Flap: Swedesboro, New Jersey, Aug–Sep 1927
6 reports · 3 separate documents
Jersey Devil (4), Other Flying (2).
In the 10 years either side we have 6 other reports within 37 miles of here.
The reports, in order
- Aug 4, 1927 Huckleberry pickers report a fox-sized feathered creature with a bark-hoot cry in the cedar swamps.
Other Flying · Swedesboro, New Jersey - Aug 4, 1927 Huckleberry pickers in Swedesboro report seeing a feathered quadruped about the size of a fox with a cry half bark and half hoot.
Jersey Devil · Swedesboro, New Jersey · rabbit hole - Aug 8, 1927 A newspaper reports a sighting of the Jersey Devil in Paulsboro described as dog-like with feathers.
Jersey Devil · Paulsboro, New Jersey - Aug 29, 1927 The Atlantic City Daily Press expressed disdain for the comparison to the Jersey Devil, noting its traditional winter appearance and hoof-like marks in snow.
Jersey Devil · Salem, New Jersey · rabbit hole - Sep 19, 1927 [name] and his mechanic see a strange object rise on hind legs and attempt to jump onto their car.
Jersey Devil · Swedesboro, New Jersey - Sep 19, 1927 [name] and his mechanic see a strange object rise on its hind legs near the road.
Other Flying · Swedesboro, New Jersey
Sources: Reddit (6), Newspaper (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.