The sound takes its name from the Forest Dweller in Hello Neighbor 3 Prototype 1, an early playable prototype in the stealth horror series. Fans picked up short atmospheric cues like this one to recreate the prototype's tense forest setting in their own edits, rather than using dialogue or music. Because it is short, recognisable to series fans and easy to layer under gameplay, it continues to appear in horror montages, theory videos and reaction edits where a quiet, watched feeling matters more than a loud scare.