A Bigfoot Encounter in Mount Hood National Forest with Emily Fleur

Emily Fleur, the creator of The Forest Fleur, has dedicated her life to unraveling the mystery of Bigfoot, combining education with an active pursuit of the creature. Her encounter in Oregon's Mount Hood National Forest exemplifies her passion for the Sasquatch phenomenon.

During a three-month research stint in the forest, Emily immersed herself in fieldwork alongside other Bigfoot researchers. Her most memorable experience came during a nighttime exploration. Walking through a known hotspot, she observed what she believed to be a Sasquatch. “I do believe that I saw a Sasquatch out in the Mount Hood National Forest. It was nighttime, and I couldn’t see many details, but I did see that classic shape. It passed between two trees and sort of blocked off the moonlight” Emily recalled during out conversation.

Despite her belief, Emily hesitated to label the sighting as definitive evidence, given the limited clarity of the object she observed. However, “The most compelling thing that I experienced were the vocalizations,” she explained. Over the span of 24 hours, Emily and her team encountered sounds and behaviors that defied easy explanation.

“It sounded like someone banging two rocks together,” Emily described. “It didn’t sound like a woodpecker or someone nailing something. It had that sort of tone.” Intrigued, she crouched low and scanned the tree line, but the noise abruptly ceased as she moved closer. “Whatever it was knew that I was there,” she said.

As she continued investigating, a series of wood knocks echoed through the valley. While Emily is typically skeptical of wood knocks, given that they could be caused by natural events like tree sap popping, this time felt different. “This was a pretty clear knock,” she noted. What followed was a deep, guttural “whoop” that startled her. “It was so loud I jumped,” Emily recounted. “I said, ‘Oh my God, there has to be a grizzly bear here.’ But there are no grizzly bears in Oregon. Looking back on it, it was definitely not a bear noise, it was an ape noise.”

The following night, Emily and her team ventured further into the forest along desolate logging roads. Stopping in the pitch black of the Mount Hood wilderness, a team member performed a Sasquatch call known as the “Ohio howl.” To their astonishment, a response came almost immediately: “Sure enough, we have a response. It was a high-pitched whoop. Then he [another researcher] calls again, and sure enough, it [Bigfoot] responds again.” On the third call, a deeper vocalization answered from a different direction. “The power within these vocalizations...there’s just no other animal that can come close. There’s almost sort of a double tone in there,” Emily reflected. “Hearing it in person changes your whole perspective on things.”

Emily’s encounter highlights the elusiveness of Sasquatch and the challenges of collecting irrefutable evidence. Her experiences embody the tantalizing mix of mystery and science that drives Bigfoot research. “To me, it’s not even a matter of believing,” Emily asserted. “It’s just a matter of looking at the evidence and piecing it together. We have hard evidence that suggests there is an undiscovered species of primate roaming North America.”

Through The Forest Fleur, Emily seeks to bridge the gap between skepticism and belief, using her own encounters to inspire curiosity and further investigation. “The biggest thing we have to remember is that there is no funding for Sasquatch research,” she said. “But whether that will benefit them or not is the question. How can we discover Sasquatch and make sure that they are kept safe throughout that discovery?” Emily’s dedication and encounters serve as a call to explore, question, and connect with the wild places that may hold the secrets of our planet's most elusive creature… Sasquatch!