Flap: Hillsboro, Oregon, Jul 2008 – Jan 2009
8 reports · 8 separate documents
Bigfoot (6), Other Humanoid (2).
In the 10 years either side we have 58 other reports within 37 miles of here.
The reports, in order
- Jul 2008 Witness reports hearing loud tree breaking and rock smashing sounds in the woods near Hillsboro, OR, leading them to suspect Bigfoot.
Bigfoot · Hillsboro, Oregon - Aug 22, 2008 Witness reports seeing a brownish upright object walking on a trail near the tree line while filming logging activity.
Bigfoot · South Fork Gales Creek, Oregon - Aug 31, 2008 Witnesses report hearing a gunshot followed by a primal yell near the Nisbet Mine that they believed was not human.
Other Humanoid · Estacada, Oregon - Oct 12, 2008 Witnesses report smelling a foul odor and hearing banging noises while fishing, leading them to suspect bigfoot.
Bigfoot · Eagle Fern Park, Oregon - Oct 15, 2008 Witnesses report hearing a hooping howling sound four times from the bottom of a canyon while deer hunting near Timber.
Bigfoot · Timber, Oregon - Nov 17, 2008 Witness reports hearing loud whoops and grunts from the woods near Ape Caves while birds suddenly went quiet.
Bigfoot · Cougar Rock, Washington - Dec 6, 2008 Witness reports hearing eerie, non-human screams at night that sounded like a mix of human trauma and an elk's bugle.
Other Humanoid · Clark County, Washington - Jan 10, 2009 Witness reports hearing screams and whooping sounds in the forest during full moons in early 2008 and January 2009.
Bigfoot · Colton, Oregon
Sources: oregonbigfoot (8).
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.