Researcher Uses Decoy Camera Strategy to Capture Bigfoot on Ridge
Posted Friday, July 17, 2026
By Squatchable.com staff
A clever camera trap setup in a national park might have just produced some of the clearest footage of a Sasquatch ever captured, and the strategy behind it is genuinely fascinating.
The video, posted by Real Eyes TV, shows an investigator perched high up on a ridge after spending about an hour hiking to reach the spot. The location is described as a natural crossroads, a "T" junction where multiple game trails intersect. There's even a geological feature called a bench running along the mountain, and a finger ridge that creates a natural walkway down into the valley below where tourists typically roam.
What makes this setup particularly interesting is the two-pronged camera strategy. The investigator placed a standard trail camera in plain sight as a deliberate distraction, then hid a "plot watcher" nearby, a device that snaps one photo every 10 seconds throughout the day. The theory is simple but smart: if a Sasquatch approaches the trail, its attention will be drawn to the obvious trail camera. While it's busy investigating or sneaking up on that device, the camouflaged plot watcher will be capturing images from a different angle entirely.
It's the kind of thinking that separates casual researchers from serious ones. Anyone who has spent time in the woods knows that Sasquatch is incredibly observant and wary of human technology. Traditional trail cams often produce blurry figures, distant shapes, or nothing at all because the subjects either avoid them or move too quickly for the motion sensors to catch. By using one camera as bait, the investigator essentially turned the Sasquatch's natural curiosity against it.
The footage that allegedly came from this setup is being called the most compelling clear Bigfoot footage ever recorded. That is a bold claim, but the setup method described in the video does lend credibility to the idea that something was captured on the hidden plot watcher while the trail cam served its purpose as a decoy.
Locations like this, natural crossroads in remote national park terrain, are exactly the kind of spots researchers have identified as high-proactivity zones for years. Game trails, ridgelines, and valley access points are where Sasquatch would logically travel, and stacking cameras at these junctions has long been considered best practice. Adding the distraction element is a newer twist, and honestly, it's the kind of creative thinking the field needs more of.
The investigator even acknowledged it's a gamble and joked that they might be being watched while setting everything up. That kind of self-awareness is common among people who spend serious time in Sasquatch country. You have to accept that you might be observed by the very thing you're trying to document.
If this footage holds up to scrutiny, it could be a game changer for how researchers approach camera placement in the field. The days of simply hanging a trail cam on a tree and hoping for the best might be numbered if distraction-based setups prove successful.
Definitely worth checking out the full video to see the footage and hear the investigator explain the setup in their own words. The strategy alone makes it worth the watch, even before you get to whatever was captured on that hidden plot watcher.