Flap: La Pine, Oregon, Aug–Oct 1998
3 reports · 3 separate documents
Bigfoot (2), Other / Unknown (1).
In the 10 years either side we have 17 other reports within 37 miles of here.
The reports, in order
- Aug 1998 Witness reports hearing screeching and howling sounds echoing from the Paulina Recreation area near La Pine.
Other / Unknown · La Pine, Oregon - Sep 4, 1998 Witness reports that [name] and his son saw a Bigfoot standing in the middle of a road near LaPine on September 4, 1998.
Bigfoot · La Pine, Oregon - Oct 1998 Witness reports seeing a large, black, hairless creature walking on a road near Wickiup Reservoir that he identifies as Bigfoot.
Bigfoot · Wickiup Reservoir, 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.