Flap: The Dalles, Oregon, Jul–Dec 1975
6 reports · 5 separate documents
Bigfoot (5), Other / Unknown (1).
In the 10 years either side we have 13 other reports within 37 miles of here.
The reports, in order
- Jul 1975 A group of six persons reported watching a grey, ape-like creature on a ridge south of The Dalles for several minutes before it ambled out of sight.
Bigfoot · The Dalles, Oregon - Aug 1975 Witnesses report that [name]., his wife, another couple, and two children stopped their car to watch Bigfoot standing on a hill.
Bigfoot · Tygh Valley, Oregon - Aug 1975 Witness reports that he and a friend were followed on the Herman Creek trail by an entity they identified as Bigfoot.
Bigfoot · Cascade Locks, Oregon - Oct 1975 Witness reports hearing rocks clacking together from multiple directions during a night hike on the Wyeth trail in October 1975.
Other / Unknown · Cascade Locks, Oregon - Nov 1975 Witness reports that [name] saw a 7-foot Bigfoot with dirty-gray coloration crossing a mountain road.
Bigfoot · Hood River County, Oregon - Dec 1975 Peter Byrne logged a report of a sighting of the legendary Bigfoot in the Columbia River town of The Dalles.
Bigfoot · The Dalles, Oregon
Sources: oregonbigfoot (4), newspaper_ga (2).
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.