Flap: Molalla, Oregon, Mar 1995 – May 1997
45 reports · 27 separate documents
Bigfoot (39), Other Humanoid (3), Other / Unknown (2), Other Flying (1).
In the 10 years either side we have 69 other reports within 37 miles of here.
The reports, in order
- Mar 1995 [name] reports a Bigfoot sighting in the Northwest Portland area in March 1995.
Bigfoot · Washington County, Oregon - Mar 1995 The reported Bigfoot sighting occurred on Skyline Road near the junction with Cornelius Pass Road.
Bigfoot · Washington County, Oregon - Apr 25, 1995 Investigator [name] reports finding fir trees with tops twisted off near an elk game trail while looking for Bigfoot sign.
Bigfoot · Mill City, Oregon - May 13, 1995 [name] reports seeing a Bigfoot's back while camping on the Molalla River and hearing rock tapping noises later that night.
Bigfoot · Molalla, Oregon - May 22, 1995 Witness reports seeing a large black Bigfoot with glowing yellow eyes near Skookum Lake for 45 minutes and later finding a cast track and droppings.
Bigfoot · Estacada, Oregon - May 26, 1995 Witness [name] reports hearing tree knocking sounds coming from the hills east of Molalla River Camp around 10 PM.
Other / Unknown · Molalla, Oregon - Jun 9, 1995 Witness reports smelling a potent cloud like Bigfoot and later something dead or manure while wood cutting near Estacada.
Bigfoot · Estacada, Oregon - Jun 1995 Witness reports that [name] and TV people at a Molalla River campsite heard growling and saw their tent shaken around 3-4 AM in June 1995.
Other / Unknown · Molalla, Oregon - Jul 5, 1995 Witness reports seeing a pair of glowing eyes moving up and down in a flashlight beam near their campsite, estimating the creature was at least 7-8 feet tall.
Other Humanoid · Detroit, Oregon - Jul 9, 1995 Witness reports [name] found a series of fresh broken alder trees along Table Rock Road, which he attributes to possible Bigfoot tracks.
Bigfoot · Molalla, Oregon - Jul 12, 1995 Witness reports seeing a large white creature moving around a sewage stream near Willamette.
Bigfoot · Willamette, Oregon - Jul 1995 Witness reports seeing a large, brown and black creature with longer arms and a slight humped back while panning for gold near Sweet Home.
Bigfoot · Sweet Home, Oregon - Jul 15, 1995 Witness reports tapping on wood to communicate with Bigfoot and receiving a loud reply, followed by hearing a loud, monkey-like whoop the next day.
Bigfoot · Clackamas County, Oregon - Sep 1995 Witness reports seeing a large dark creature running through the brush and hearing a bad smell while mountain biking in the Molalla hills.
Bigfoot · Molalla, Oregon - Oct 1, 1995 Witness reports that his girlfriend heard someone outside their camper at night and he felt an uncomfortable presence staring into his soul.
Other Humanoid · Estacada, Oregon - Oct 29, 1995 [name] reports casting a Bigfoot track near Molalla, Oregon, which he provided to Ray Crowe for the museum.
Bigfoot · Molalla, Oregon - Nov 25, 1995 Witness reports a hairy head with a face the size of a garbage can lid walking past the camper window.
Bigfoot · Molalla, Oregon - Nov 25, 1995 Witness reports [name] seeing a 6 1/2 foot tall bigfoot at the southside of camp.
Bigfoot · Molalla, Oregon - Nov 25, 1995 Witness reports a dark shape of a head within a foot of his face.
Bigfoot · Molalla, Oregon - Nov 25, 1995 Witness reports [name] recording a dark shape moving in front of the video camera.
Bigfoot · Molalla, Oregon - Nov 25, 1995 Witness reports a hand covering a rabbit cage and a blur passing in front of the camera.
Bigfoot · Molalla, Oregon - Nov 25, 1995 Witness reports seeing the top of the head of a 6 1/2 foot tall bigfoot walking around.
Bigfoot · Molalla, Oregon - Nov 25, 1995 Witness reports hearing a weird gassy running sound but seeing nothing.
Bigfoot · Molalla, Oregon - Nov 25, 1995 Witness reports seeing two large reddish-brown creatures running into the woods near a campground.
Bigfoot · Molalla, Oregon - Nov 25, 1995 Witnesses [name] and [name] report seeing a Bigfoot staring at them from next to a tree at the Molalla River campground.
Bigfoot · Clackamas County, Oregon - Nov 25, 1995 Witness reports two huge creatures running in a criss-cross pattern near the camp.
Bigfoot · Molalla, Oregon - Nov 25, 1995 Witness reports a huge 5 fingered shaped hand moving across the rabbit cage.
Bigfoot · Molalla, Oregon - Nov 25, 1995 Witness reports [name] seeing a bigfoot while driving into the camp.
Bigfoot · Molalla, Oregon - Nov 25, 1995 Witness reports the creatures stopping at a rabbit but turning back into the woods rapidly.
Bigfoot · Molalla, Oregon - Nov 26, 1995 Witness reports seeing another bigfoot run across the camp hunched down with swinging arms.
Bigfoot · Molalla, Oregon - Nov 26, 1995 Witness reports smelling a rotten smell and hearing farting noises.
Bigfoot · Molalla, Oregon - Nov 26, 1995 Witness reports seeing the outline of a bigfoot run towards a rabbit cage and later observing another bigfoot running across camp with hunched posture.
Bigfoot · Molalla, Oregon - Nov 26, 1995 Witness reports looking for tracks the next morning but finding nothing.
Bigfoot · Molalla, Oregon - Jan 4, 1996 Witness reports hearing loud whistles and 'Yah-hoo's' from two creatures near Molalla on January 4, 1996.
Bigfoot · Molalla, Oregon - Mar 2, 1996 Witnesses report hearing loud screams and thuds near Copper Creek Road while camping in March 1996.
Other Humanoid · Molalla, Oregon - Mar 3, 1996 Witnesses report seeing lights hovering over trees and lighting them up at a new campsite the following night.
Other Flying · Molalla, Oregon - Mar 1996 Witnesses report hearing screams and thuds in the distance while camping on the North Fork of the Molalla River.
Bigfoot · North Fork Molalla River, Oregon - Mar 1996 Witness reports that [name] heard moaning sounds at the landing in the spring of 1996.
Bigfoot · Marion County, Oregon - Jun 23, 1996 Wildlife photographer [name] reports smelling a rotten odor near the Molalla River Road and Pine Creek Bridge on June 23, 1996.
Bigfoot · Molalla, Oregon - Jul 7, 1996 Witnesses report suspecting Bigfoot baiting after finding a torn gunny sack with potatoes near Molalla.
Bigfoot · Molalla, Oregon - Oct 1996 Witnesses report a white Bigfoot with blue eyes and deformed feet walking near a logging road in the Oregon Cascades.
Bigfoot · Estacada, Oregon - Oct 20, 1996 Witness reports [name] and two others saw a large, black, stout creature walking along the road near Salem before it ran off rapidly.
Bigfoot · Salem, Oregon - Nov 1996 Witness reports seeing a large, dark brown creature with long arms while hunting near Silverton in November 1996.
Bigfoot · Silverton, Oregon - Mar 1997 Witness reports finding three sets of fresh Bigfoot tracks on the Fanton Trail.
Bigfoot · Estacada, Oregon - May 15, 1997 Witness reports a large humanoid figure wading across the Molalla River near a logging bridge.
Bigfoot · Molalla River, Oregon
Sources: oregonbigfoot (45).
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.