Flap: Klamath County, Oregon, Feb–Sep 2006

The reports, in order

1. Feb 21, 2006 Witness reports finding large footprints in the snow near Head of the River Campground and calculating the creature's size.
   Bigfoot · Klamath County, Oregon
2. Mar 2006 Witness reports hearing three loud 'whoops' from about 1/4 mile east while stopped at the Lone Pine Memorial Sign, which the group immediately identified as a…
   Bigfoot · Chiloquin, Oregon
3. Apr 2006 Witness and two daughters heard overlapping 'whoop' sounds from an unknown creature while cutting wood near Chiloquin.
   Other / Unknown · Chiloquin, Oregon
4. Jun 13, 2006 Witness reports hearing a strange scream and seeing a 7ft figure walk by while picnicking near Lake of the Woods.
   Bigfoot · Lake of the Woods, Oregon
5. Sep 25, 2006 Witness reports that rocks were thrown at their campsite near Marie lake and a large tree was found torn apart, suggesting an animal was searching for grubs.
   Other / Unknown · Klamath County, 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.

Every flap →