Flap: Clackamas County, Oregon, Oct–Dec 1968
3 reports · 3 separate documents
Bigfoot (3).
In the 10 years either side we have 4 other reports within 37 miles of here.
The reports, in order
- Oct 1968 A fisherman near Estacada was chased back to his truck by Bigfoot waving its arms.
Bigfoot · Estacada, Oregon - Nov 1968 Witness reports observing two female Saquatches sleeping, eating water plants, and defecating in a creek before crossing a road.
Bigfoot · Clackamas County, Oregon - Dec 1968 Witness reports that [name] turned to find a 9-foot Bigfoot standing behind him.
Bigfoot · Clackamas County, Oregon
Sources: oregonbigfoot (3).
How we find flaps
- Plain rules, no model: reports within 37 miles and about four months of each other are grouped, and a group counts only when it is at least 5 times what that place usually sees over the 10 years either side.
- A flap needs at least 3 reports from at least 3 separate documents: one article listing six sightings is one telling.
- Copies are not confirmations: a story reprinted in thirty papers counts once.
- Investigator logs (BFRO, NAWAC, the Loch Ness Register) are left out, because a busy field season looks just like a flap.
- Only reports placed to a town or county and dated to the month are used. A flap is a burst of reports, not proof of a creature: panics, hoaxes and newspaper fashions make flaps too.