Flap: Coos Bay, Oregon, Jul–Nov 2006
5 reports · 6 separate documents
Bigfoot (4), Other / Unknown (1).
In the 10 years either side we have 18 other reports within 37 miles of here.
The reports, in order
- Jul 22, 2006 Witness reports seeing a large, furry figure leaning over bushes outside their bedroom window before it bolted away upon hearing a car.
Bigfoot · Coos Bay, Oregon - Aug 2006 Witnesses at a campground heard noises and saw a large, hairy creature walk off after falling from a tree.
Bigfoot · Sutherlin, Oregon - Aug 31, 2006 Witness reports hearing a large object hitting a tree and smelling a rancorous odor while looking for elk near Coquille.
Other / Unknown · Coquille, Oregon - Nov 3, 2006 Witness reports that his wife spotted a creature near the river bank which stood up on two legs and ran away, leaving large footprints.
Bigfoot · Sitkum, Oregon · rabbit hole - Nov 19, 2006 Witness reports seeing a large track and glimpsing an upright figure while 4-wheeling near Coos Bay.
Bigfoot · Coos Bay, 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.