Bigfoot Researcher Investigates Mount St. Helens Squatching Zone After Fires

So I just came across this video that really got me thinking about how forest fires might be affecting Sasquatch activity in the Pacific Northwest. The investigator heads up to one of his usual spots near Ape Cave in Washington State, but this time the conditions are completely different because of all the smoke from recent fires. For anyone unfamiliar with the area, Ape Cave is a famous lava tube on the slopes of Mount St. Helens in the Gifford Pinchot National Forest. It's long been considered prime Sasquatch territory - the kind of dense, rugged wilderness where you'd expect to find signs of activity. The investigator mentions he's heading deeper into the mountains past the cave, looking for movement. What caught my attention is the context of the fires. He's expecting to see more signs than usual because of the displacement happening in the area. When fires move through, the resident wildlife has to relocate, and that includes Sasquatch if they're in the region. The smoke and haze are visible throughout the video, and you can really see Mount St. Helens peeking through the tree line in his drone footage. On his way in, he stops at the Ape Cave entrance and chats with one of the workers. When asked about Bigfoot reports, the worker says he's "disappointed" at how few stories he hears, and that he hasn't heard anything this year specifically. But he does say he's a believer - "I want to believe." That sentiment is pretty common among people who work in these remote areas. Even without personal encounters, they sense something is out there. The investigator then launches a drone he's nicknamed "Jim" - a nod to Mutual of Omaha's Wild Kingdom that I absolutely loved - to scout from above. The aerial shots show just how smoky everything is, with the mountain barely visible through the haze. Once he's on foot, he does find some interesting ground disturbance. He points out what looks like broken or disturbed vegetation, noting it's about as wide as... well, it's hard to tell from the footage, but he's clearly paying attention to it