Flap: Shelton, Washington, Nov 2008 – Jan 2009
5 reports · 4 separate documents
Other Humanoid (3), Bigfoot (2).
In the 10 years either side we have 19 other reports within 37 miles of here.
The reports, in order
- Nov 16, 2008 A soldier and a fellow soldier report finding a strange tree structure, large tracks, and vomit in a training area on Ft. Lewis.
Bigfoot · Fort Lewis, Washington - Dec 6, 2008 Witnesses report hearing a loud scream and grunts from the forest while their dogs were barking.
Other Humanoid · Shelton, Washington - Dec 6, 2008 Witnesses report hearing responses to imitated bigfoot sounds coming from all directions.
Bigfoot · Shelton, Washington - Jan 17, 2009 Witness reports that their friend encountered a creature in the bushes near the road which screamed and threw rocks at her.
Other Humanoid · Shelton, Washington - Jan 20, 2009 Witness reports hearing a constant screaming vocalization from about half a mile away while walking down their driveway in the pre-dawn hours.
Other Humanoid · Shelton, Washington
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.