Flap: Jefferson County, Oregon, Aug–Nov 2004
3 reports · 3 separate documents
Bigfoot (3).
In the 10 years either side we have 25 other reports within 37 miles of here.
The reports, in order
- Aug 31, 2004 Witness reports finding large footprints with a prominent big toe and a dung pile, followed by a visitor outside their tent that made a loud thud and low growl.
Bigfoot · Marion Forks, Oregon - Sep 2004 A deer hunter reports seeing a large, dark, upright figure with no visible neck standing on a hill near the tree line.
Bigfoot · Jefferson County, Oregon - Nov 2004 A hunter reports seeing a 6-7 foot tall hairy figure near Detroit, Oregon, which whistled and watched him before he retreated.
Bigfoot · Jefferson County, 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.