Flap: Rainier, Oregon, May–Sep 2003
5 reports · 5 separate documents
Bigfoot (4), Other Humanoid (1).
In the 10 years either side we have 16 other reports within 37 miles of here.
The reports, in order
- May 9, 2003 Witness reports seeing a hairy ape-like creature at an elk ranch that threw a rock and fled after being shot at.
Bigfoot · Astoria, Oregon - Jul 2003 Witness reports seeing a large creature walking along the beach near their motorhome on Puget Island.
Bigfoot · Puget Island, Washington - Jul 2003 Witness reports hearing a thunderous roar/scream/grunting and seeing disturbed livestock while at their home in July 2003.
Other Humanoid · Rainier, Oregon - Aug 17, 2003 Witness reports seeing a young Bigfoot-like creature jumping and splashing in a stream.
Bigfoot · Cowlitz County, Washington - Sep 2003 Witness reports finding large five-toed footprints on a muddy creek bank near Rainier in September 2003.
Bigfoot · Rainier, 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.