Flap: Woodseaves, England, Jan 1879
3 reports · 3 separate documents
Other Humanoid (2), Bigfoot (1).
In the 10 years either side we have no other reports within 37 miles of here.
The reports, in order
- Jan 1879 A witness reports that a black creature with white eyes leapt from a bush onto his horse on a bridge in Norbury.
Other Humanoid · Norbury, England - Jan 21, 1879 A witness reports that a strange black creature with glowing white eyes leapt onto a horse cart and passed through when struck by a whip.
Other Humanoid · Woodseaves, England - Jan 21, 1879 A witness reports that a jet-black, half-man half-monkey creature with glowing eyes leapt onto his horse's cart and vanished through his whip before…
Bigfoot · Woodseaves, England
Sources: paranormaldb (2), ukwildman (1).
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.