Flap: Saddle Mountain, Oregon, Feb–Aug 1995
5 reports · 5 separate documents
Bigfoot (4), Other Humanoid (1).
In the 10 years either side we have 5 other reports within 37 miles of here.
The reports, in order
- Feb 8, 1995 A lady reports seeing a dark creature running away with arms moving in a piston-like motion near Ecola State Park.
Bigfoot · Ecola State Park, Oregon - Feb 11, 1995 Witness reports hearing tree rapping and dreaming of a hairless black face appearing at his tent.
Other Humanoid · Seaside, Oregon - Apr 23, 1995 [name] reported finding huge footprints with big toes on the trail to the summit of Saddle Mountain.
Bigfoot · Saddle Mountain, Oregon - Jun 1995 Witness reports Mr. [name] heard three yells in the Saddle Mountain area near Seaside.
Bigfoot · Saddle Mountain, Oregon - Aug 12, 1995 A witness and his girlfriend, both in law enforcement, report seeing a large, black, bipedal creature walking on the beach near Tillamook and finding its…
Bigfoot · Tillamook County, Oregon
Sources: oregonbigfoot (5).
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.