in the Twilight Zone and? I always feel like somebody’s watching me And I have no privacy (Ooh Ooh) I always feel like somebody’s watching me Tell me is it just a dream? When I come home at night, I bolt the door real tight People call me on the phone, I’m trying to avoid But can the people on TV see me or am I just paranoid? When I’m in the shower I’m afraid to wash my hair ‘Cause I might open my eyes and find someone standing there People say I’m crazy, Just a little touched But maybe showers remind of Psycho too much! That’s why I always feel like somebody’s watching me And I have no privacy (Ooh Ooh) I always feel like somebody’s watching me Who’s playing tricks on me? I don’t know anymore Are the neighbors watching me? (Who’s watching?) Well, is the mailman watching me? (Tell me who’s watching?) And I don’t feel safe anymore, Oh, what a mess I wonder who’s watching me now (Who?), the IRS? I always feel like somebody’s watching me And I have no privacy (Ooh Ooh) I always feel like somebody’s watching me Tell me is it just a Dream? I always feel like somebody’s watching me And I have no privacy (Ooh Ooh) I always feel like somebody’s watching me Who’s playing tricks on me? I always feel like somebody’s watching me (Ooh Ooh) I always feel like somebody’s watching me (Who’s watching me?) I always feel like somebody’s watching me (Ooh Ooh) I always feel like somebody’s watching me Who’s playing tricks on me? I always feel like somebody’s watching me Can I have my privacy? (Ooh Ooh) I always feel like somebody’s watching me Who’s playing tricks on me?

[@microtheguyfromearth]

I'd either shit my pants thinking someone's watching me, or just dance

[@NotTheWheel]

Bro I can bet you 10000 dollars if this started playing and I saw some fucking dude from like Scream - I'll be the first human to run faster than 30mph. I normally have a fight over flight response but if I get paranoid I freak out.

[@Basement_Bro]

This song is so good, great song for Halloween too!!

[@cowfat8547]

it’s good to know that malls are making a comeback now

[@nevanj.medina358]

This makes the Mr Sandman versions look tame

[@maxxh5331]

Imagine if you were in this situation and Every Breath You Take played right after.

[@WHatTheFyak]

POV: You are leaving your local dead mall at closing time. People are cleaning and you are only with your parents

[@ghostlytravel]

I like it it’s just a little too loud for a mall setting overall really good

[@CHlNO2007]

Perfect, this is my favorite song

[@MM_Massacre]

This makes me remember this one time that me and my friends were in this mall and it was closing time and they were shutting the lights off on us. We literally started sprinting to the Macy’s to make a last-ditch effort to get out, we got out but I have almost never felt that scared in my life. Lmao

[@cedrichabschi7312]

the security guy survived the night

[@LoveDayandAge]

Reminds me of fall of 2019, after the cinema at a small mall in nowhere, Mississippi

[@michi.naranja]

This is somehow comforting

[@kickster0348]

someone is moving around in the very back

[@benbaldoria]

I'm literally watching this, and what's so scary is that it was 6:45 PM when I was watching this.

[@GaryPotocki82]

The past door we all called time closes celebrated

[@dreamersince08]

oh thank you! this is my favorite song 🤗

[@Ze9zz]

This seems strangely familiar.

[@slasher0343]

Now that's a backroom that i wanna go in

[@hanslubeck7728]

I always feel like somebody, is watching me.

[@luisabolado]

i’ll never know how you achieved this sound but omg it is so accurate props to you👏👏

[@w0738]

This hits differently than the song normally, not sure if its because it is in a mall or what but damn its good.

[@frogyfrogoffroging1342]

Standing at the fountain waiting for my buddy to pick up his paycheck from K B Toys.

[@jamescairns4051]

I love these videos. The set-up is so conducive to getting the imagination ripened for creativity. I’m slightly terrified that there’s a man in a gabardine jacket lurking behind that pillar to the left. I’ll have to pass it though to get to my Renault Clio In the car park at the end of the mezzanine.

[@varahunter68]

are you ok?

[@jamescairns4051]

@@varahunter68 I made it to the car ok and ended up driving to Bognor Regis.

[@xZephyrOfficial]

When ever u hear a music in a empty mall ur fight or flight sense starts... and i start to run the reason is when the music plays the monster comes out

[@RubyX184]

*Somebody's Watching Me* but it's playing in an *empty* mall at 6:45 pm sure bro

[@karenharris3183]

creativeness is the greatest thing on earth