Flap: Molalla, Oregon, May–Aug 1970
3 reports · 4 separate documents
Bigfoot (3).
In the 10 years either side we have 14 other reports within 37 miles of here.
The reports, in order
- May 1970 Witness reports finding large footprints in the snow near Molalla that were clearly not from a person or snowshoe.
Bigfoot · Molalla, Oregon - Jul 1970 Witness reports finding a nest made of snapped birch saplings and gutted rabbit remains in a meadow near the Sandy River, leading him to believe he encountered…
Bigfoot · Troutdale, Oregon · rabbit hole - Aug 1970 Witness reports that Bigfoot picked her up while she was climbing through a fence and threw her back over it.
Bigfoot · Washington County, Oregon
Sources: oregonbigfoot (3), BFRO (1).
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.