Flap: Oregon, Jun–Oct 2004
3 reports · 3 separate documents
Other / Unknown (1), Bigfoot (1), Other Humanoid (1).
In the 10 years either side we have 28 other reports within 37 miles of here.
The reports, in order
- Jun 28, 2004 Witness reports hearing loud echoing calls resembling a howl and scream mixed together near Odell Lake.
Other / Unknown · Oregon - Aug 2004 Witness reports finding a 19-inch track and hearing heavy thumping noises while quad riding near Hills Creek Reservoir in August 2004.
Bigfoot · Oregon - Oct 2, 2004 Witness reports hearing a strange deep vocalization while hunting near Oakridge and concluding it was not any known animal or human.
Other Humanoid · Oakridge, 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.