Flap: Jefferson County, Oregon, Mar–Aug 2001
6 reports · 5 separate documents
Bigfoot (6).
In the 10 years either side we have 22 other reports within 37 miles of here.
The reports, in order
- Mar 2001 Witness reports finding large footprints and hearing yells while hiking near Rooster Rock.
Bigfoot · Linn County, Oregon - Jun 2001 Witness reports that her cousin and mother saw glowing eyes of a large creature while camping at Lost Lake, and the witness later found a large human-like…
Bigfoot · Lost Lake, Oregon - Jun 2001 Witness and ex-wife smelled a strong odor and saw a tall, dark shadow with yellow eyes that reacted to light before disappearing.
Bigfoot · Jefferson County, Oregon - Jul 2001 Witness and his sister observed tree limbs swaying near elk remains and later saw a large creature that moved through the trees.
Bigfoot · Jefferson County, Oregon - Aug 23, 2001 Witness reports seeing the shadow of a large hairy creature leaning from behind a tree near their tent at a horse camp.
Bigfoot · Wasco County, Oregon - Aug 27, 2001 Witness reports that while camping near Timothy Lake, they observed a tall, hairy creature standing near their tent before it ran into the woods.
Bigfoot · Timothy Lake, Oregon
Sources: oregonbigfoot (6).
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.