Flap: Prineville, Oregon, Jun–Aug 2007
3 reports · 3 separate documents
Bigfoot (3).
In the 10 years either side we have 23 other reports within 37 miles of here.
The reports, in order
- Jun 21, 2007 Witness reports hearing a large bipedal creature with a strong odor circle their tent and touch it before walking away.
Bigfoot · Prineville, Oregon - Jul 11, 2007 Witness reports hearing and seeing a very large man walk by their tent at night, noting the dogs did not bark and finding footprints the next morning.
Bigfoot · Prineville, Oregon - Aug 16, 2007 Witness reports seeing a dark figure running on two legs across a rocky point and beach, later identifying it as Sasquatch based on its size and movement.
Bigfoot · Prineville, 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.