Witness Describes Terrifying Whistle Encounter with Sasquatch in Washington Woods

Posted Thursday, August 20, 2026

By Squatchable.com staff

A recent interview circulating on YouTube has Bigfoot researchers buzzing, and for good reason. The witness, Damon, shares a chilling account from South Pierce County, Washington, that checks off a lot of boxes when it comes to Sasquatch behavior patterns. It started as a typical day of exploring logging roads with two buddies in a little Geo Tracker. They ventured down a road none of them had traveled before, eventually pushing through overgrown brush and saplings growing right out of the road — a clear sign nobody had been up there in a long time. They came to what looked like an old turnaround or logging landing, basically a cul-de-sac surrounded by thick old-growth trees. Damon got out to take a leak, and that's when everything changed. He heard a whistle. Not just any whistle — a distinct, bead-in-the-mouth type sound, like a referee or police whistle. His first thought? Someone was hurt out in the woods and needed help. He yelled at his buddies to shut off the truck, and they heard it too. They started hollering and honking the horn, thinking maybe someone had heard them drive up. The whistle stopped for a couple of minutes, then came from a completely different direction — and much closer. Within about ten minutes, things escalated fast. Strange bird-like calls started coming from multiple directions around them, 50 to 100 yards out in the woods. Then came the sound of large branches cracking, like something heavy was moving through the brush. Damon describes what happened next as a coordinated surrounding — whistles coming from different sides, some with upward inflections, others downward, almost like communication. Whatever was out there was big. Really big. Damon tried wood knocking. His buddies had a rifle and a shotgun. All he had was an axe handle. He admits he wanted to see what it was, but his friends were getting sketched out, so they left. Here's where it gets even more interesting. The host of the channel, William Jevnik — a two-time witness and field researcher with over 40 years of experience — points out something fascinating. Native peoples of the Northwest have long carved ceremonial masks featuring pursed, whistling lips to represent these very creatures. The whistle Damon heard wasn't just strange animal behavior. It was behavior that matches centuries of indigenous lore. Jevnik also drops a bombshell: the area Damon describes isn't far from a location he personally investigated back in 1980, where two elk were found dismembered. There's a documented history of activity in that region. Damon says he moved out of state for about five years but recently returned. Now that he's got a four-wheeler, he's been going back up there regularly — and the weird stuff hasn't stopped. He's not the type to blame every sound on a Sasquatch, but he's definitely more aware now. His words: "It's crazy to think that there's big old people out there." The full interview is worth the listen. Damon goes into much more detail about the timeline, the sounds, and his thought process during the encounter. It's a great example of how these experiences tend to unfold — curiosity turning to confusion, then to fear — and how the witnesses often walk away more convinced than ever that something is out there sharing the woods with us. Check it out on the Creek Devil channel and see what you think.