Woman Details Series of Eerie Sasquatch Encounters in Pacific Northwest
Posted Monday, August 24, 2026
By Squatchable.com staff
# Olympic Peninsula Resident Shares Compelling Personal Encounters With Sasquatch
A fascinating video recently surfaced on YouTube from the channel AuDHDies with Fir, where the creator opens up about a series of unexplainable experiences she's had since moving to the Pacific Northwest. If you're someone who appreciates firsthand witness testimony, this one is absolutely worth the watch.
Fur, as she introduces herself, moved to the foothills of the Olympic Mountains on the Olympic Peninsula in late 2008. For anyone familiar with Sasquatch research, that location alone raises eyebrows. The Olympic Peninsula has long been considered one of the most active hotspots in the country, with numerous documented sightings, vocalizations, and even dedicated research projects like the Olympic Project having investigated the area extensively. Finding Bigfoot even filmed an episode there with Cliff Barackman and primatologist Dr. Mireya Mayor exploring the region.
It wasn't until August 2011 that Fur had her first undeniable encounter. She was outside in her yard during broad daylight when she heard something that stopped her cold, a long, mournful cry carrying for what seemed like miles. She immediately ruled out every animal she knew. Growing up around elk, coyotes, foxes, and rabbits on ranches in Utah, Lake Tahoe, and Colorado, she had heard her share of strange wildlife sounds. This was different. Deep, powerful, and impossibly long, it required lung capacity unlike anything she'd ever encountered. She knew, without hesitation, what it was.
The very next day, she heard it again, and this time she managed to record it on her phone. Her youngest was with her, and her neighbors were playing pickleball nearby, which actually made the audio capture a bit chaotic. She lost that recording for years before finally tracking it down through an old email account. After listening to other Sasquatch vocalizations on various shows, she became even more convinced. Her gut feeling? It sounded like a female mourning the loss of a baby. Whether or not that interpretation holds up, the description of the sound is hauntingly consistent with what many researchers have documented.
Years passed without further incidents, though she continued to experience that familiar feeling of being watched while in the woods, along with occasional wood knocks and rocks landing suspiciously on trails in ways that didn't match natural slope movement.
Then came a more unsettling experience. While hiking alone near Tamoloch Falls (also spelled Tamolash) in Oregon along the Columbia River Gorge, she found herself alone as the sun began to set. That creeping sensation of being followed kicked in, and it didn't let up for the entire two-mile trek back to her car. Her first thought was a cougar, which is a legitimate concern in those mountains, but the intensity of the feeling stuck with her long after.
The most recent encounter, however, carried a completely different energy. While walking a piece of property for sale with a friend, this time back near her old Olympic Peninsula stomping grounds, they heard rhythmic clicking sounds coming from the bushes about 20 feet away. Fur is no stranger to forest sounds. She knows her woodpeckers, her ravens, her bugs. This was something else entirely. She described it as sounding almost artificial, like an instrument a filmmaker might use to create an eerie soundtrack. Repetitive, rhythmic, and undeniably unnatural.
Her friend mentioned she'd heard the same sound on a previous visit to that property. Fur didn't hesitate. She knew exactly what they were listening to, and she felt no fear. In fact, the entire experience radiated what she described as welcoming, curious, and almost playful energy. Her theory? A young Sasquatch testing the waters, curious about the visitors, perhaps trying to communicate.
That kind of behavioral description, curious, communicative, non-threatening when respected, lines up with what many longtime researchers have suggested about Sasquatch behavior. They are often described as highly intelligent beings who observe humans carefully and may even attempt contact on their own terms.
Fur also mentions spotting a local Bigfoot researcher in town, an older man driving a van loaded with electronic equipment and accompanied by a wolf hybrid dog. Another small but telling detail that confirms she had indeed landed in active territory.
The video runs through several more experiences and reflections, and honestly, the way Fur describes these moments, with genuine emotion and zero interest in sensationalism, makes the whole thing feel refreshingly authentic. There's no hype, no theatrics, just a person sharing what happened to her and trusting her own instincts.
Definitely check out the full video for the rest of her story, including the tale she teases about the time she really pissed one off. That alone sounds like it's worth the watch.