Flap: Molalla, Oregon, Jul–Oct 2009
7 reports · 7 separate documents
Bigfoot (4), Other / Unknown (1), Other Canine (1), Other Humanoid (1).
In the 10 years either side we have 58 other reports within 37 miles of here.
The reports, in order
- Jul 2009 Witness reports hearing purring sounds and moving bushes while shooting, speculating it might be Bigfoot but seeing no creature.
Bigfoot · Estacada, Oregon - Jul 15, 2009 Witness reports hearing a deep high pitched cry echoing through the hills while resting in their truck at Trillium Lake.
Other / Unknown · Government Camp, Oregon - Jul 27, 2009 Witness reports hearing whooping calls, howls, and whistles at night near Mt St Helens and speculates they might be Bigfoot.
Bigfoot · Cougar Rock, Washington - Aug 22, 2009 Witness reports hearing a powerful growl and seeing a large, bipedal, black-furred creature resembling an oversized wolf with yellow eyes that followed them to…
Other Canine · Molalla, Oregon - Sep 13, 2009 Witness reports hearing a loud, bell-like call in the middle of the night that they later identified as potentially being bigfoot after reading a book.
Bigfoot · Molalla, Oregon - Sep 25, 2009 Witness reports hearing large footsteps in the woods while walking to a restroom near Milo McIver Park and feeling watched by an entity too big to be human.
Other Humanoid · Milo McIver State Park, Oregon - Oct 5, 2009 Witness and a friend report seeing two large, black figures running across the road in front of them.
Bigfoot · Dufur, Oregon
Sources: oregonbigfoot (7).
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.