Flap: Polk County, Oregon, Jun–Dec 2005
3 reports · 3 separate documents
Bigfoot (2), Other / Unknown (1).
In the 10 years either side we have 4 other reports within 37 miles of here.
The reports, in order
- Jun 25, 2005 Witness reports seeing a large, hairy, manlike creature running upright across a powerline clearing near Sheridan, Oregon.
Bigfoot · Polk County, Oregon - Sep 15, 2005 Witness reports seeing two light-colored juvenile bigfoots standing in the road while opening a gate.
Bigfoot · Yamhill, Oregon - Dec 28, 2005 Witness reports hearing a whooping noise and a scream moving past their front porch on a rainy night.
Other / Unknown · Molalla, 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.