Flap: Cave Junction, Oregon, Jun–Aug 2001
3 reports · 3 separate documents
Bigfoot (3).
In the 10 years either side we have 28 other reports within 37 miles of here.
The reports, in order
- Jun 2001 Witness reports hearing a powerful, lengthy scream resembling screeching tires for three consecutive nights while camping near Althouse Creek Rd.
Bigfoot · Cave Junction, Oregon - Aug 2001 Witness reports seeing a large, hairy creature in the fetal position on Interstate 5 before another similar creature ran by and pulled it out of the way.
Bigfoot · Grants Pass, Oregon - Aug 24, 2001 Witness reports hearing loud screams from a rock quarry near Shady Cove and later identifying the sound as bigfoot.
Bigfoot · Shady Cove, 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.