Backyard Researcher Shares Years of Sasquatch Audio and Visual Evidence

Posted Friday, August 21, 2026

By Squatchable.com staff

There's a fascinating piece of footage floating around YouTube right now that every researcher needs to see. A channel called UNKNOWNS from the woods! has dropped what might be one of the most compelling backyard investigation compilations in recent memory, and it's got the community buzzing. What makes this one stand out is the sheer variety of evidence on display. The investigator behind the channel has been documenting activity right behind their home, and the audio alone is worth the watch. Forget the loud, dramatic Sierra Sounds for a moment. These vocals are the opposite. We're talking subdued grumbles, murmurs, and snorts, almost whispered conversations happening just beyond the property line. The investigator makes a really interesting point about why these might sound so different. When the famous Sierra recordings were made, those men were deep in the wilderness, miles from civilization on horseback. These vocalizations are happening near residential areas, so whatever is making them is being deliberately covert. They're using a hushed, covert communication style that suggests intelligence and an awareness of being overheard. One of the creepiest moments involves a baby monitor placed outside a bathroom window. Late at night, the investigator glanced over and briefly saw what they describe as the face of a young Sasquatch hanging upside down from the roof, peering into the window. Brief, but enough to make your skin crawl. The audio captured through that monitor reveals these beings speaking to one another in low tones, and there's even a recording of them vocalizing while crunching and popping plastic peanut butter jars left out as offerings. On top of that, there are odd whistle noises, tree knocks, and the sound of tree limbs breaking in the background. But here's where things get really interesting. The investigator also captured what they believe is actual visual footage. Using a cheap Vivitar action cam and a nanny cam with most of the infrared illuminators taped over (because they suspected these beings could see infrared beams and would avoid them, just like they avoid trail cams), they managed to film a dark, bipedal figure on the roof of a storage shed. The footage is admittedly rough. It's dark, shaky, and the figure appears as basically a black anomalous blob. But the investigator measured the height against their own body by kneeling behind the same log visible in the footage. At six feet tall, they estimate the figure was around four to five feet, possibly a young one, and they believe there were two of them present. There's also a wild moment involving snow tracking. While walking an area with snow on the ground, the investigator was greeted by tree knocks and discovered a recently pushed-over tree. Upon reviewing the footage, they spotted what looks like an eye with a pupil in a gap in the foliage, and another frame showing pronounced lips in the branches. The investigator is upfront about pareidolia and the tendency to find faces in visual noise, but says the lips in that particular image are undeniable. And then there's the physical trace evidence. Mud and oil prints found on the investigator's car, which sat uncovered in the driveway. One print appeared to show a palm and fingers smaller than a human hand, with what might be extra fingers or simply shifted positioning. The print lasted an astonishing ten months through rain and snow. Other fingerprints on the windows were twice the size of human prints with normal ridge patterns. Some fingertips looked tapered, reminiscent of certain primates. One grease print on the car had a suspicious shape that the investigator jokingly suggests might have been an attempt at humor from whatever left it. A year later, another large print appeared on the back hood, seemingly pointing upward toward a Sasquatch decal on the rear window. The investigator also filmed eyeshine in a large bush in front of the home, where these unknowns were apparently hiding routinely. And uniquely, they documented what they believe are actual responses to Native American music and prayer, with the unknowns circulating through the yard during these offerings. One of the most thought-provoking parts of the video is the investigator's take on what these beings actually are. They push back against the modern apish Bigfoot narrative popularized in the 1960s and '70s, largely through the influence of researcher Grover Krantz and his Gigantopithecus theory. Instead, they argue these are wild men, the same kind of hairy, feral human-like beings that were reported throughout America's earlier history. Before the term Bigfoot entered the mainstream, early American settlers wrote about wild men. Recognized as human, but covered in hair and living outside society. The investigator believes the vocalizations, the whispered language, the apparent understanding of English, and the prankster-like behavior all point to something much smarter than an undiscovered gorilla. This is the kind of multi-modal evidence compilation that researchers dream about. Audio, visual, physical trace evidence, and behavioral observations all coming from a single location over an extended period. The visual quality may be frustratingly vague, as the investigator themselves admits, but the totality of the evidence is hard to dismiss. Do yourself a favor and check out the full video. It's a goldmine for anyone serious about understanding the range of evidence these beings might leave behind.