Flap: Jackson County, Oregon, Jun–Sep 1978
3 reports · 3 separate documents
Bigfoot (3).
In the 10 years either side we have 9 other reports within 37 miles of here.
The reports, in order
- Jun 1978 Witness and her sister were riding horses when they saw a hairy creature standing upright in the woods, causing their horses to panic.
Bigfoot · Applegate River, Oregon - Aug 1978 Witness reports seeing a huge hairy man standing near a tree while camping at South Umpqua Falls in August 1978.
Bigfoot · Jackson County, Oregon - Sep 1978 Witness reports seeing four bipedal creatures on a deer path near a reservoir in Jackson County, Oregon, which fled when illuminated by lights.
Bigfoot · Jackson County, Oregon
Sources: oregonbigfoot (3).
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.