Flap: Port Angeles, Washington, Jun–Nov 2005
4 reports · 4 separate documents
Bigfoot (3), Shadow Person (1).
In the 10 years either side we have 18 other reports within 37 miles of here.
The reports, in order
- Jun 25, 2005 Witness reports seeing dark shadows dart across the road while driving on Olympic Hot Springs Road and feeling watched in the woods near Port Angeles.
Shadow Person · Port Angeles, Washington - Aug 2005 Witness reports hearing a loud, low-pitched roar resembling a mutated giant gorilla while walking dogs in the woods near Stanwood, WA.
Bigfoot · Island County, Washington - Aug 25, 2005 Witness reports finding large footprints with four toes and hearing a terrifying human-like scream/growl while hiking near Oso.
Bigfoot · Oso, Washington - Nov 25, 2005 Witness reports seeing a tall, brown, ape-like creature with yellow eyes that chased them on ATVs before disappearing near the road.
Bigfoot · Arlington, Washington
Sources: oregonbigfoot (4).
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.