Flap: Union Creek, Oregon, Jul–Nov 1990
4 reports · 4 separate documents
Bigfoot (3), Other / Unknown (1).
In the 10 years either side we have 9 other reports within 37 miles of here.
The reports, in order
- Jul 4, 1990 Witness reports hearing a loud "bwah" vocalization while camping near Union Creek.
Other / Unknown · Union Creek, Oregon - Aug 1990 Witness reports that [name] and [name] saw a large, shadowy creature on a hill by the road in August 1990.
Bigfoot · Black Bear Swamp, Oregon - Aug 1990 Witness reports [name] and a friend saw a large creature crossing Lodgepole Road at midnight in August 1990.
Bigfoot · Jackson County, Oregon - Nov 1990 Witness reports seeing footprints in the snow and feeling observed by a creature while following tracks on USFS Road 3650.
Bigfoot · Butte Falls, Oregon
Sources: oregonbigfoot (4).
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.