Flap: Mount Rainier, Washington, Aug–Nov 2019
8 reports · 5 separate documents
Bigfoot (4), Other Humanoid (2), Other Canine (2).
In the 10 years either side we have 12 other reports within 37 miles of here.
The reports, in order
- Aug 9, 2019 Witness reports that while searching for Bigfoot near Mt. Rainier National Park, the group heard something following them and later found a broken van window…
Bigfoot · King County, Washington - Sep 6, 2019 The narrator and a buddy hear a deep, rumbling 'monkey/gorilla' sound directed at them from the woods.
Bigfoot · Mount Rainier, Washington - Sep 6, 2019 The narrator reports hearing heavy breathing and a loud huff from something large directly outside their tent at night, followed by the discovery that their…
Other Humanoid · Mount Rainier, Washington · rabbit hole - Sep 6, 2019 Witness reports hearing blood-curdling screams, wood-type howls, and a deep rumbling monkey/gorilla-like sound directed at them from the woods near the park…
Other Canine · Mount Rainier, Washington · rabbit hole - Sep 7, 2019 The group hears blood-curdling screams and wood-type howls resembling a woman being murdered multiple times from the woods near the park boundary.
Other Humanoid · Mount Rainier National Park, Washington - Sep 7, 2019 Two witnesses hear a deep, rumbling monkey or gorilla-like vocalization directed at them from the woods after hearing previous screams.
Other Canine · Pierce County, Washington - Oct 11, 2019 Witness reports hearing a low grunt and smelling a skunk-like odor while camping near Sunrise Peak, leading them to suspect they encountered Sasquatch.
Bigfoot · Pierce County, Washington - Nov 9, 2019 The narrator and their children heard distant howling near the Camp Sheppard Trail head that sounded like a bigfoot howl.
Bigfoot · Greenwater, Washington
Sources: Reddit (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.