Bigfoot Caught on Camera Opening Gate and Leaving Deer on Porch
Posted Friday, October 02, 2026
By Squatchable.com staff
Security camera footage has surfaced showing what appears to be a Sasquatch calmly opening a backyard gate latch with its bare hand before carrying a freshly killed buck right up to a homeowner's back door. The footage, shared by the YouTube channel Bigfoot Encounter Hidden and Bigfoot Sasquatch Stories, tells the story of Caleb Morgan, a longtime western Washington resident who had lived beside the forest for nearly two decades without incident, until late October rolled around.
What makes this footage stand out isn't just the sighting itself, it's the behavior. Caleb had replaced his gate latch the day before the camera was triggered, and the creature reached through the fence boards, found the exact mechanism, and lifted it on the first try. No fumbling, no prying, no climbing over. Just a smooth, practiced motion, almost identical to how Caleb himself opens the gate when coming in from the woods. For anyone who has spent time studying Sasquatch reports, this kind of mechanical understanding is one of the most debated aspects of the phenomenon. Researcher John Bindemann has spoken for years about the possibility that Sasquatch may possess a level of intelligence that allows them to observe and replicate human behavior, including tool use and problem solving. This footage, if authentic, would line up perfectly with that line of thinking.
Then comes the part that really got my attention. Roughly four minutes after opening the gate and walking into the yard, the figure returned carrying an adult buck across its chest. The deer was limp, its head sagging to one side, antlers resting against the Sasquatch's shoulder. It walked straight past the trash bin, the shed, and everything else in the yard, and placed the deer gently at the kitchen door. Not a hard drop, just one short, heavy thud. And then it left.
Now, I want to be clear, I am not here to debunk anything. Stories like this have been told in Sasquatch communities for generations, particularly across the Pacific Northwest, where Indigenous traditions have long described powerful forest beings leaving offerings or showing respect to those who live near their territory. The Quileute and Coast Salish peoples, for example, have oral histories describing large, hairy forest people who occasionally interact with humans in ways that are not always hostile. A gift of game at the doorstep fits neatly into that cultural framework, and it's one of the reasons longtime researchers take these kinds of accounts seriously rather than brushing them off.
Caleb did everything right as a witness. He documented the muddy depressions near the fence, took photographs with his boot for scale, replaced the latch with a stiffer spring-loaded model, and set up two battery-powered security cameras before going to bed. The 2:17 a.m. alert gave him everything he needed, and the timestamp confirms the cameras had only been installed the previous afternoon, ruling out any older footage confusion.
If you have not seen this one yet, it is worth the watch. The infrared footage is grainy, but the shape, the movement, and the deliberate behavior all come through clearly. Head over to the channel and check it out for yourself, then come back and let me know what you think. Did the gate opening convince you, or was it the deer delivery that sealed it for you?