Flap: Riddle, Oregon, Jul–Oct 1974
5 reports · 3 separate documents
Bigfoot (5).
In the 10 years either side we have 10 other reports within 37 miles of here.
The reports, in order
- Jul 1974 A club resembling one a caveman would use was found along the bank where the creature had been, though no one saw Bigfoot holding it.
Bigfoot · Riddle, Oregon - Jul 1974 [name] reports seeing a large, black, ape-like creature with gigantic legs and short hair near the South Umpqua River in July 1974.
Bigfoot · Riddle, Oregon - Jul 1974 [name] and five other men heard crashing in brush and one man claimed to see something big swimming in the river after the creature disappeared.
Bigfoot · Riddle, Oregon - Aug 1974 Witness reports that [name] and [name] and their children saw Bigfeet several times while camping near Roseburg in August 1974.
Bigfoot · Roseburg, Oregon - Oct 15, 1974 Witness reports that he and his friend heard noises while walking out of the woods, and later, while driving back at night with their wife, they saw a large…
Bigfoot · Powers, Oregon
Sources: oregonbigfoot (5).
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.