Abandoned Teddy Bear Motel 

I wonder if those people do in fact still live there but were just out for the day?

I actually spent the night there like 10 years ago .I got into Cherokee late , and just wanted to get a cheap room and get some sleep . I got the room for two nights . The fella running the place was kind of creepy looking , kinda snaggle toothed like something out of Wrong Turn , but he didn't seam like a bad guy . Got settled in , watched a little tv , tied a couple flies for fishing the next day , and at one point I went out to my Jeep to get something , looked around and realized I was all alone . No one else there . No one else staying there , and the guy in the office was gone . It was dark as hell , no lights except for a couple street lights . The room itself was pretty creepy too . Straight out of 1967 . The heat didn't work , so the guy had hooked me up with and old radiant heater . It worked , got the room toasty . I'm not easily spooked , but I barely slept at all . I've probably watched way to many horror movies , and this place really got my imagination going . Slept with hunting knife under my pillow . Next morning the guy was back , so I packed up , told him there was an emergency , got the second night refunded , and made tracks . Driven past it lot's of times over the years , always gave me an uneasy feeling .

Vacancy , always

Sad, place could be cleaned up and rooms made for homeless folks... such waste...

I would be very nervous exploring this place!!!!!!!

Walking over that filled in swimming pool gave me the creeps. Could be the place they hid the bodies. 😱😱😱

My family used to own it a long time ago in like 2003 but we sold it around 2005 possibly early 2006, I know for sure that it was in good condition when we lived there, the place behind the main office was a complete living room and we managed well. I don't know what happened to it after it was sold but if I went back so long as I had a knife for any squatter Taft came at me I doubt I'd be that creeped out. Yet I don't remember ever having teddy bears on the shelves in the main office. And there was another sign we'd hang by it that said no on it next to the vacancy sign.

Pretty cool video. My only critique is that when you scan over a room, go a little bit slower.. All in all, though, thumbs up!

The Carpetbagger: Do you guys wanna head upstairs? Me: NO! The Carpetbagger: I know I do! **Goes upstairs** Me:........BRUH!

OMG!!! I think I stayed her in the 1960's with my parents!!! i remember that name so well!!

I can't believe that you were brave enough to go to such a place like that, I mean what if you run into a crack head homeless person or a gang that just might want to beat you? and where's the location of that motel?

My parents, younger brother, and I stayed in that motel for two or three days and nights back in the late 1960s while we vacationed in the Cherokee area. Last time I was in Cherokee, in the early 2000s I was told by several locals that the casino business had caused many of the mom and pop motels and attractions to close their doors because people were coming to the area to gamble rather than as true tourists. I was saddened to see so many places, in the Cherokee area, closed/abandoned where once families such as my own had walked the streets and enjoyed time together and the local "flavor".

Man... It feels like everyone that was staying there just vanished out of no where. Like some sort of Tower Of Terror come to life shit.

You've never been curious to see what's on those VHS tapes in these abandoned places? :)

Dude there was someone's notebook lying on one of the beds! Call me nosy but I would have had to sit down and read it

3:00 That's DEFINITELY cocaine on that dresser. Rofl.

THIS HOMIE LOOKS LIKE THE GUY THAT STOLE WOODY IN TOYSTORY2

The last time I stayed at the Teddy Bear I was 15 years old in 1968 It was nice then. My cousin and I loved the pool. We couldn't wait to get back to the motel after a day of being tourists with the family. Good times...great memories!

does anyone think its weird that all of the doors are open

I was half expecting you to turn around and someone be standing there. This place is definitely creepy

I would be afraid I would run into someone's meth lab.

Just could image what this look like back in time.

Don't go near the mattresses. Probably full of bedbugs. Touch nothing. Don't sit.

Awesome find Jacob! I was happy to see you actually found a Teddy Bear.

Would love to see what this placed looked like when it was up and running.

dat dead racoon doe he looks so chill

People left clothes and medications... Surprised nobody is stealing those chairs or beds.

A lot of hotels on hard times take in the homeless and are paid by the county. When they have to leave and have nowhere to go they often have to leave their extra stuff behind when they can't store or move anything they can't carry with them. While the owners often take them in to fill up off-season spaces, they inevitably make the place so undesirable to stay in with brawling, loud disturbances and open drug use that the tourists and regular hotel guests don't come back, and the places finally go under.

Who else was waiting for a crack head to jump out and be like hisss

when I was growing up our family stayed in this motel I remember picking it because of the name Fun memories thank you for filming this

This is actually kind of sad. That place has a lot of potential if you had some money to throw into it.

Sad to see the landmarks of childhood in disrepair and disappearing. Thanks for sharing.

You'd think local high school kids would party there?? Where are all the beer bottles and cans??

Actually one of the better abandoned motels, lots of furniture. You could imagine how it once was.

just here, on christmas eve waiting for 12am.. watching crazy shit.

This is strangely fascinating. It would be cool if somehow you were able to get in touch with someone who was on staff there, especially just before they closed. It's crazy how it looks like people just walked away with food there, clothes still in the closet, etc.

Are you ever worried you would run into someone still living in these abandoned places? I know I would be.

It was rather odd, nothing was covered in dust. Specially the room with all the cans and what not. I wonder if someone still was living there.

"Mashed potato party" lmao this dude is great

It looks like maybe homeless folks might be utilizing the place .

I would really want to get that place clean up and make it inhabitable again, just something so innocent, just sinned in an instant.

This has now been torn down. As of about a year or so ago. Glad you did a video on it before it was gone

I like your commentary, and I love the curious George hat!

My parents were from North Carolina. We would make the 12-hour drive from North Alabama to their hometown once or twice a year, and usually go right by that motel. As a child, I loved seeing the sign! It was a landmark for me. The sign is painted on, yes, but the motel would often fill up on summer weekends. If you had looked closer, you might have seen a hook from which they'd hang a "NO" sign when they had filled up. There used to be another motel in the vicinity named "The Pink." It had a wonderful neon sign that showed a fairy that looked an awful lot like Tinkerbelle, but in a pink dress.

was hoping an axe murder wasn't hiding somewhere lmao

The gambling operation was actually in the restaurant that is to the left side of the hotel. I met the former owner several years ago. The hotel, I think, was built in 1940 and was designed by a rather famous architect from Miami, FL who had designed some prominent hotels across the southeast. The brickwork was borrowed from the Miami style that he brought with him to North Carolina. I wish I could remember his name though. There was a murder in one of the rooms of an estranged wife who was found by an enraged husband many years ago. I was across the street in the Carriage Inn when it occurred. This hotel is an architectural gem, but the hotel market is oversaturated and many of the smaller independent places have closed as travelers tend to prefer corporate mega-franchises.

According to my studies (aka google) I found out that most MOST of the abandoned hotels or motels have have lots of homeless people or people without a house but has food and money living in this hotels/ motels! So that was probably were someone lived where the food and stuff NO HATE PLEASE!!!

I love that he spots every teddy bear in the restaurant but ignores the Elmo chicken

Great explore! They must have just got kicked out, the squatters I mean.

sometimes it makes me sad to see places like this abandoned. I always wonder how it was back in the day. Thanks for sharing.

if the shirt says "this dog loves bacon", why would you think it goes on a teddy bear? lol, its a dog shirt

Videos like this make things like Hallowcon seem so cozy and wholesome...

I like your new Jungle Explorer hat!

Glad you filmed this it is all torn down now thanks for sharing. Homeless people lived there but were forced to leave by law enforcement. The gambling machines where in the first building in the background not the actual motel part.

We stayed there in the 80's. It's not been closed long

My family used to stay here whenever we came up to the Carolinas when I was a kid. Loved swimming in the pool. Of course there was the one time all the grown ups got food poisoning in the restaurant.

I enjoy your delivery. Subbed! Do you have any videos where you accidentally run into a person living in one of the abandoned places?

I completely missed this era of The Carpetbagger. Didn't start watching you until 2020. Too bad you don't do these kinds of videos anymore.

Hahahahaha...People were fleeing from the poo.....Another great video.Always interesting spots you find.

I've driven by this place quite a few times and have always wanted to explore it. Thanks for this!

the flowers at around 5:00 were Morning glories...they're my favorite! ☺😃

Looks like an extended stay motel, where people can stay monthly, due to all the personal items in the rooms, they're like mini apartments

What was REALLY SCARY about this place was I felt as though some DRUG CRAZED PIMP was going to AMBUSH you for trespassing in his crib!!!

So what your'e saying is that it was a shitty place to stay?

I so want that toilet seat lol

loved the video, always love watching you visit amazing abandoned places, it's fascinating! I'm from Liverpool in England and have never came across any abandoned places unfortunately. never mind I get to see lots In your videos. keep them coming 😀 xx

me: yOU WHERE MY TEDDY BEAR

Those flowers were morning glories! :) I have a garden full of them.

usually ur vids are good but this one was too fast whipping camera around..made me sick and dizzy 😞

".....fleeing from feces " said with a relatively straight face! Well done!

theres def still pple living in there. bums. you can tell.

My husband and I stayed here on our honeymoon! 26 years ago! So sad to see its closed down. Last time we drove by, we thought they were fixing it up.. :(

I would have been gone after the second room I went into it looks like somebody was still occupying the place.

The first smoke detector scared the crap out of me, too. Hey are those petunias @ 5:02?

I would love to explore there. I haven't been to Cherokee or Maggie Valley in years. I love the vintage motel/hotels also. As a kid I would rather be in a hotel like that than the Holiday Inn or Ramada. I was a very strange child though. Keep up the good work. Thank you.

Every teddy bear left behind must be hugged and kissed, pronto! D:

That place makes me want to go wash my hands

The Carpetbagger I remember that Motel in the Late 1990's got literature for it back then used to always stay in Cherokee back in the old days seems it is in bad shape now. Not been down yonder since 1999. My Mom and I loved the south and went there every year. I was told it was a great Motel back then! love your Work My Friend!

I stayed there back in the 70s. I believe I have pictures of our vacation there.We lived up and down East Tennessee and the Carolinas for work.

Two things; firstly, I stayed in this motel as a little girl during vacation; several times. Secondly, I stopped by on my way out of Cherokee/Maggie Valley after my unsuccessful hike up to Ghost Town last year, actually it was about a month before you made this video. I remembered staying there and I wanted to take a few pics of the sign, I was pulled into the abandoned lot literally 3 minutes tops before a black SUV showed up and started circling in behind me. They were making it clear they were predatory and I zoomed on out lol. I wondered what the hell was up with that.

I wish it was still open!

You should team up for a vid with Dan BeLL he appreciates vintage things & can see what it once was, which is great. You both have that in common, you look at the architecture of buildings/motels/ext. not just the demise. I love that about you guys!

Looks like a set for a horror movie.

Good thing no squatters came back while you were there Jacob.

Oh dear lord I live in North Carolina Surprisingly I've never heard of that place

Wow just wow. At one time this was a great place to stay. I remember staying here in 1991. It was pretty good then and the swimming pool was good. Sad to see it in its current shape. I will say this I do remember going bye it in the late 1990's and it started to look run down.

i hate that people have to steal stuff from beautiful abandoned places like this i would lovee to go to a place like this and explore it but i have never done it and i dont think there are much places like this in colorado

I just randomly passed this hotel the other day on a road trip! Almost stopped but didn't wanna get killed!

I cant stop watching each room is just awesome!!! the beeping smoke detecting means u just missed them hahaha.

I stayed in Cherokee my 11th grade year of high school (2014) and this place was down the road from where my cabin was on a hill. It was up and running but it still creeped me out!

6:25 Maybe this is where the real Slim Shady lived? I must do more research!

Honestly the way the rooms are arranged makes it seem more like most of the people lived there than just stayed there. It kinda makes me wonder.

them rooms r clearly in use

I knew that place was a mess when I passed it years ago! Thanks for letting us see it. I bet it was wonderful when it first opened, sad to see it go downhill :(

"Sherry Baby" is a very good film......

It seriously amazes me how these places are abandoned with so much still inside them... it's so bizarre

Great video Carpetbagger, i love it when you explore these abandoned places. i dig the explorer hat too, suit you. :-)

I did not expect that there are still stuff in there! Awesome video Jacob :)

It looks like it was a little neighborhood.

I used to stay here with my grandparents, Ray and Louise McFadden, back in the mid to late 1970's. It was in great shape back then, had a swimming pool and everything. I remember one of the first times I ever saw the Beatles cartoon Yellow Submarine was on the TV in one of their rooms. Fun memories