Bigfoot Investigator Returns to Lake Cove to Examine Fallen Tree
Posted Thursday, August 27, 2026
By Squatchable.com staff
So there's this video that crossed my feed recently from a YouTuber who goes by "417 the hairy man," and honestly, it's the kind of content that makes you lean in a little closer to the screen. The guy heads back out to a secluded lake where he had a pretty unsettling experience, and this time he's on a mission to investigate a tree that came crashing down right before a boulder the size of a basketball came rolling off a bluff straight toward him. Yeah, you read that right.
The setup is classic Sasquatch country. We're talking about a quiet, isolated lake with thick brush, game trails winding through the woods, and not another soul around for miles. The kind of place where, if something tall and hairy wanted to stay hidden, it could do so without breaking a sweat. The investigator mentions the water level has dropped significantly since his last visit, exposing areas that were previously underwater, which gives him a chance to navigate his boat up into the cove where the original incident happened.
Now here's where things get really interesting. He finds the tree, and it's snapped over with the root ball pulled clean out of the ground. The top is still green with leaves on it, which suggests it didn't fall that long ago. But what really caught my attention, and probably will catch yours too, is the bark damage. About eight feet up the trunk, there's a section where the bark is busted off and hanging loose. The investigator himself points out that eight feet is roughly where you'd be looking face-to-face with a Sasquatch if one was standing right next to the tree. That's not a detail you can just brush off.
The conditions that evening were dead calm. No wind, no storms, nothing that would naturally bring a tree like that down. And the tree does have some rot at the base, sure, but the investigator makes a solid point: a rotting tree usually falls because of gravity and weather, not because something shoved it. The fact that a large rock came barreling down the hill toward him right after the tree fell adds another layer to the whole thing. Some folks might call that coincidence. Others might call it a warning.
What I also appreciate about this video is the raw honesty of the guy. He admits straight up that he doesn't really want to run into one of these things out there alone. He even grabs his pistol before heading into the brush. That's not someone performing for the camera. That's someone who genuinely respects what might be lurking in those woods.
He also teases another encounter from about fifteen years ago that he's just now starting to piece together with this current experience, which makes you wonder how many of these incidents are connected across years and locations. A lot of researchers have noted that Sasquatch activity tends to cluster in specific areas, and witnesses often have multiple encounters over their lifetime without realizing the pattern until later.
The terrain itself is worth mentioning. Thick, gnarly brush, deer tracks everywhere, a large game trail leading up into the hills, and a mound or hump coming off the hillside that he couldn't quite explain. These are all the kinds of environmental features that show up again and again in credible sighting reports. Secluded water sources, heavy cover, game trails acting as natural highways through the woods, and elevated terrain that provides good vantage points.
If you're into following up on potential evidence, this video is definitely worth your time. The investigator does a good job of letting you examine the tree alongside him, pointing out the details that matter and leaving the conclusions up to you. That's the right approach, in my opinion. Present the evidence, respect the viewer's intelligence, and let the facts speak for themselves.
Go check it out and see what you think. That missing bark at eight feet up is going to stick with me for a while.