Flap: The Dalles, Oregon, Jun 1971
3 reports · 3 separate documents
Bigfoot (3).
In the 10 years either side we have 15 other reports within 37 miles of here.
The reports, in order
- Jun 1971 Witness reports that [name] and [name] saw an enormous figure above their campsite at a gravel quarry in June 1971.
Bigfoot · The Dalles, Oregon - Jun 1971 Witnesses report seeing an 8-foot tall, silvery-gray Bigfoot on several occasions near The Dalles.
Bigfoot · The Dalles, Oregon - Jun 1971 Witness reports seeing a 10-foot gray Bigfoot with red eyes standing in a grassy field at night near The Dalles.
Bigfoot · The Dalles, Oregon
Sources: oregonbigfoot (2), pandm (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.