Flap: Prospect, Oregon, Jun–Oct 2011

The reports, in order

1. Jun 11, 2011 Witness reports hearing yells and gunshots before seeing a large animal running down a hill towards them, which stopped when illuminated by a flashlight.
   Bigfoot · Applegate, Oregon
2. Jul 2011 Witness and his dog heard a deep, repetitive vocalization from the other side of a fence in a farm field.
   Other Humanoid · Jackson County, Oregon
3. Jul 2011 Witness reports hearing deep howls and having rocks thrown at their camp near Lost Creek reservoir in July 2011.
   Other / Unknown · Prospect, Oregon
4. Jul 21, 2011 Witness reports hearing heavy, loud footsteps consistent with a two-legged creature near a construction site at dusk.
   Bigfoot · O'Brien, Oregon
5. Sep 7, 2011 Witness reports hearing deliberate banging noises and later seeing glowing eyes of a tall, upright creature that dropped low to the ground, followed by the…
   Bigfoot · White City, Oregon
6. Oct 15, 2011 Witness reports that he and his father have heard weird noises and smells for years, and recently his dad was hit by a flying pine cone while elk hunting.
   Bigfoot · Prospect, Oregon

Sources: oregonbigfoot (6).

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.

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