Filmmaker and Les Odell Investigate Strange Activity at Cabin Property

So there's this documentary-style video floating around YouTube right now that's catching a lot of attention in the Sasquatch community, and honestly, it's worth carving out some time to watch. The filmmaker behind it makes something really clear right from the jump — he's not a researcher. He's a filmmaker who stumbled onto a piece of property that seems to have ongoing activity, and instead of just pointing cameras at the trees and hoping for the best, he brought in people who actually know what they're doing. One of those people is Les Odell, who runs an organization called West Virginia Cryptids and Strange Encounters, better known as CASE. Les has been taking sighting reports across West Virginia for years, and his approach is something I really respect. He listens to everything — even the reports that other investigators might brush off. There's a story he shares in the video about a delivery driver who claims he saw something on the road, and when it turned toward his truck, it shapeshifted into a deer and ran into the woods. Les keeps those kinds of reports on file because, as he puts it, maybe what people are seeing isn't always one thing. Maybe there's an unknown animal out there AND something stranger happening alongside it. The two don't have to be mutually exclusive, and honestly, that's a perspective more researchers should adopt. Now, the property itself sounds like it has serious potential. The team set up offerings in the woods — bags with copper, items hung from branches — to see if anything would disturb them. On the first night, things stayed quiet, but around 2 AM, the filmmaker describes this constant electrical humming sound that he compares to a train on tracks, except it never stops. It had been going since 10:30 PM and was getting louder. That's the kind of detail that makes you lean in a little closer to the screen. The next day brought some really intriguing finds. Les and the filmmaker headed up the hill behind an abandoned cabin where strange sounds had been reported on previous trips — including what was believed to be rock clacking, which is a well-documented behavior associated with Sasquatch activity. In the creek bed, they found rocks that appeared to be deliberately placed on top of the leaf canopy rather than naturally settled. They also came across a dead deer and evidence of old strip mining in the area. One of the most interesting moments comes when they check a trail camera and find items that have been broken — with what looks like claw marks, chew marks, and a single hair left behind. Les isn't sure what could have done it, mentioning maybe a small bear, but the marks are curious enough to warrant a closer look. Later in the pine forest, Les hears a high-pitched whistle that neither he nor the filmmaker can replicate. It happens twice, and the location is significant — it's near where they previously found what they believe is a Sasquatch track. The filmmaker does a good job of keeping expectations grounded, noting that not every sound in these woods is Sasquatch, but when something real happens, you usually know. There's also a strange bit of tree damage they examine — branches that appear to wrap around a tree in a way that doesn't quite make sense, with some of them tucked underneath others. Les initially thinks it could be a big deer rub, but the structure of it raises questions. For anyone who's spent time in active areas, a lot of this will feel familiar. The frustration of night after night of sounds in the dark — tree knocks, the occasional rock throw — without ever getting visual confirmation is something most investigators know well. The trail cameras catching nothing but empty frames is par for the course too. If you're into long-form Sasquatch investigation content with a thoughtful approach and some genuinely compelling moments, this one is definitely worth the watch. The full episode is up on YouTube and runs through the entire investigation from start to finish.