Flap: Cannock Chase, England, Feb–Jun 2007
6 reports · 4 separate documents
Bigfoot (3), Dogman (3).
In the 10 years either side we have 18 other reports within 37 miles of here.
The reports, in order
- Feb 2007 Witness [name] reports that she, her husband, and daughter felt threatened by unseen 'wild people' near their lodge in Whatstandwell, hearing tree knocks and…
Bigfoot · Whatstandwell, England - Apr 2007 The West Midlands Ghost Club investigated reports of a werewolf-type creature prowling Cannock Chase in April 2007.
Dogman · Cannock Chase, England - Apr 2007 Several people claimed to see a wolf walking on its hind legs in the German War Cemetery.
Dogman · Cannock Chase, England - Apr 2007 Two men reported seeing a large hairy creature standing on its hind legs at the German War Cemetery in April 2007.
Bigfoot · Stafford, England - May 2007 A paranormal expert claimed the werewolf sightings could be a subterranean stone-age throwback living in old mines.
Dogman · Cannock Chase, England - Jun 2007 Witnesses report that a group of teenagers spotted a hairy humanoid in nearby woodland and were pursued by it while driving away.
Bigfoot · Gentleshaw, England
Sources: ukwildman (5), paranormaldb (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.