Flap: Westport, Oregon, Jul–Nov 2010
3 reports · 3 separate documents
Other Humanoid (1), Other / Unknown (1), Bigfoot (1).
In the 10 years either side we have 17 other reports within 37 miles of here.
The reports, in order
- Jul 26, 2010 Witness reports hearing a loud, human-like cry three times while walking their dog at night near Westport.
Other Humanoid · Westport, Oregon - Aug 25, 2010 Witness reports hearing a scream and breaking limbs after cow calling for elk near Vernonia.
Other / Unknown · Vernonia, Oregon - Nov 13, 2010 Witness reports finding a single track in a mud/gravel slope near Toutle, WA, which they photographed and marked.
Bigfoot · Toutle, Washington
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.