That area has experienced hurricane force winds approaching 200mph
The trees there are among the worlds largest. I’ve stayed at the lodge several times, it’s very impressive
There were big gusts of wind at the time mentioned. In fact I got a branch into my window and cracked it. Sounded like a bowling ball hit my car.
North Korea missile re-entry low altitude burst TNT warhead test detonation.
Nothing “mysterious” about a microburst in the mountains.
They happen all the time.
We were in one in central Washington during a large family reunion in ‘85.
No thunderstorms around at the time.
Paul Bunyan sneezed....
The Olympic Mountains. Strange things happen there which are not always easily explain or explained at all.
One evening around 1973, I was by the water visiting with an old fellow on the east side of Hood Canal. We were talking about the day and then with out warning something happened. We could see directly across the water (to the west) and the foothills up into the mountains. The sky was clear with a high overcast, but the tops of the mountains were clearly visible in silhouette. We were both facing west toward the mountains as we spoke.
I believe, though my memory of names is somewhat hazy without looking at a map, the highest peak we could see was Mt. Jupiter.
Then, like the sun came out, the whole of the mountain was lit clear as day. We could see the snow on the peak, the trees along the foot hills leading to the mountain.
Seemingly someone had turned on some gigantic searchlight illuminating just that mountain, but no where else. This lasted for several minutes then poof it was pitch dark again.
Years later something else happened, again at night which was never explained.
Supersized crop circles.
Did they make any sound?