Whistling Creatures Surround Witnesses on Washington Logging Road
Posted Thursday, June 18, 2026
By Squatchable.com staff
So there's this wild interview that popped up on the CREEK DEVIL YouTube channel, and honestly, it's one of those encounters that sticks with you long after you hear it. A guy named Damon sits down to share what happened to him and two buddies back around 2009 or 2010 in South Pierce County, Washington, and the details are genuinely chilling.
Picture this: three guys in a Geo Tracker, just out exploring logging roads like you do, shooting guns and checking out trails. They end up on a road nobody's driven in a long time — saplings growing right out of the middle of it, alders and brush forming this tunnel-like canopy over the path. They push through and find themselves in what looks like an old logging landing or turnaround, basically a cul-de-sac surrounded by thick old-growth trees on all sides.
That's when things get weird.
Damon gets out to take a leak and hears a whistle. Not a bird. Not anything he can identify. He describes it as sounding exactly like a referee whistle or a police whistle — the kind with the bead in it. Distinct. Coming from somewhere between 500 and 1,000 yards out in the woods. His buddies think he's messing with them until they shut off the truck and hear it too.
Now here's where it gets really interesting. They start hollering and honking the horn thinking maybe someone's hurt out there, maybe a hiker who broke a leg. The whistle stops for a couple minutes... then comes from a completely different direction. Closer this time — about half the distance. And then the bird calls start. Strange ones Damon has never heard before, coming from multiple sides, 50 to 100 yards into the trees.
Then the branch cracking begins. Big branches. Deliberately. Whatever is out there is moving around them, and by the end of it, Damon is convinced there are two or three of them surrounding the clearing. The whistles change inflection — one going up, another going down — almost like they're communicating or coordinating.
Damon, bless his heart, actually tried wood knocking on a tree. His friends had a rifle and a shotgun, and all he had was an axe handle. He wanted to see what it was, but his buddies were getting seriously spooked, so they bailed.
What makes this interview really stand out is the context the host adds at the end. He points out that the area Damon described isn't far from a location he personally investigated back in 1980 where two elk were found dismembered. There's history there. And he brings up something that longtime researchers will appreciate — the Native American ceremonial masks from the Pacific Northwest with pursed whistling lips. Those aren't just artistic choices. They represent something, and the indigenous peoples of the region have known about these creatures and their vocalizations for a very long time.
The whistle phenomenon is actually well-documented in Sasquatch research. Witnesses across multiple states have reported hearing metallic-sounding whistles, often described as exactly like a coach's whistle or a pea whistle. Some researchers believe it's a contact call, a way of signaling across distances, or even a way to mimic human activity to lure people in or test their reactions. The fact that the whistles moved around Damon and his friends — coming from different directions, getting closer — fits a pattern that other witnesses have described over the years.
Damon himself is refreshingly honest about it. He spent years trying to figure out what he heard. He looked up animal calls, Bigfoot reports, everything he could find. For a long time, he thought it might have been people living off-grid, maybe even a tribe that didn't want to conform to modern civilization. His friends suggested it could be growers trying to scare them off. But after hearing more reports over the years, the behavior matches what others have described.
This one's worth the watch. The interview format lets Damon really walk through the timeline, and the host knows the area and the history, which adds a layer of credibility you don't always get. Check it out on the CREEK DEVIL channel.