Flap: Cotgrave, England, Dec 2015 – Feb 2016
5 reports · 4 separate documents
Bigfoot (3), Other Canine (1), Other Humanoid (1).
In the 10 years either side we have 13 other reports within 37 miles of here.
The reports, in order
- Dec 2015 A family driving along Owthorpe Road witnessed a tall, hairy figure standing by the side of the road.
Bigfoot · Cotgrave, England - Dec 27, 2015 A witness reports that five people saw a six-foot-tall, reddish-brown hairy creature with dark eyes and a human face standing in a layby on Owthorpe Road.
Bigfoot · Nottinghamshire, England - Jan 2016 British Bigfoot Research investigated nearby Cotgrave Forest and heard howls from an unidentified creature.
Other Canine · Cotgrave, England - Jan 30, 2016 Witnesses inside a van heard extremely loud heavy breathing and felt something staring through the windows before it walked away towards a quarry.
Bigfoot · Nottinghamshire, England - Feb 2016 Witnesses report hearing rustling and footsteps while walking in Kingwell Woods before one witness saw a big black outline near an old wrecked castle.
Other Humanoid · Barnsley, England
Sources: ukwildman (3), paranormaldb (2).
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.