Flap: Loveland, Ohio, Mar–Jul 1955
5 reports · 3 separate documents
Other Humanoid (2), Other / Unknown (2), Little People (1).
In the 10 years either side we have 1 other report within 37 miles of here.
The reports, in order
- Mar 1955 R. H. stopped his car to investigate three non-human figures about three feet tall with greyish skin and frog-like faces that were kneeling by the road.
Other Humanoid · Hamilton County, Ohio - May 1955 Generalized legend reports an unnamed businessman saw frog-like creatures near a bridge in Loveland.
Other / Unknown · Loveland, Ohio - May 25, 1955 A chef driving home reported seeing three or four-foot-tall bipedal creatures with gray heads, large mouths like frogs, and a sparking device.
Other / Unknown · Loveland, Ohio · rabbit hole - Jul 1955 Witness reports that C.F. described the beings as four human-looking little men moving oddly under the bridge with a terrible smell.
Other Humanoid · Loveland Park, Ohio · rabbit hole - Jul 1955 Witness reports that [name]'s neighbor saw a diminutive little man covered in twigs and foliage standing motionless near her back porch.
Little People · Loveland Park, Ohio · rabbit hole
Sources: Reddit (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.