Flap: Sevenoaks, England, Oct 1978 – Jan 1979
3 reports · 5 separate documents
Bigfoot (2), Other Feline (1).
In the 10 years either side we have 6 other reports within 37 miles of here.
The reports, in order
- Oct 1978 Witness reports seeing a youngish face with a short snout and brown eyes pressed against his kitchen window pane.
Bigfoot · Sevenoaks, England · rabbit hole - Oct 1978 [name] reports seeing a face resembling a chimp with human hair pressed against their kitchen window in Sevenoaks.
Bigfoot · Sevenoaks, England · rabbit hole - Jan 1, 1979 Witnesses report a five-foot tall, jet-black feline humanoid with human-like hands gliding into a garden and pressing its palms against a window before…
Other Feline · Fulham, England
Sources: ukwildman (2), Reddit (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.