Flap: Fouke, Arkansas, May–Sep 1971
4 reports · 4 separate documents
Bigfoot (4).
In the 10 years either side we have no other reports within 37 miles of here.
The reports, in order
- May 1971 [name] reported seeing a hairy hand with claws and red eyes reaching through her window in May 1971.
Bigfoot · Fouke, Arkansas - May 22, 1971 Witnesses report a large, hairy creature resembling a giant monkey crossing U.S. 71 in front of their car near Texarkana.
Bigfoot · Texarkana, Arkansas - Jul 31, 1971 A Little Rock radio station announced that its reward offer for the capture of the "Fouke Monster" would expire on July 31, following reports from residents in…
Bigfoot · Miller County, Arkansas - Sep 1971 [name] reported being attacked by a hairy creature about seven feet tall with red eyes near his home north of Fouke.
Bigfoot · Fouke, Arkansas
Sources: newspaper_ia (3), TikTok (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.