Flap: Glide, Oregon, Sep–Oct 2008
6 reports · 5 separate documents
Bigfoot (5), Other / Unknown (1).
In the 10 years either side we have 33 other reports within 37 miles of here.
The reports, in order
- Sep 7, 2008 Witness reports that while walking with a hunting buddy near London, Oregon, his companion pointed out a huge footprint in the dirt on the side of the road.
Bigfoot · Whites Creek, Oregon - Sep 2008 Witness reports waking to a powerful horrid odor and feeling compelled to stay still for several minutes.
Bigfoot · Glide, Oregon - Sep 2008 Witness reports a friend saw glowing red eyes of a 7-8 ft tall creature moving across the property at night.
Bigfoot · Glide, Oregon - Oct 2008 Witness reports seeing a massive, well-camouflaged creature unfold from a tree line near a golf club parking lot and fleeing in terror.
Bigfoot · Oregon - Oct 16, 2008 Witness reports hearing a 'woot' sound and finding bent fir trees while hunting near Fin Rock.
Other / Unknown · Oregon - Oct 22, 2008 Witness and stepson report seeing a hairy man picking at bear scat near Cottage Grove, Oregon.
Bigfoot · Cottage Grove, Oregon
Sources: oregonbigfoot (5), YouTube (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.