Flap: Jacksonville, Oregon, Sep–Oct 1992
3 reports · 3 separate documents
Bigfoot (2), Other / Unknown (1).
In the 10 years either side we have 3 other reports within 37 miles of here.
The reports, in order
- Sep 3, 1992 The narrator and friends heard a distinct growling noise while camping on a mountain road near Jacksonville, Oregon, in the early 1990s.
Other / Unknown · Jacksonville, Oregon - Oct 9, 1992 Witness reports encountering a large, two-legged creature that shook the ground and broke trees during a deer hunt.
Bigfoot · BLM Provolt Recreation Site, Oregon - Oct 1992 Witness reports smelling a foul odor and seeing their horse spook while riding near Gold Hill, feeling watched by an unseen entity.
Bigfoot · Gold Hill, Oregon
Sources: oregonbigfoot (2), YouTube (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.