Flap: Roebling, New Jersey, Nov 1908 – Jan 1909
5 reports · 4 separate documents
Jersey Devil (2), Other Flying (2), Other / Unknown (1).
In the 10 years either side we have 7 other reports within 37 miles of here.
The reports, in order
- Nov 6, 1908 Witnesses report that Morris Cabinsky and another lad found the carcass of a strange beast with kangaroo-like forelegs in the woods near Roebling.
Jersey Devil · Roebling, New Jersey - Jan 20, 1909 A paperhanger and his wife report seeing a two-legged creature with wings and hoofs on their roof.
Other Flying · Gloucester Heights, New Jersey - Jan 21, 1909 William Cronk reports seeing a huge bird-like creature with long hoofed legs flying high in the air.
Other / Unknown · Mount Holly Township, New Jersey - Jan 22, 1909 Two residents report seeing hoofprints attributed to the "Leeds devil" in their respective locations.
Jersey Devil · Trenton, New Jersey - Jan 31, 1909 Residents in Burlington and South Jersey report seeing mysterious horse-like hoofprints on roofs and window ledges, with some believing the maker is the 'Leeds…
Other Flying · Burlington, New Jersey
Sources: Newspaper (5).
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.