Bigfoot NY Researcher Details Organized Deer Drive Encounter

There's a fascinating interview that recently popped up on the Creek Devil YouTube channel, hosted by William Jevnik, a two-time witness and field researcher with over four decades of experience in the woods. He sits down with Todd Smith, who runs his own channel called "Bigfoot NY" out of New York, and the conversation gets into some seriously compelling territory about patterns, signs, and behaviors that these elusive beings might be displaying right under our noses. Todd comes across as someone who has spent years really paying attention to the details. He talks about how once you start recognizing the signs these creatures leave behind, you can't unsee them. Tree structures, for instance, which he describes as deliberate placements that seem to communicate something. He mentions that as he gets closer to populated areas, the structures get smaller, almost like a scaling system. It's the kind of observational work that separates casual hikers from serious researchers. One of the most intriguing parts of the conversation involves Todd's Wellsville, New York site in Allegany County. This was his former hunting lease, and he says it continues to yield hair samples consistently, but only at one specific spot along miles of fencing. That spot happens to be where they hastily cross barbed wire to hop into what he calls a "last blind ambush position." In 2019, Todd, his son, and a neighbor boy found themselves in the middle of an organized deer drive, and all the elements lined up perfectly with what you'd expect in a deer yard on that farm. The homesteads there date back to 1868, and the location sits on the Allegany Plateau, right at the triwaters where you can travel north to Montreal, down to Chesapeake via Pine Creek and the Susquehanna, or southwest to Pittsburgh via the Allegheny and Ohio rivers. Historically, this kind of geographic crossroads made the area incredibly significant for trade networks, which Todd points out might explain why it was such powerful territory for the Seneca people. The balls of light discussion is where things get really interesting. Todd has been recording these phenomena at the same location, starting approximately 30 minutes after sunset on an opposing hill that can only be viewed from one specific curve on the farm. He mentions having footage of what he calls a "blob squatch" on a gas line, with a ball of light starting halfway up its backside. The way it moves, rotating its torso rather than turning its head, suggests the creature is turning around to look at the light. He's also witnessed green columns of light similar to what's been reported at Skinwalker Ranch, though his sightings predate much of that publicity. The whole area apparently takes on a green glow or flashes like lightning, even in the middle of January. Todd also shares some fascinating observations about environmental markers. After a tornado went through one of his research areas, he found apple blossoms laid out in distinctive patterns at multiple observation posts, always positioned between his feet as he stood watching. It took him an entire weekend to locate the source apple tree, which turned out to be the apex point in the line of sight between three locations. The blossoms were missing from the top of the tree, which he couldn't fully verify due to a neck injury limiting his upward gaze. Another year, he found blue jay feathers marking the same spots, reinforcing his belief that someone or something is deliberately communicating "this is safe" or "beware." The conversation also touches on population estimates, with both Todd and Will agreeing that the number of these beings out there is far larger than most people realize. They don't need government protection programs, and while neither wants harm to come to the creatures, both acknowledge they'd choose their own lives or their families' lives if it ever came to that. Todd briefly mentions the Schumer bill that was supposedly aimed at helping researchers like those at Skinwalker Ranch, but the wording was changed at the last minute in a way that could have actually cost people their property rights if they reported UFO or Bigfoot sightings on their land. For anyone interested in serious field research methodology, pattern recognition, and decades of accumulated observation, this interview is absolutely worth your time. Todd's approach to documenting repeatable signs and his willingness to share both successes and limitations makes for a refreshingly honest conversation about what it really takes to study these creatures.