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As someone from Michigan, you are a brave man for trying to confront people in the Detroit area. A lot of people are kind and good, but Detroit has a reputation for a reason. You deserved to get that GBA back just for having the balls to do that.
The moral of the story? Never steal a Game Boy from someone who's willing to go to Japan for a terrible DS game. Going to Detroit was N O T H I N G for him.
that guy totally took it. you can SEE the panic in his eyes when you brought up finding the airtag in the garage. mother-in-law was totally chewing him out in the minutes you spent waiting outside their house
Hands down I was like that’d be me. Go in with a magnifying glass if you need! 😂 and it’s sad that the older lady didn’t even know you can BET that lady disciplined that son in law!! The neighbors all were like yeah as far as I know I ain’t seen it at all and they were honest the elderly lady in blue was just a person who probably doesn’t keep her eye on her adult son and son in law at all times cause they’re adults
Kind of goes to show you that there are really bad and really good people out there. The law moves too slow, people have to make things happen on their own without relying on police
@@Moli05There’s nothing illegal about knocking on doors as long as you leave when asked. The police should know this, there was literally a Supreme Court case about it which explains why the police are able to do it.
Nick roaming the streets of Detroit reaching into wrinkly paper bags in front of strangers and hopping fences to retrieve a Game Boy is absolute INSANITY and I love it
Ofc the streets of Detroit have a scammer out of all places. I expected Ohio, and Detroit because it has the worst criminal activity I know of in America. I'M NOT MAKING AN OHIO JOKE YOU FU.
Even though you didn't file an official report or try to catch the guy, I bet since his family was helpful and handed it over without even accepting the reward, he probably got an earful from them once he got home.
An earful? If I found something like that at my job I would of taken it home too. Only earful he would of gotten was probably leaving the air tag in his garage. Also why take a reward for returning something someone you knew stole. The reward is more of an enticement for people to help.
@@AnthonyBrown-gt4tn "No, officer, I didn't mug that old lady, I just found her bag on her shoulder, took it, and couldn't return it to the rightful owne- wait, why are you getting out the handcuffs?"
The game boy advanced modded out seems like a great gift. My sister lost her gambit in the waiting room of the hospital on the day I was born and I would want to give her one for her birthday
Your composure and demeanor, sticking to 'misplaced' instead of 'stolen', despite the shaky hands and overwhelming emotions is incredible. This was incredible to watch, great recording and editing.
Didn’t expect to wake up and see this I didn’t think this video was gonna get posted but seeing myself in the FedEx was nostalgic holy moly great stuff Nick
Yeah and like wtf did they think somebody is gonna do, just leave without at least asking for their property back? Some people wouldn't be nearly that polite about it
So dont blame the police. They have to work within the justice system. The police could be sued. But at least what the police could have done is use the tracker. But then to get a warrant it would take time etc. This isnt their first rodeo, they know they have little options especially if he doesn't want the thief prosecuted.
@@ChrisWijtmans the police threatening nick to stop engaging in legal activity, refusing to provide legitimacy or in any way help him, and failing to not be an active obstacle to his problem rather than helping, is a problem. they had the choice to help within the confines of the law and chose not to.
you dont seem to understand what the police officer told him,if the people from the neighbourhood complained about nick causing disturbances the police would have to talk nick and file report against him. The police officers work under the police and justice system, there was little they could do.@@presidentbutterpudding4025
I hope he sees this video and has a change of heart, but I wouldn't bet on it. Maybe seeing the grace he received convinces him to change his ways?? Probably not tho so I agree w you there lol
The bureaucracy is like this everywhere. I just spent all of last week trying to get help for a trapped dog, and all the apartment offices and the humane society would do was bounce me between each other telling me to keep "reporting the noise" so they could file reports.
I lived in Windsor for a while right across from Detroit. Got broken into and they stole a couple of antique, amber, hand-carved smoking pipes. The same thieves had systematically broken into every place on the street. Every single one. I called the cops and they wouldn't even take a list of what was stolen. I explained the pipes were unique and easily identified and asked what I should do if I found them for sale in a pawn shop. The cop, leaving, said, "Then I guess you're s--- out of luck."
Those police were useless. You would have not gotten anything back if you just listened to them. I 100% woulda been doing more investigating. I hate when they gas light you and try and tell you, you can't do something even though it's not against the law. They like kinda try to strong arm. He's like "then ima have to come back out here and deal with you" like yeah ok guy. For asking permission to look in there back yard and if they say no I leave? And he's like report it with the airport. And your like will that change anything? Him, "no" like wtf lol do you hear yourself guy
Bro believe it or not they have more important shit to be doing than using resources to find a gameboy😂 they also said that theres nothing they could even do because it was stolen in an airport. Its easy to hate when you arent the one doing their job.
@@zakryhowell9652 but then if they can’t help, tf is he meant to do? If they can’t help, fine, but they shouldn’t try and stop him from getting it back himself as long as he’s not doing anything illegal
Fr. The cop doesnt even believe in the supposed "proper course of action". I wanted him to shut the eff up and leave once it was clear they were useless. He just kept yapping to make it seem like they did anything. They did nothing but let the thief know that Nick was on the lookout for it.
As a former FedEx employee, I can say that many of them are, in fact, extremely chill. There are certainly some that aren't, but some of the best friends I've made in my life, I met through FedEx.
@@PlanetComputer Oh, that's more likely due to the not chill people treating packages poorly, leading to them getting damaged and getting sent to QA. If they're damaged beyond repair, they get sent to the Shadow Realm.
World needs more people like the woman in the white tee and the gentleman in the red polo! AND THE LADY THAT LET YOU IN HER BACKYARD. YOU NEED TO HAND POPCORN OUT WITH THESE.
It's so nice that pretty much everyone's responses to him asking around were like "Oh my god that's horrible how can I help?" Even the thief's family went out of their way to find it for him.
Yeah I think the ultimate moral of the story is never call the cops... If anything they tried to intimidate you away from the neighborhood, if there's not anything in it for themselves then they will not do anything, if you would have said that you were going to prosecute they would have started a whole investigation..
I really felt the cops showed up because at least one of the neighbors called them on him!! Did any of you feel like that?! Such an odd coincidence, ah?
Smart cop, bad neighborhood plus knocking on doors looking for a thief which most people don't exactly take kindly too.. that cop was doing his job keeping that boy safe lol
@@Aelea Agreed, it's very common for the cops to prefer making you just stop causing a disturbance over anything else. They just want to stop having to come out.
@@wretchedsoullikemine i mean, i dont think thats necessarily a bad thing. its their job to stop disturbances after all. im no bootlicker but i get the cop's perspective here
I want to give a big thank you to Nick for letting me make some of the songs for this video and giving me the opportunity to work with him. I also want to thank my friends ProdObey (drums/misc edits) and Levi Hayes (amazing saxophone) for helping me with the songs for this video and the other works contributed here. I hope everyone enjoys the video! Funny enough the place this video was shot at is actually really close by to me hahaha, Dearborn is actually a really good area for food 😭
@@circleinforthecube5170 It really depends on your outlook on things, The negatives outweighs majority of the positives sadly. Though were slowly but surely starting to revitalize the city, Its still not a place you would wanna go blindly lurking in.
Hmmm, it seems the thief knew that AirTag was some sort of tracker since they took it out. I wonder why they didn’t try to throw it away or anything. Taking it out and putting it in your garage definitely isn’t the smartest thing to do. Maybe he didn’t think someone would actually try to get it back.
i think i can explain that, actually - AirTags start beeping when they get separated from their owner, to prevent people using them for stalking and stuff. the guy probably got annoyed by the beeping and took it out lol
@@babylonian apple didn't actually add the tracker alert beeping until February 2022, so its more likely he just gave the kids the gameboy as is and one of them just took it out to play with and left it in the garage not knowing what it was, if the story played out today the guy in the airport would probably drive to a remote location after work to search for trackers on stuff before taking them home with him due to the general public being a lot more aware of item trackers like AirTags
@@whyistheresky He just had to say it. He was on camera. He didn't say Nick literally couldn't go to talk to these people, but they know the area better than Nick. Some neighbourhoods just don't like strangers cruising around and suggesting somebody stole something. The officer just wanted to prevent the worst possible outcome, because you can never really predict how people will act. And if Nick bothered someone and got police called on himself, he'd have to come back and intervene this time against Nick because that's his job.
@@Cavi587 is that true though? what would the cop even say? “stop talking to people”? “stop knocking on doors and asking questions”? the cop has really no right to tell nick either of those things. seems to me like the cop just wanted to make the whole thing go away. that’s the opposite of helpful
@@whyisthereskyNot to be mean but it’s Detroit fam you don’t go knocking on doors asking something like this without risk and if the cop on camera is shown saying go ahead and Nick gets shot the cop is liable.
@@whyistheresky Yeah, what the guy below you said. I'm not from the US but even I know you don't start shit in Detroit. And the cop knows the place. A guy just flew in from a different state and wants to walk up to people's homes. They did all they could and helped him by at the very least asking people on his behalf. The cop had the responsibility to inform Nick that he should not do this. If he did anyways - hey, he warned him not to do it. He knew full well he'd do it anyway if he planned to, just wanted to make it clear probably. I know cops in the US aren't the most liked people and I understand why, but if you approach everyone with "us vs them" mentality you will miss even the most obvious acts of simple human decency.
@@anonymouse12_yt Bc the only reason he was able to get the arrow to activate was bc it was in the garage. If it were in the gameboy(in the house) he probably wouldve never been able to get it to come up.
The salt in the wound when the airtag beeped when he picked it up, it was like it was saying: "Hey! you found me, great job!". Glad he was able to recover the Gameboy Advance though, I can't imagine losing years of memories from a device you had as a kid.
I was flabbergasted, i pretended a random corner in my room was a camera like in the office and i looked directly at in and went "can you believe this?"
this has got to be the best and biggest endorsement for air tags. After watching this video, I'm sure sales MUST have skyrocketed at least by a small margin. No one ever plans on having their stuff stolen and you may never get to use the air tag. but as the old saying has proved time and time again. *Better to have it and Not need it, Then to Need it and Not have it*
The fact the cop said she better marry you when you were trying to find it and then years later when you finally uploaded this you guys broke up is sad, I wish you all the best Nick
Omg, the more I read about the scandal, the more I felt weird about him, I tried to not judged him for a lot of weird interactions, now it make a bit of sense. But I'll still watch his quests to find more things, it's just fun.
Man said “ ex girl friend “ at the end and got me in a chokehold! Like how you did all this and don’t end up staying together blows my mind. Literally did the most for her, that’s insane to me. Keep ya chin up man.
Bro tbh I just read this and haven’t gotten to that point yet. But I had an odd feeling she was cheating when she didn’t want to go to his parents house and wanted to go home alone instead. That was weird af. It instantly set off a red flag for me. But i didn’t want to say anything and ruin the mood.
Yea, because he was playing sounds through it, the other day. Imo if they were really planning on stealing it they would defo not have just thrown it into a garage.
I think they meant it could spook the neighborhood and they might get the cops on him for snooping around. I don't know the laws in Michigan, but in some states you don't have to identify yourself or what you're doing if there's no probable cause for you doing something suspicious.
@@mitchio83 Going house to house looking for something specific is odd to do in the middle of suburbia. Jahovah's Witnesses might get away with it because it's a religious thing, but some random doop is less likely to.
@@benjaminzarkhin1293 Being weird is not illegal. Unless there is a specific law about soliciting in the area, it is not illegal. They could trespass them from their property, but that is the end of it.
My favorite part of this is how quickly everyone went from being this scary, nebulous obstacle he had to overcome to just ordinary people when he approached them as such. Honestly Nick's whole channel is a testament to how far you can get by just treating people as they are; humans.
They probably didn't know what an Airtag was. I had no idea what an airtag was until I looked up ways to track my dog. Probably not a criminal, and probably the first time they stole something. We don't know anything about anything, and it's really generous of him to see things in a broader light. I am glad he didn't get shot like they do in my neighborhood.
Not surprising it was an airport employee stealing from passengers. Glad you got it back Nick. Even though you two aren't together anymore, I am sure it still means so much to Samantha that you did that for her.
Holy shit. This has been the most stressful TH-cam video to watch, no drama show will be this suspenseful. So damn glad you got it back. Shame that you two have broken up since then but I am glad in the end everything worked out.
I did something similar with a $20k speciality piece of video gear that I had embedded 2 air tags inside! Spent 3 days tracking it through downtown Dallas. One thing I learned in the whole process, is that the police aren’t really there to help you. They have no capacity to do anything unless it’s right in front of their face. You HAVE to be your own detective today if you want any justice in property theft.
I had my apartment broken into in 2010 while I was at work and my things stolen. Cops wouldn’t do anything. I had to do all the detective work and found out a friend of a friend was selling all my stuff. The thief only ended up getting a charge for receiving stolen property since they didn’t have enough proof to charge for the B&E and theft. I never had any of my things returned.
When you started mentioning the cash reward, I was just PRAYING you wouldn’t come face-to-face with the thief and end up PAYING him for stealing your shit. I am glad that isn’t how it turned out.
It's a good thing that you two didn't lose that Game Boy Advance during one of your trips to Japan. You would have gone to the lost and found area of the airport and it would have been waiting right there for you.
NO WAY!!! THAT LADY WAS A G!!! i love people like her, so kind, she just wants to help and do the right thing, knowing that "going through the process" ain't always the easy way
Yeah my car got broken into, my childhood dsi and a 3ds got stolen. Tons of pictures from my early days gone, aswell as my favorite games. Cant really replace that.
This whole time I wondered what would have happened if some guy saw you hopping that fence, assumed you were a robber and pulled a gun out. Can't have shit in Detroit man
To be fair, he can’t exactly film it while he’s doing the most direct action that would be required to get it back. He most likely had the police involved in order to demonstrate the limitations that they have when they actually do their job (as opposed to not or going “off-script”) and just being a “law abiding citizen” that takes the “right” steps towards his goal. Nick probably doesn’t want to end up like that guy who filmed himself crashing his plane for sponsorship money and allowing the general public to see how he committed a federal crime 🤷🏽♂️
Aw man. The drop I felt when he said that they're not together anymore! What he did was so sweet and I felt so happy for them. But, well, I guess that's how it goes sometimes
Respectfully hes a dope guy but i noticed somethings one shes lowkey out of his leavye but shes a nerd so ill give it to him. Second he mentioned everytime they had free time she was on it….during a vacation
What got me was if she really liked it so much how did she end up losing it so fast. If it really was something she valued, you know it wouldn't have left her sight.
For real. First I was sad (in a sweet kind of way) because, wow, happy couple, and they're young and beautiful. Then BAM sad in a different kind of way because no longer together. None of our business, I suppose.
@megamangman I haven't lived there since the 90s but yes I was born in 83 and raised in Brightmoor/ old Redford. Mom is from Delray and Dad is from Inkster. Family in Romulus, Taylor, Lincoln Park, etc. My families business is on Bellevue and Mack Ave called Aline products Corp near Heidelberg project. I know Dearborn, my mom went to Eastern Michigan and Grandma graduated from UofMsince so yes I'm originally from Detroit and my whole family still lives there but no it was a joke and I'm not looking at what the police cars say
Theft at airports is insanely common. Worked at one for a bit, they knock bags off, have the person in charge of picking stuff up and getting it back on track drive it to a blind spot and then grab it. Ways around all locks and types of bags. Put anything you care about in carry on.
@@pauline-glitterbugcraftsno its not if your a Christian seeing JESUS should never make you feel that way inside. You are of your father and the lust of your father you will do.
Im sorry about you and Samantha, but I'm so happy she allowed for this video to be released and I hope your on good terms still this was an amazing story and you truly went above and beyond.
Yeah, I don't wanna bring anything important with me on flights now that would hurt me if it was lost. It's such a shame, especially for what we're paying to fly.
I was literally on the edge of my seat the entire time after the fedex trip. Absolute balls of steel going and asking all those people. You absolutely were the man in that moment. What a video.
I wonder if the AirTags PCB could be hidden inside a steam deck itself and hooked up to the correct voltage rail in the deck instead of the coin battery
Fumbling around in a rough neighborhood of Detroit, one of the most dangerous cities in America, looking for a special pink custom GBA that was scandalously stollen thus sparking an interstate criminal investigation is somehow only the second or third most wild thing this channel has ever done.
Screw that brother in law man, literally broke the law and the facts the cops would let him get away and not let him knock, just peeves me off. Glad you got it back man
He works at the airport, might've just been cleaning and found it or picked it up as an employee, but how is he supposed to know who it belongs to at an airport? I've never seen a lost and found, but definitely takes a little moral greyness to take shit you find at work that don't belong to you at home, but depending on who you are, you get used to taking lost pencils on the floor at school in an official setting where its kinda more common.
@@Jeff4theRaidridiculous. You don't take things that don't belong to you, that's stealing. If you find something at work while cleaning you should turn it in at work or dispose of it at work there's absolutely no reason to take it home except to keep it. It would be much easier to return the missing item from an airport than a random residence.
And possessing stolen property is a crime in every state so the cop is full of it. He should have said he wanted to press charges, they might have actually made an effort.
When the landscapers took my wife's iPhone, I tracked it. But the dudes wouldn't give it back to me or admitted. I was only like 6 feet from getting it back. I offered money to get it back. The fact that you got it back is amazing! Great job
their point is that, despite the legality of it, we do revere vigilantism and that is clearly shown through how many popular characters in media fit into the category of "vigilantes"@@Eliwood407
I’m gonna be honest with you, the longer content with the story arcs are some of the best projects on this platform, and the creativity and storytelling you can make is unmatched. All good with the shorter content but, long project are always the ones I’ll remember most 💪🏼
Yep, these long videos allow for Nick to create a whole narrative that you can't really do in a 20 minute video. That is to say, I wouldn't have been nearly as invested if we didn't see the entire journey.
I agree with you in the fact I also enjoy longer format videos, I watch 2-4 hour videos from my favorite content creators daily but when you’re trying to take a 10 minute video and force it into a hour long thing to maximize profit it’s different because all that filter you throwing in there gets boring and I’ll admit I got bored so many times watching this video where i almost skipped to the end. 😢 but you are right some of his other long format videos are great, i’ve watched all of them, and a few ive watched and enjoyed the entirety, but not every one is a winner, i was hoping you were going to say all this when i read “i’m gonna be honest with you the longer content…” instead of just kissing his cheeks instead, but anyway
@@highdefinition450You say that but youtube shorts was a recent addition and the TikTok attention span idiots have moved over here slightly. Luckily it's not fully taken over and we still get long entertaining videos like this one
@@Thisisadream17it was literally in the lost & found + the guy that took it was an EMPLOYEE at the airport, it's completely unprofessional like don't take shit that isn't yours
@@Thisisadream17 And something about them flying so they most likely have enough money...some people will find excuses why they should be a criminal. Most likely blaming others for there behavior. You are one of them?
Hearing at the end of this that you arent still together was pretty devastating. I feel for you, even though we don't know all the details, as we shouldn't. You're so kind. Keep on going, ill be here to watch every time.😁
@@Zo3Plays samee i was expecting him to say that but saying they haven't been together for years turned the whole ending into a bittersweet ending, the gameboy was found and even after Nick travelling all the way from North Carolina to Detroit, embarking on this adventure just to make her happy.. only for them to break it off later on - its a gut punch!
hearing the airtag beep in that backyard after you spent so long to find it was ABSOLUTELY JAWDROPPING. I FEEL LIKE I WAS WATCHING A MOVIE AND IT WAS REACHING ITS HOLY CLIMAX
@@bbluekyanite DUDE I was like "FU*K! FU*K! No way the tag is just there... all hope is lost... its inside the house." and then he said he was gonna go confront the homeowner, walking OUT OF HER BACK YARD!!! dude is a G and did the unbelievable all for a girl that ended up not being with him (no fault to anyone, it happens.) this is such a rollercoaster of emotions, I am literally crying.
What I want to know is if it was within a few months or sooner after, and she just stuck around out of guilt. If they broke up a year later over something, life happens. But man, she may have planned it.. this happened and she just froze lol. When I saw her in the gamer girl chair… it kind of made me think ah, both streamers. But at the start not gonna lie… I saw him, then her and was like…is he a rich lawyer or did he just win in life? Something felt a bit off I dunno. It felt maybe college relationship, money or famous streamer type thing going on behind the scenes. I don’t know her, but I just got vibes something was off. I think a lot of us felt that at the start.
Crazy thing is the ex actually specifically asked him not to put her (image) in the video (esp. from their vacation), and he did not care. She made a tweet about her not consenting being in this video.
The cop said he could do it if he wanted, but if any of the neighbours call the cops the cops will have to come back and tell him to stop. He never said it was illegal
@@CarlHudson its not the cops fault, blame the 4th amendment. cops CANNOT conduct a search unless they have 100% proof that a person conducted a felony, they have to have probable cause to search for it. even if they chose the right house to search, the perp could sue for a 4th amendment unlawful search and this would not only put the officers out of a job, but potentially ruin any sense of financial stability due to legal fees. law enforcement and legal technicalities are very vague and each district has different interpretations and thusly different rules.
hey nick just wanted to let you know i DID like the video i do like that, for every thief there are a dozen kind people willing to help. all the neighbors being so understanding and helpful was really uplifting. so many people wanted to do the right thing. people are good(:
@@deliwtz how? there's really only one bad person in this video and it's the person who stole, all the others are about as helpful and comprehensive as they can be, even the cops to some extent. they did try to help, even tho they didn't do much in the end
@@highdefinition450 You just stated the reason yourself. Many people gravitate towards negativity, and that “only one bad person” is often all it takes for people to adopt extreme mindsets.
Not long ago I had a situation like this with my AirPods,where a guy ‘borrowed’ it and then took it,and I’m so thankful for the neighbours helping find the location of it. And of apple for its technology
I live in the Metro area that guy lived in Inkster which is in the suburbs of Wayne County it is not Detroit, and the The Detroit International Airport is about 20 minutes from Detroit in Wixom.
This man is so honorable and dedicated enough to the point in which he flew back to Detroit in search of the gameboy. And the fact that he wasn't vindictive about it shows his mindset is above a lot of people.
This man is so honorable and dedicated enough to the point in which he flew back to Detroit in search of the gameboy. And the fact that he wasn't vindictive about it shows his mindset is above a lot of people.
This man is so honoured and dedicated enough to the point in which he flew back to Detroit in search of the gameboy. And the fact he wasn't vindictive about it shows his mindset is above a lot of people.
@@astrogaming274 This man is so honorable and dedicated enough to the point in which he flew back to Detroit in search of the gameboy. And the fact that he wasn't vindictive about it shows his mindset is above a lot of people.
I remember losing my friend's GoPro on a whole mountain in highschool, only to have someone return it in perfect condition to ski patrol the next day. People make the world go 'round! What a heart warming tale
I went to sugarloaf mountain in Maine to ski for a week and I ended up dropping my phone when I took a fall. I was so scared I lost my phone but fortunately it ended up in the lost and found! I was so thankful for whoever dropped it off, I just wish I could’ve seen them to thank them
@doingyamom Reminds me of when I let my brother take my 3DS to a lodge with our boy scout troop once, and one of the other scouts stole it while it was charging. I never did see it again though.
I'm only *_slightly_* annoyed with the cop that spoke to you after they tried to help @20:42, because he kept revisiting how 'the `Ping` tracked it down to around four houses' *BUT* it feels like he didn't fully understand that getting _closer_ would Pinpoint the tracking _even more_ potentially letting them find the *_EXACT_* house and location-welp it is what it is... (;´A｀)
Been working it for about 10 years. I want everything straight to the point. My boss is a storyteller and its so fuckin hard to find out when i should turn my brain back on for whats actually happening.
Oh god people like this lol. They tend to be good human beings all around but damn do they love to chatter on and on and be overly forthcoming with details 😂
My man just woke up and straight up restored my faith in humanity. The neighbourhood was so incredibly friendly and helpful! You’re amazing, all the best to you!
Dude I just want you to know. This video was freaking phenomenal, 1. the music choice was actually incredible, 2. the production was truly amazing, 3. the camera takes we’re really good because you can actually understand what’s happening and you can see everything that was happening. I swear this was probably the best video I have probably ever seen HANDS DOWN. It’s like a freaking movie.
@@indianaliam1 Jumping the fence to trespass was dangerous. You can be shot for that. I am going to be real, him being a white, nerdy, pudgy guy would have given him a very slight advantage because a homeowner with a gun might hesitate for a second before shooting because of how odd the situation is.
@@indianaliam1 He could of been arrested for trespassing. I was surprised he didn't go back around over the fence. Also, he didn't put any of his stuff down.
You really care for those around you, and this shows that definitely. Instead of just making a new one, paying the couple hundred of bucks to make it, you took the hard way out, bravo
You really care for those around you, and this shows that definitely. Instead of just making a new one, paying the couple hundred of bucks to make it, you took the hard way out, bravo
Ppl think that if this wasn’t content for them that these ppl would do these things. If it wasn’t something the thought would be good content for the way he planned on making it, he wouldn’t have made the trip and wasted the money. It wasn’t a waste of money for him like it would be for one of us. Not only did he make a lot more money off of it, but even if the video didn’t do great he would have at worst broken even and still gotten his new video and content out for what is his JOB
As a Michigander I just want to thank you for painting the state as a more positive place than the media typically depicts especially for the situation you were in.
As someone from the south suburbs, I’ve never thought of Detroit under a good light. But after fully watching this video, my faith is restored and I see Detroit as something else completely. I think nowadays the internet poorly portrays places all over the US as cities or towns because we only hear about the bad and unfortunate incidents and crimes that happen there, yet we’re making assumptions and decisions about places that we haven’t even experienced or even considered visiting.
@@RaneterFor real!! I feel bad because I was wary of Houston when my sister wanted me to move, cause I'd always hear about random beheadings and crazy killings happening here but now that I've moved, I love it so much and literally cry sometimes driving around because I love living here so much 😂 There's a lot of good to every city
Bro america is on the list of top 5 gun violence yet if you take Detroit and 4 other major cities that are democratic with the strictest gun laws out of the equation america drops to 155th. So yes Detroit is that bad
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It would really help to get English subtitles too!
Only if i can make the translations WOKE
THE NEIGHBOR ASSIST HOLY SHIT. She didn't doubt it for a second, she immediately was like "I got you, you go in and I'll distract them"
FR. She was so real for that.
Absolute legend.
That's really admirable
She said she wanted that bag 😭
@@brooklyn__ww if I knew what he'd make from the video I would ask for a % 😂
As someone from Michigan, you are a brave man for trying to confront people in the Detroit area. A lot of people are kind and good, but Detroit has a reputation for a reason. You deserved to get that GBA back just for having the balls to do that.
honestly the amount of variation in cultures y'all have is wild. you've got detroit, ann arbor, and newaygo all in the same state😭
ikr
cant have shit in detroit lmao
I'm not even from the US nor have I ever been there and I was like "out of all places, why Detroit? That's gonna be tough to get back" lol
Yes, agreed. Lots of basketball Americans that want to hurt you because that's what they do.
Nick has the most insane amount of Dad Lore with all these side quests he goes on
Telling his future kids about this is gonna be smth else
It's like the film Taken, but without the violence xD
His future kids are gonna think hes making these stories up XD
@@shortnameswill he's made the YT vid tho
@@flakeyflakes got a vid to go with it too
"He probably brought it back here to help try and return it". Nah he stole that shit lmaooo
he knows that he's just trying to make her feel better
@@mothmads obviously, that's why I said lmao
he said it to not make them angry... just imagine he said "stole it yadayada" they couldve been so angry bout it that they didnt give it back.
@@alecrizzle no you did not man ^^
right
The moral of the story? Never steal a Game Boy from someone who's willing to go to Japan for a terrible DS game. Going to Detroit was N O T H I N G for him.
Or go to Japan to visit an empty office building lmao
Or go to Japan for a derpy f***ing sticker@@NOVA0335
hey man, the mcdonalds game was NOT terrible
@@NOVA0335not even just that. He basically trespassed in a cram school to try to break into that office through a connecting door 😂
@@NOVA0335 Or go to japan to place down a tiny ass sticker to slightly annoy a japanese game company
that guy totally took it. you can SEE the panic in his eyes when you brought up finding the airtag in the garage. mother-in-law was totally chewing him out in the minutes you spent waiting outside their house
Truee. His face said it all
His brother in law was the one who stole it, he’s the airport employee, but dude could tell his in law stole it hence not wanting the reward money
@@NaughtMaxexactly, he could’ve just taken the reward money but felt bad that his BIL made this dude come all that way to get it back
@NotSoMax @hunbiggs880 But what if he IS the brother in law that works at the airport? 👀
@@daliasepthat seems most likely. He just didn’t wanna admit to it
The neighbor was a real one. Especially risking drama between her and her neighbor just to help a stranger.
Hands down I was like that’d be me. Go in with a magnifying glass if you need! 😂 and it’s sad that the older lady didn’t even know you can BET that lady disciplined that son in law!! The neighbors all were like yeah as far as I know I ain’t seen it at all and they were honest the elderly lady in blue was just a person who probably doesn’t keep her eye on her adult son and son in law at all times cause they’re adults
$100 didn't hurt.
@@juanvaldez2921She earned it.
Kind of goes to show you that there are really bad and really good people out there. The law moves too slow, people have to make things happen on their own without relying on police
$100 is $100 😂
Police: "Please don't attempt to find it."
Also Police: "I hope you find it."
I mean you can't really go out there and start knocking on random people doors the police is right
@@Moli05 Can't? That's what he did. That's how he got it back.
@@Moli05 nah they just wanted to feed their ego cause they had the authority
@@Moli05There’s nothing illegal about knocking on doors as long as you leave when asked. The police should know this, there was literally a Supreme Court case about it which explains why the police are able to do it.
@@Moli05not in inkster michigan
That one woman who knew the mission plan straight away.
Glad she got the reward.
Nick roaming the streets of Detroit reaching into wrinkly paper bags in front of strangers and hopping fences to retrieve a Game Boy is absolute INSANITY and I love it
*metro in the burbs
hes defo a crip fr
all for an egirl
@@xxxXXXCH04XXXxxxhehe i pinged you as a joke
Ofc the streets of Detroit have a scammer out of all places. I expected Ohio, and Detroit because it has the worst criminal activity I know of in America. I'M NOT MAKING AN OHIO JOKE YOU FU.
Even though you didn't file an official report or try to catch the guy, I bet since his family was helpful and handed it over without even accepting the reward, he probably got an earful from them once he got home.
Not to mention the public shame of this TH-cam video
An earful? If I found something like that at my job I would of taken it home too. Only earful he would of gotten was probably leaving the air tag in his garage.
Also why take a reward for returning something someone you knew stole. The reward is more of an enticement for people to help.
@@AnthonyBrown-gt4tn You are, simply, just a bad person.
@@AnthonyBrown-gt4tn Why take it home when you know its gonna hurt someone? would you like your shit to be stolen?
@@AnthonyBrown-gt4tn "No, officer, I didn't mug that old lady, I just found her bag on her shoulder, took it, and couldn't return it to the rightful owne- wait, why are you getting out the handcuffs?"
The game boy advanced modded out seems like a great gift. My sister lost her gambit in the waiting room of the hospital on the day I was born and I would want to give her one for her birthday
Your composure and demeanor, sticking to 'misplaced' instead of 'stolen', despite the shaky hands and overwhelming emotions is incredible. This was incredible to watch, great recording and editing.
Yeah specially talking to all those black folks
Wow, you've never had a social interaction.
@@キキミミシュウdude. what the fuck is wrong with you.
I don't know what you mean by this? Speaking to a white person is just as dangerous as talking to a white person
@@キキミミシュウwhy did you say it like that,
Didn’t expect to wake up and see this I didn’t think this video was gonna get posted but seeing myself in the FedEx was nostalgic holy moly great stuff Nick
You were one of the guys playing doki doki in the FedEX? Dude that’s rad
hahahah i was hoping you’d see this!!! thanks for cheering us up that day
Did you finish the game?
How was DDLC?
@@babylonianThank you for the kind words brother me and the other guy (Vaughn) really appreciate it
It's crazy that the FedEx employees were more helpful than the cops
Detroit.
@@TheBcoolGuy yeah that makes sense
and the fact that he was play doki doki was amazing due to me literally just playing it right before I watched the video
in all fucking places cops are useless
1312@@voidxO7
Wth this was 3 years ago & you guys aren’t together anymore. Dang. You’re a great partner. Wish you the best!
@SalooanMatti 55:41
They are still together
55:49 They haven't been together years ago.
Yeah her reaction wasn't the one I was expecting.
@@Delta-el8fd She was probably like, you put a tracker on me? lmaooo
"We really don't want you knocking on doors & trespassing on people's property"
*SEVERAL HOURS LATER*
_"You go in, I'll distract them"_
Yeah and like wtf did they think somebody is gonna do, just leave without at least asking for their property back? Some people wouldn't be nearly that polite about it
Also love how they encouraged him to file a police report but admitted they wouldn’t have done anything different if he had 😒
So dont blame the police. They have to work within the justice system. The police could be sued. But at least what the police could have done is use the tracker. But then to get a warrant it would take time etc. This isnt their first rodeo, they know they have little options especially if he doesn't want the thief prosecuted.
@@ChrisWijtmans the police threatening nick to stop engaging in legal activity, refusing to provide legitimacy or in any way help him, and failing to not be an active obstacle to his problem rather than helping, is a problem. they had the choice to help within the confines of the law and chose not to.
you dont seem to understand what the police officer told him,if the people from the neighbourhood complained about nick causing disturbances the police would have to talk nick and file report against him. The police officers work under the police and justice system, there was little they could do.@@presidentbutterpudding4025
You really should contact the airport authorities. If that guy keeps his job he will likely do this to somebody else who won’t be as lucky as you
True, that man must be stopped before he steals more
I hope he sees this video and has a change of heart, but I wouldn't bet on it. Maybe seeing the grace he received convinces him to change his ways?? Probably not tho so I agree w you there lol
who knows how many items in that garage were stolen?
Yeah he should have. I mean that guy saw the tracker, took it out and then hid it in the garage
Definitely.
You gotta report so they can report and then attach the reports. What a way to recover stolen property.
LOL
Welcome to Detroit. Can't have shit.
@@TheMetalGaia“oh gawd damn they stole my whole motherfuggin engine. Cant have shit in Detroit“
The bureaucracy is like this everywhere. I just spent all of last week trying to get help for a trapped dog, and all the apartment offices and the humane society would do was bounce me between each other telling me to keep "reporting the noise" so they could file reports.
I lived in Windsor for a while right across from Detroit. Got broken into and they stole a couple of antique, amber, hand-carved smoking pipes. The same thieves had systematically broken into every place on the street. Every single one. I called the cops and they wouldn't even take a list of what was stolen. I explained the pipes were unique and easily identified and asked what I should do if I found them for sale in a pawn shop. The cop, leaving, said, "Then I guess you're s--- out of luck."
Those police were useless. You would have not gotten anything back if you just listened to them. I 100% woulda been doing more investigating. I hate when they gas light you and try and tell you, you can't do something even though it's not against the law. They like kinda try to strong arm. He's like "then ima have to come back out here and deal with you" like yeah ok guy. For asking permission to look in there back yard and if they say no I leave? And he's like report it with the airport. And your like will that change anything? Him, "no" like wtf lol do you hear yourself guy
Bro believe it or not they have more important shit to be doing than using resources to find a gameboy😂 they also said that theres nothing they could even do because it was stolen in an airport. Its easy to hate when you arent the one doing their job.
@@zakryhowell9652 but then if they can’t help, tf is he meant to do? If they can’t help, fine, but they shouldn’t try and stop him from getting it back himself as long as he’s not doing anything illegal
Fr. The cop doesnt even believe in the supposed "proper course of action". I wanted him to shut the eff up and leave once it was clear they were useless. He just kept yapping to make it seem like they did anything. They did nothing but let the thief know that Nick was on the lookout for it.
@@zakryhowell9652more important stuff to do but had 3 cops there knocking? Get real
biggest takeaway from this video is that fedex employees are extremely chill
As a former FedEx employee, I can say that many of them are, in fact, extremely chill. There are certainly some that aren't, but some of the best friends I've made in my life, I met through FedEx.
As someone who frequently drops off things to a commercial fedex depot. everyone there seems to be chill
@@arrestedeffortthat's why my damn packages never get delivered
@@PlanetComputer Oh, that's more likely due to the not chill people treating packages poorly, leading to them getting damaged and getting sent to QA. If they're damaged beyond repair, they get sent to the Shadow Realm.
no wonder they cant deliver, mfs charge you 4x and cant even drop it off.
World needs more people like the woman in the white tee and the gentleman in the red polo! AND THE LADY THAT LET YOU IN HER BACKYARD. YOU NEED TO HAND POPCORN OUT WITH THESE.
SHE WENT NEXT DOOR TO COVER FOR YOU MY GOD WHAT A LEGEND
And the fedex guys who were playing doki doki on company time. I respect that
It's so nice that pretty much everyone's responses to him asking around were like "Oh my god that's horrible how can I help?" Even the thief's family went out of their way to find it for him.
This goes to show how you're on your own if something get's stolen from you. Speaking with the cops was like speaking to a brick wall.
ya delt with same thing steal it back is only way
Yeah I think the ultimate moral of the story is never call the cops... If anything they tried to intimidate you away from the neighborhood, if there's not anything in it for themselves then they will not do anything, if you would have said that you were going to prosecute they would have started a whole investigation..
I really felt the cops showed up because at least one of the neighbors called them on him!! Did any of you feel like that?! Such an odd coincidence, ah?
My bike got stolen and saw it on sale and i asked for a meet up so i can see and "Buy" the bike ( I stole it )
Omg this part was pissing me off!!!!!!!!
Police Officer was legit trying to make you scared to knock on people's doors. What the absolute hell.
Smart cop, bad neighborhood plus knocking on doors looking for a thief which most people don't exactly take kindly too.. that cop was doing his job keeping that boy safe lol
@@Uneed2GrowUp I'm going to disagree. His statements suggested he didn't want to have to return to deal with the same situation again.
@@Aelea Agreed, it's very common for the cops to prefer making you just stop causing a disturbance over anything else. They just want to stop having to come out.
@@wretchedsoullikemine i mean, i dont think thats necessarily a bad thing. its their job to stop disturbances after all. im no bootlicker but i get the cop's perspective here
@@Uneed2GrowUp I think the fact the one dude said he offered to help and the cop wouldn't let him is sus
I want to give a big thank you to Nick for letting me make some of the songs for this video and giving me the opportunity to work with him. I also want to thank my friends ProdObey (drums/misc edits) and Levi Hayes (amazing saxophone) for helping me with the songs for this video and the other works contributed here. I hope everyone enjoys the video! Funny enough the place this video was shot at is actually really close by to me hahaha, Dearborn is actually a really good area for food 😭
hoot
wow
Oka
Really cool
So cool you got to work on this!
never get between a man and his gameboy
better yet, a man and his girlfriend's gameboy
He truly is a hunter
I'm in a bidding war right now for a Gameboy advance so this is vary true
the ending actually made me cry
True
Wow being able to hear the AirTag from inside a garage two houses away is pretty impressive. Maybe AirTags aren’t completely useless
I really hope that they do some updates on that ringing cause sometimes its hard to tell if its in front of me or behind me.
@@ericsalidbar1693hearing issue
@@ericsalidbar1693have you tried standing sideways?
@@lemiru 💀
@@lemiru sound travels weirdly so it would sound the same
When the lady saw neighbors "Thou shall not try me" tshirt she knew the gig was up.
As someone born and raised in the west side of Detroit, Thank God you found it in Dearborn and not in Detroit.
detroit isint THAT bad, it has horrible problems but it also has positives
@@circleinforthecube5170😂😂
it would've been fine lmao
@@circleinforthecube5170 It really depends on your outlook on things, The negatives outweighs majority of the positives sadly. Though were slowly but surely starting to revitalize the city, Its still not a place you would wanna go blindly lurking in.
I noticed that when he mentions DHPD. Realized it was dearborn heights police
Hmmm, it seems the thief knew that AirTag was some sort of tracker since they took it out. I wonder why they didn’t try to throw it away or anything. Taking it out and putting it in your garage definitely isn’t the smartest thing to do. Maybe he didn’t think someone would actually try to get it back.
i think i can explain that, actually - AirTags start beeping when they get separated from their owner, to prevent people using them for stalking and stuff. the guy probably got annoyed by the beeping and took it out lol
Maybe thought it was like a security tag like you'd see on electronics at a store? Not a tracker
@@JesusChrist-qs8sx I think he would have seen the apple logo on the back
mabey they dont know what a gameboy is and thought it was from apple store xD@@guv5718
@@babylonian apple didn't actually add the tracker alert beeping until February 2022, so its more likely he just gave the kids the gameboy as is and one of them just took it out to play with and left it in the garage not knowing what it was, if the story played out today the guy in the airport would probably drive to a remote location after work to search for trackers on stuff before taking them home with him due to the general public being a lot more aware of item trackers like AirTags
it's interesting how the neighbor was willing to talk to you and the police actively prevented that from happening
it’s definitely not illegal for nick to go up to them and ask if he can look in their backyard. i don’t know why that cop was butting in.
@@whyistheresky He just had to say it. He was on camera. He didn't say Nick literally couldn't go to talk to these people, but they know the area better than Nick. Some neighbourhoods just don't like strangers cruising around and suggesting somebody stole something. The officer just wanted to prevent the worst possible outcome, because you can never really predict how people will act. And if Nick bothered someone and got police called on himself, he'd have to come back and intervene this time against Nick because that's his job.
@@Cavi587 is that true though? what would the cop even say? “stop talking to people”? “stop knocking on doors and asking questions”? the cop has really no right to tell nick either of those things.
seems to me like the cop just wanted to make the whole thing go away. that’s the opposite of helpful
@@whyisthereskyNot to be mean but it’s Detroit fam you don’t go knocking on doors asking something like this without risk and if the cop on camera is shown saying go ahead and Nick gets shot the cop is liable.
@@whyistheresky Yeah, what the guy below you said. I'm not from the US but even I know you don't start shit in Detroit. And the cop knows the place. A guy just flew in from a different state and wants to walk up to people's homes. They did all they could and helped him by at the very least asking people on his behalf. The cop had the responsibility to inform Nick that he should not do this. If he did anyways - hey, he warned him not to do it. He knew full well he'd do it anyway if he planned to, just wanted to make it clear probably. I know cops in the US aren't the most liked people and I understand why, but if you approach everyone with "us vs them" mentality you will miss even the most obvious acts of simple human decency.
To be honest you should have built the tracking device into the game boy.
He probably wouldnt have found it if he had
@@zakryhowell9652 why?
@@zakryhowell9652 wdym?
@@anonymouse12_yt Bc the only reason he was able to get the arrow to activate was bc it was in the garage. If it were in the gameboy(in the house) he probably wouldve never been able to get it to come up.
@@zakryhowell9652 he still would’ve found it regardless
The drop I felt when he saw that the airtag was seperated from the case can not be described. HOLY SHIT. That was better than any hollywood movie.
My stomach and heart SANK
The salt in the wound when the airtag beeped when he picked it up, it was like it was saying: "Hey! you found me, great job!". Glad he was able to recover the Gameboy Advance though, I can't imagine losing years of memories from a device you had as a kid.
I was flabbergasted, i pretended a random corner in my room was a camera like in the office and i looked directly at in and went "can you believe this?"
@@DigitizedGalaxyAltSAME OMG It’s the most ADHD thing I do 😭
@@PureRando.mkocrfokcofo
Ah yes, one of the best Japanese cities, Detroit.
デトロイト, ミシガン県, アメリカ合衆国
eh, not as much of a good japanese city as jacksonville, floridu prefecture
man japan is looking weird
Michigan Prefecture
Fun fact rural japan and rural Michigan look outrageously similar. It’s very freaky
The real miracle of this video is Nick getting detroit PD to respond to a call.
Jesus loves yall, died for us, and rose again! Jesus calls for all of us to repent! He's coming back!!
@@highestpeeqs9532what is bro talking about.
@@LuckyTheMotherFanbro is talking about jesus christ and his greatness
@@highestpeeqs9532jesus did not die or get crucified. He's just our prophet who will come back soon.
@@ArmadusMalaysiaJesus is the son of God
this has got to be the best and biggest endorsement for air tags. After watching this video, I'm sure sales MUST have skyrocketed at least by a small margin. No one ever plans on having their stuff stolen and you may never get to use the air tag. but as the old saying has proved time and time again. *Better to have it and Not need it, Then to Need it and Not have it*
The fact that they opened it and then decided to just throw out the air tag is insane.
especially for someone who works at an airport. must have surely known what it was
The kid probably heard it beep and hid it.
it's a thief wdym?
@@apjapki what kid?
@@Blaze-zm7ztprobably that dude’s kid, or maybe if his “brother-in-law” had kids (unless that “brother” was really him…)
The fact the cop said she better marry you when you were trying to find it and then years later when you finally uploaded this you guys broke up is sad, I wish you all the best Nick
What?
@@coolkenman if you watch the entire thing you’ll understand
@@Optimus7591 ohh k
Omg, the more I read about the scandal, the more I felt weird about him, I tried to not judged him for a lot of weird interactions, now it make a bit of sense. But I'll still watch his quests to find more things, it's just fun.
@@worawatli8952 I’m confused. What weird interactions
3DS Thief: Don't worry, we made it out of the country. We're safe.
Nick Robinson: I've booked flights to Japan for less
PSP you mean
@@amihart9269 Game Gear you mean
@@Sameviyou mean a ps vita?
@@supermatcat24 you mean a game & watch?
You mean a Nintendo DS Lite@@opt1ss
Man said “ ex girl friend “ at the end and got me in a chokehold! Like how you did all this and don’t end up staying together blows my mind. Literally did the most for her, that’s insane to me. Keep ya chin up man.
Did he plant the airpod to spy on her location? I'm only halfway thru the video...
That neighbor distraction part was cool, lol...
Same bro my heart dropped and then it kept going saying he hasn’t been with her for years
@@ted714 why would you think that? The point of the AirPod is to track the location of the item if it’s lost
Bro tbh I just read this and haven’t gotten to that point yet. But I had an odd feeling she was cheating when she didn’t want to go to his parents house and wanted to go home alone instead. That was weird af. It instantly set off a red flag for me. But i didn’t want to say anything and ruin the mood.
You should definitely hide the air tag inside the case next time! Also that air tage was definitely thrown out deliberately. :(
Yea, because he was playing sounds through it, the other day.
Imo if they were really planning on stealing it they would defo not have just thrown it into a garage.
Or maybe out the air tag inside the actual console
There's not much room in GBA to put it in, sadly.@@verydirtyps3
apple needs to make a smaller air tag, its too big
@@mountaink2z The AirTag will play sounds regardless after at a maximum of 24h of being away from the owners iPhone.
The cops saying you can’t knock on somebody’s door and ask for your stuff back is fucking insane
I think they meant it could spook the neighborhood and they might get the cops on him for snooping around. I don't know the laws in Michigan, but in some states you don't have to identify yourself or what you're doing if there's no probable cause for you doing something suspicious.
@@benjaminzarkhin1293 What is suspicious about knocking on a door?
@@mitchio83
Going house to house looking for something specific is odd to do in the middle of suburbia. Jahovah's Witnesses might get away with it because it's a religious thing, but some random doop is less likely to.
@@benjaminzarkhin1293adding onto this, especially if its some random person you’ve never seen before
@@benjaminzarkhin1293 Being weird is not illegal. Unless there is a specific law about soliciting in the area, it is not illegal. They could trespass them from their property, but that is the end of it.
My favorite part of this is how quickly everyone went from being this scary, nebulous obstacle he had to overcome to just ordinary people when he approached them as such. Honestly Nick's whole channel is a testament to how far you can get by just treating people as they are; humans.
Holy shit dude. Those neighbors came in super clutch letting you go check their backyards.
the fact that he took the air tag out knowing its a tracker but kept it still on the property he lives is just" wtf stupid"
Right? An airport employee just picks a lost thing up and takes out the tracker? Yeah.. Stupid and a bad liar
Most criminals aren't the smartest people
most low level criminals , a lot are very smart but make a mistake after awhile @@Nasa-cosmonaut
They probably didn't know what an Airtag was. I had no idea what an airtag was until I looked up ways to track my dog. Probably not a criminal, and probably the first time they stole something. We don't know anything about anything, and it's really generous of him to see things in a broader light. I am glad he didn't get shot like they do in my neighborhood.
@@FatJesusLive"probably the first time they stole anything." Your naivité is endearing my man.
Not surprising it was an airport employee stealing from passengers. Glad you got it back Nick. Even though you two aren't together anymore, I am sure it still means so much to Samantha that you did that for her.
Wait, he said they're not together anymore? When?
not surprising they was black
@@cruzdesangre2850At the end of the video
@@psyopsmatter6480 Racist pos.
@@cruzdesangre2850 At the end of the video.
Holy shit. This has been the most stressful TH-cam video to watch, no drama show will be this suspenseful. So damn glad you got it back. Shame that you two have broken up since then but I am glad in the end everything worked out.
That is just awful.
Moral of the story: if you’re gonna be a horrible person, take out the AirTag before going home. 😂
I did something similar with a $20k speciality piece of video gear that I had embedded 2 air tags inside! Spent 3 days tracking it through downtown Dallas. One thing I learned in the whole process, is that the police aren’t really there to help you. They have no capacity to do anything unless it’s right in front of their face. You HAVE to be your own detective today if you want any justice in property theft.
did you get it back?
Ayo?
Jesus loves yall, died for us, and rose again! Jesus calls for all of us to repent! He's coming back!!
I had my apartment broken into in 2010 while I was at work and my things stolen. Cops wouldn’t do anything. I had to do all the detective work and found out a friend of a friend was selling all my stuff. The thief only ended up getting a charge for receiving stolen property since they didn’t have enough proof to charge for the B&E and theft. I never had any of my things returned.
Great story. Did you get your AirTags back ?
When you started mentioning the cash reward, I was just PRAYING you wouldn’t come face-to-face with the thief and end up PAYING him for stealing your shit. I am glad that isn’t how it turned out.
The problem with theft or petty theft is if it’s stolen, the thief 9/10 wins and keeps it
on the other hand that means that thievery is a lucrative and growing industry. steal something today
@@nokkonokkoBro has a ticket to hell
@@nokkonokko
Nice, I'll steal from you and your family.
You guys are being way too harsh, dude just told a joke
That's when you need friends of friends.
“It’s that a PSP?” had me dying 🤣🤣🤣
It's a good thing that you two didn't lose that Game Boy Advance during one of your trips to Japan. You would have gone to the lost and found area of the airport and it would have been waiting right there for you.
hahhhaha very true! would have been a much much shorter video
@@babylonian 😊👍
Someone in Japan would have run after them to hand it back. They are really that nice.
@@DieAlteistwiederda 👍
@@DieAlteistwiederda yea good people but sometimes very suicidal
“the most important thing to do is file a police report”
“so if I had would there be a different outcome?”
“no”
fr tho lol
fr, if you can pinpoint the location of a stolen item how is that NOT a search warrent? Last time i checked theft is a crime
Detroit finest
But you’re going to need to cops one day!!!!!! 😂
@@ariessolarhijiri2985I may need to cope, but how do I cops?
NO WAY!!! THAT LADY WAS A G!!! i love people like her, so kind, she just wants to help and do the right thing, knowing that "going through the process" ain't always the easy way
She was probably like we need to get over with this, before more cops come knocking on our doors
she might have just wanted the cash reward. either way 100% a g
Jesus loves yall, died for us, and rose again! Jesus calls for all of us to repent! He's coming back!!
@@highestpeeqs9532 Bro Jesus doesn't love me
Yeah my car got broken into, my childhood dsi and a 3ds got stolen. Tons of pictures from my early days gone, aswell as my favorite games. Cant really replace that.
I bet you still don't make backups.
This whole time I wondered what would have happened if some guy saw you hopping that fence, assumed you were a robber and pulled a gun out.
Can't have shit in Detroit man
Anarcho tyranny in action
this video is full of naivety it's actually insane.
To be fair, he can’t exactly film it while he’s doing the most direct action that would be required to get it back. He most likely had the police involved in order to demonstrate the limitations that they have when they actually do their job (as opposed to not or going “off-script”) and just being a “law abiding citizen” that takes the “right” steps towards his goal.
Nick probably doesn’t want to end up like that guy who filmed himself crashing his plane for sponsorship money and allowing the general public to see how he committed a federal crime 🤷🏽♂️
@@ethanwasme4307 "These cops will surely help me."
@@ethanwasme4307 dw he's got that white boy plot armor
Aw man. The drop I felt when he said that they're not together anymore! What he did was so sweet and I felt so happy for them. But, well, I guess that's how it goes sometimes
Did you really expect anything less?
@@miilkbone990 I didn't know they broke up prior to watching this.
Respectfully hes a dope guy but i noticed somethings one shes lowkey out of his leavye but shes a nerd so ill give it to him. Second he mentioned everytime they had free time she was on it….during a vacation
She's definitely out of his league, so it didn't come as a surprise to hear that.
What got me was if she really liked it so much how did she end up losing it so fast. If it really was something she valued, you know it wouldn't have left her sight.
"So while me and Samantha haven't been together for years"
And thats a bigger gut punch ending than anything else could've been. Ouch.
Real
For real. First I was sad (in a sweet kind of way) because, wow, happy couple, and they're young and beautiful. Then BAM sad in a different kind of way because no longer together. None of our business, I suppose.
Not surprised
when she answered the facetime....
@@tudobem12....yes? We're all waiting with bated breath for you to finish that sentence.
Detroit police, murder, guns, fentanyl, prostitution, homelessness, drugs....and now pink Gameboy advanced.. 😂
😂
You know nothing about my city 🤡
@@chriscline7905it's funny how you say your from here, but couldn't tell that the video is in Dearborn, and not detroit.
@megamangman I haven't lived there since the 90s but yes I was born in 83 and raised in Brightmoor/ old Redford. Mom is from Delray and Dad is from Inkster. Family in Romulus, Taylor, Lincoln Park, etc. My families business is on Bellevue and Mack Ave called Aline products Corp near Heidelberg project. I know Dearborn, my mom went to Eastern Michigan and Grandma graduated from UofMsince so yes I'm originally from Detroit and my whole family still lives there but no it was a joke and I'm not looking at what the police cars say
Theft at airports is insanely common. Worked at one for a bit, they knock bags off, have the person in charge of picking stuff up and getting it back on track drive it to a blind spot and then grab it. Ways around all locks and types of bags. Put anything you care about in carry on.
facts all electronics go with me on the plane.
Jesus loves yall, died for us, and rose again! Jesus calls for all of us to repent! He's coming back!!
Enough of this Jesus stuff even as a Christian it's off putting 🙄
@@pauline-glitterbugcraftsno its not if your a Christian seeing JESUS should never make you feel that way inside. You are of your father and the lust of your father you will do.
@@GINGER_KING_ young blud, stop yapping.
The cops: we don’t want you so much as knocking on their door
Nick: so anyway I hopped the fence while the neighbor distracted them
and proceeded to ask said home owner for the gameboy and got it back
@@neveyya right? Crazy how actually doing something gets stuff done. Never would’ve guessed lmao
@@averyeml frfr
them pulled out my Glo-
Im sorry about you and Samantha, but I'm so happy she allowed for this video to be released and I hope your on good terms still this was an amazing story and you truly went above and beyond.
What happened?
he said at the end of the video that this was taken years ago so they've actually broken up a while ago @@SadToffee
@@kkulzenyeah, sometimes breakups just happen, long term goals don't match up exactly, other stuff, y'know
Maybe this is a real 5-D play to win her back...
WHAT??!?!
Dude. This is one of the best videos I’ve seen in a long time. I watched this the whole way home. So glad you found it.
Waste of effort knowing his girl broke up with him a month after the gameboy incident
I hate how luggage thefts are ever-increasingly common in airports, even though I only flew anywhere like 3 times in my life.
Yeah, I don't wanna bring anything important with me on flights now that would hurt me if it was lost. It's such a shame, especially for what we're paying to fly.
yeah, it‘s really fucked up that our economic system inherently requires the existence of poverty & crime to function.
bruh wtf are you doing here?
@@Yackass me? just making sure people get upset at the correct thing and understanding where crime stems from.
@@finn8518yeah yeah, they did it because they were poor and couldn't feed they kidz 😭😭😭
Man the ending where he says that they haven't been together in years was so devastating after seeing all that.
Shit happens. Still a badass story. Touching in general.
My heart sank
it broke my heart, i was sadly expecting that.
the sad truth of society i guess?
once you see certain parts of the video with her in it, the sad truth it that it honestly it doesn’t really seem unexpected at all
I was literally on the edge of my seat the entire time after the fedex trip. Absolute balls of steel going and asking all those people. You absolutely were the man in that moment. What a video.
omg bringus studios i challenge you to turn a nintendo related console (like a switch) into a steam deck
hi bringus studios !!
I wonder if the AirTags PCB could be hidden inside a steam deck itself and hooked up to the correct voltage rail in the deck instead of the coin battery
Hi Bringus!
Fumbling around in a rough neighborhood of Detroit, one of the most dangerous cities in America, looking for a special pink custom GBA that was scandalously stollen thus sparking an interstate criminal investigation is somehow only the second or third most wild thing this channel has ever done.
Screw that brother in law man, literally broke the law and the facts the cops would let him get away and not let him knock, just peeves me off. Glad you got it back man
He works at the airport, might've just been cleaning and found it or picked it up as an employee, but how is he supposed to know who it belongs to at an airport? I've never seen a lost and found, but definitely takes a little moral greyness to take shit you find at work that don't belong to you at home, but depending on who you are, you get used to taking lost pencils on the floor at school in an official setting where its kinda more common.
You don't know what they were planning on doing with it! They might have been planning on returning it. Don't assume they were trying to steal it.
@@Jeff4theRaidridiculous. You don't take things that don't belong to you, that's stealing.
If you find something at work while cleaning you should turn it in at work or dispose of it at work there's absolutely no reason to take it home except to keep it.
It would be much easier to return the missing item from an airport than a random residence.
@@BadNameJacksonthey already stole it.
And possessing stolen property is a crime in every state so the cop is full of it. He should have said he wanted to press charges, they might have actually made an effort.
i’m convinced nick is like an international agent with all the flights and detective work
Government needs this man's help ASAP
I hope this becomes a part of mainstream internet history, amazingly edited and structured wholesome video! Made an hour feel like 20 minutes!
@@rayrayrayboohoo
@@rayrayraybro has tiktok attention span
@@rayrayrayalr then u doit then lmao
this feels like a really good ad for airtags
My heart was pumping so hard, it ACTUALLY felt like I was in Nick's shoes. Brutally intense video, love it.
Exactly what I felt. I was so nervous throughout!
Right I got so nervous!
Boy, you’re life must be really really fuggin boring 😂
@@TheLightBringerX if you thought this “brutally intense” maybe your life is a little boring. Why so triggered?
@@TheLightBringerX didn’t sound like a compliment. Sounded like you were making fun of me by calling me “brave heart”
When the landscapers took my wife's iPhone, I tracked it. But the dudes wouldn't give it back to me or admitted. I was only like 6 feet from getting it back. I offered money to get it back. The fact that you got it back is amazing! Great job
Vigilantism pays. This is why Robinhood Batman and Superman are heroes in our culture
@@TKUA11 Vigilantism pays he says, then names 3 fictional characters LOL
their point is that, despite the legality of it, we do revere vigilantism and that is clearly shown through how many popular characters in media fit into the category of "vigilantes"@@Eliwood407
@@Eliwood407 Yeah like what the hell. XD
Should have demanded it back
I’m gonna be honest with you, the longer content with the story arcs are some of the best projects on this platform, and the creativity and storytelling you can make is unmatched. All good with the shorter content but, long project are always the ones I’ll remember most 💪🏼
Yep, these long videos allow for Nick to create a whole narrative that you can't really do in a 20 minute video. That is to say, I wouldn't have been nearly as invested if we didn't see the entire journey.
long-form content has been the best change in youtube meta IMO lol everything being 10 minutes back then was so bad
I agree with you in the fact I also enjoy longer format videos, I watch 2-4 hour videos from my favorite content creators daily but when you’re trying to take a 10 minute video and force it into a hour long thing to maximize profit it’s different because all that filter you throwing in there gets boring and I’ll admit I got bored so many times watching this video where i almost skipped to the end. 😢 but you are right some of his other long format videos are great, i’ve watched all of them, and a few ive watched and enjoyed the entirety, but not every one is a winner, i was hoping you were going to say all this when i read “i’m gonna be honest with you the longer content…” instead of just kissing his cheeks instead, but anyway
we heard the story of the gameboy in its entirety at least 8 times and it didnt make me cry even the first time 🤷🏻😂
@@highdefinition450You say that but youtube shorts was a recent addition and the TikTok attention span idiots have moved over here slightly. Luckily it's not fully taken over and we still get long entertaining videos like this one
After all that, y'all ain't even TOGETHER ANYMORE!?!?!?!?
So so tired of thieves and criminals taking stuff and making everybody else's lives miserable.
Yeah ikr? Billionaires need to start paying their taxes
She just left it there though I mean lets be real here😂
@@Thisisadream17it was literally in the lost & found + the guy that took it was an EMPLOYEE at the airport, it's completely unprofessional like don't take shit that isn't yours
@@Thisisadream17 the employee took it bro
@@Thisisadream17 And something about them flying so they most likely have enough money...some people will find excuses why they should be a criminal. Most likely blaming others for there behavior. You are one of them?
Hearing at the end of this that you arent still together was pretty devastating. I feel for you, even though we don't know all the details, as we shouldn't. You're so kind. Keep on going, ill be here to watch every time.😁
I thought it would end with him announcing that they're about to get married, I was so suprised
@@Zo3Plays samee i was expecting him to say that but saying they haven't been together for years turned the whole ending into a bittersweet ending, the gameboy was found and even after Nick travelling all the way from North Carolina to Detroit, embarking on this adventure just to make her happy.. only for them to break it off later on - its a gut punch!
hearing the airtag beep in that backyard after you spent so long to find it was ABSOLUTELY JAWDROPPING. I FEEL LIKE I WAS WATCHING A MOVIE AND IT WAS REACHING ITS HOLY CLIMAX
DUDE SAME I WAS LIKE Holy shit he did it
@@bbluekyanite DUDE I was like "FU*K! FU*K! No way the tag is just there... all hope is lost... its inside the house." and then he said he was gonna go confront the homeowner, walking OUT OF HER BACK YARD!!! dude is a G and did the unbelievable all for a girl that ended up not being with him (no fault to anyone, it happens.) this is such a rollercoaster of emotions, I am literally crying.
@@-alexpoe8394 Literallyyyy dude I was on the edge of my seat. Truly a wild ride.
Same, and it's far from the first video of his that made me feel that way
Doing all this and still getting dumped is crazy
What I want to know is if it was within a few months or sooner after, and she just stuck around out of guilt. If they broke up a year later over something, life happens. But man, she may have planned it.. this happened and she just froze lol. When I saw her in the gamer girl chair… it kind of made me think ah, both streamers. But at the start not gonna lie… I saw him, then her and was like…is he a rich lawyer or did he just win in life? Something felt a bit off I dunno. It felt maybe college relationship, money or famous streamer type thing going on behind the scenes. I don’t know her, but I just got vibes something was off. I think a lot of us felt that at the start.
Yeah relationships aren't forever bud
Crazy thing is the ex actually specifically asked him not to put her (image) in the video (esp. from their vacation), and he did not care. She made a tweet about her not consenting being in this video.
@@aronka098 yikes she was embaressed
poor guy, he deserves better
Did NOT expect to hear my music in a Nick Robinson video! (44:55) That absolutely stunned me. Thanks for the feature 😁
How is it illegal to knock on people's doors? People knock on our door all the time, and they rarely have a reason that's as compelling.
When cops are dysfunctional and not want to do real policework.
Exactly, but I think they just don’t want the hassle
They never said it was illegal. They were just useless and didn't really care if he found it or not.
The cop said he could do it if he wanted, but if any of the neighbours call the cops the cops will have to come back and tell him to stop. He never said it was illegal
@@CarlHudson its not the cops fault, blame the 4th amendment. cops CANNOT conduct a search unless they have 100% proof that a person conducted a felony, they have to have probable cause to search for it. even if they chose the right house to search, the perp could sue for a 4th amendment unlawful search and this would not only put the officers out of a job, but potentially ruin any sense of financial stability due to legal fees. law enforcement and legal technicalities are very vague and each district has different interpretations and thusly different rules.
hey nick just wanted to let you know i DID like the video
i do like that, for every thief there are a dozen kind people willing to help. all the neighbors being so understanding and helpful was really uplifting. so many people wanted to do the right thing. people are good(:
Very mature of you, many people would use a video like this to reaffirm their biases or misanthropy.
@@deliwtz how? there's really only one bad person in this video and it's the person who stole, all the others are about as helpful and comprehensive as they can be, even the cops to some extent. they did try to help, even tho they didn't do much in the end
@@highdefinition450 You just stated the reason yourself. Many people gravitate towards negativity, and that “only one bad person” is often all it takes for people to adopt extreme mindsets.
Not long ago I had a situation like this with my AirPods,where a guy ‘borrowed’ it and then took it,and I’m so thankful for the neighbours helping find the location of it. And of apple for its technology
“Can’t have shit in Detroit”
😂
That's why "Take him to Detroit!"
I live in the Metro area that guy lived in Inkster which is in the suburbs of Wayne County it is not Detroit, and the The Detroit International Airport is about 20 minutes from Detroit in Wixom.
I LITERALLY JUST MADE THAT JOKE
Cool?
This man is so honorable and dedicated enough to the point in which he flew back to Detroit in search of the gameboy. And the fact that he wasn't vindictive about it shows his mindset is above a lot of people.
This man is so honorable and dedicated enough to the point in which he flew back to Detroit in search of the gameboy. And the fact that he wasn't vindictive about it shows his mindset is above a lot of people.
@@Theunicorn2012 ?
This man is so honoured and dedicated enough to the point in which he flew back to Detroit in search of the gameboy. And the fact he wasn't vindictive about it shows his mindset is above a lot of people.
@@astrogaming274 This man is so honorable and dedicated enough to the point in which he flew back to Detroit in search of the gameboy. And the fact that he wasn't vindictive about it shows his mindset is above a lot of people.
My kinda guy 😎
I remember losing my friend's GoPro on a whole mountain in highschool, only to have someone return it in perfect condition to ski patrol the next day. People make the world go 'round! What a heart warming tale
I went to sugarloaf mountain in Maine to ski for a week and I ended up dropping my phone when I took a fall. I was so scared I lost my phone but fortunately it ended up in the lost and found! I was so thankful for whoever dropped it off, I just wish I could’ve seen them to thank them
@doingyamom Reminds me of when I let my brother take my 3DS to a lodge with our boy scout troop once, and one of the other scouts stole it while it was charging. I never did see it again though.
I bet you all live in a white area.
@@dooshmastawhat
@@Rae47k you heard me
FedEx Guy legit played Doki Doki On his work computer 💀 hope he doesnt get freaky with Yuri
@@XanderW104 27:51
There’s something VERY funny about a man who goes to Japan at least once a year eating at a Japanese restaurant in Detroit.
not like a detroit-style restaurant must be very good tbf lmao
@@highdefinition450wrong
Gotta respect O'Sushi!
I'm only *_slightly_* annoyed with the cop that spoke to you after they tried to help @20:42, because he kept revisiting how 'the `Ping` tracked it down to around four houses' *BUT* it feels like he didn't fully understand that getting _closer_ would Pinpoint the tracking _even more_ potentially letting them find the *_EXACT_* house and location-welp it is what it is... (;´A｀)
I think he knew and was trying to play it dumb on purpose
@@namenotfound2456 I doubt it
Exactly... TuT
Oh he knew alright... he was afraid a problem would come up with confronting anyone there.
never get in a relationship with a storyteller: you wont get an answer until the end of their story
I'm the same, it drives my wife insane.
Honestly, that sounds like a dream for me. I like listening more anyways.
Been working it for about 10 years. I want everything straight to the point. My boss is a storyteller and its so fuckin hard to find out when i should turn my brain back on for whats actually happening.
Oh god people like this lol. They tend to be good human beings all around but damn do they love to chatter on and on and be overly forthcoming with details 😂
Having my gameboy stolen in junior high, this warms my soul that there was a happy ending.
My man just woke up and straight up restored my faith in humanity. The neighbourhood was so incredibly friendly and helpful! You’re amazing, all the best to you!
Dude I just want you to know. This video was freaking phenomenal, 1. the music choice was actually incredible, 2. the production was truly amazing, 3. the camera takes we’re really good because you can actually understand what’s happening and you can see everything that was happening. I swear this was probably the best video I have probably ever seen HANDS DOWN. It’s like a freaking movie.
jeez! thank you for the kind words :)
I feel like this could qualify as a documentary. Insane amount of production.
That's what I'm saying! It's like a movie except it's real.
@@babylonian Dude some of these sections were so suspensful... you had me legitimately on the edge of my seat.
Yeah and a showcase of the dumbest American entitlement I've ever seen
While this was INCREDIBLY dangerous and I don’t recommend ANYONE do this, I can’t imagine how he must have felt to lose this.
>incredibly dangerous
i can't imagine how sheltered you people are
@@indianaliam1 Jumping the fence to trespass was dangerous. You can be shot for that. I am going to be real, him being a white, nerdy, pudgy guy would have given him a very slight advantage because a homeowner with a gun might hesitate for a second before shooting because of how odd the situation is.
@@indianaliam1 He could of been arrested for trespassing. I was surprised he didn't go back around over the fence. Also, he didn't put any of his stuff down.
@@indianaliam1I mean, he visited Detroit twice and lived. Thats improbable right there!
@@indianaliam1no no, it is bro lmao, homie could've been shot
The guy who let him in the backyard was an MVP
Mans was like "Were should I dispose of this tracker? Oh I know. My garage."💀
Guy must have sub 80 IQ. You would think airport employees would be aware of what Apple airtags are by now.
could've just fallen out
@@beesinpyjamas9617 why are so many people making really bad low effort excuses?
You really care for those around you, and this shows that definitely. Instead of just making a new one, paying the couple hundred of bucks to make it, you took the hard way out, bravo
You really care for those around you, and this shows that definitely. Instead of just making a new one, paying the couple hundred of bucks to make it, you took the hard way out, bravo
@@Theunicorn2012 huh
Ppl think that if this wasn’t content for them that these ppl would do these things. If it wasn’t something the thought would be good content for the way he planned on making it, he wouldn’t have made the trip and wasted the money. It wasn’t a waste of money for him like it would be for one of us. Not only did he make a lot more money off of it, but even if the video didn’t do great he would have at worst broken even and still gotten his new video and content out for what is his JOB
As a Michigander I just want to thank you for painting the state as a more positive place than the media typically depicts especially for the situation you were in.
As someone from the south suburbs, I’ve never thought of Detroit under a good light. But after fully watching this video, my faith is restored and I see Detroit as something else completely.
I think nowadays the internet poorly portrays places all over the US as cities or towns because we only hear about the bad and unfortunate incidents and crimes that happen there, yet we’re making assumptions and decisions about places that we haven’t even experienced or even considered visiting.
This!! I'm from Cali and went to college in Michigan, y'all midwesteners are so kind and willing to help each other out
@@RaneterFor real!! I feel bad because I was wary of Houston when my sister wanted me to move, cause I'd always hear about random beheadings and crazy killings happening here but now that I've moved, I love it so much and literally cry sometimes driving around because I love living here so much 😂 There's a lot of good to every city
Im from Bakalakada Belarus 🇰🇿, Detroit look like ass of donkey
Bro america is on the list of top 5 gun violence yet if you take Detroit and 4 other major cities that are democratic with the strictest gun laws out of the equation america drops to 155th. So yes Detroit is that bad