Flap: Stanwood, Washington, Jun–Aug 2006

The reports, in order

1. Jun 6, 2006 Witness reports that her daughter and eight other girls heard screaming and saw a large, hairy creature resembling Bigfoot crouching behind driftwood at…
   Bigfoot · Indianola, Washington · rabbit hole
2. Jun 2006 Witness reports seeing two big green eyes in the bushes while listening for sasquatch at night.
   Bigfoot · Lena Creek, Washington
3. Aug 2006 Witness and a friend heard the creature again doing the exact same thing as the night before while standing at the edge of the ravine.
   Bigfoot · Stanwood, Washington
4. Aug 2006 Witness reports hearing loud noises, breaking branches, and a roaring yell from a ravine near their home in Stanwood, Washington.
   Bigfoot · Stanwood, Washington

Sources: oregonbigfoot (3), BFRO (1), ukwildman (1).

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.

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