Flap: Oxford, England, Jul 2015 – Jan 2016
5 reports · 3 separate documents
Other Humanoid (3), Shadow Person (2).
In the 10 years either side we have 8 other reports within 37 miles of here.
The reports, in order
- Jul 6, 2015 Witness reports being thrown a small object like a fir cone and hearing a low growl while walking in Ashridge Woods.
Other Humanoid · Ashridge Golf Club, England - Sep 2015 Witness reports Mac screamed at 4am claiming a beast walked on two legs wearing a mask tried to choke her.
Other Humanoid · Oxford, England - Nov 2015 Witness reports waking up to see a large black shadow standing over the right side of their bed and inching closer.
Shadow Person · Oxford, England - Jan 2016 Witness reports [name] awoke to a large black shadow or man at the foot of her bed pulling at her sheets during sleep paralysis.
Shadow Person · Oxford, England - Jan 31, 2016 Witness reports seeing a matt black, human-sized figure with a head, arms, and legs move swiftly behind a tree in the woods.
Other Humanoid · Compton Wood, England
Sources: Reddit (3), ukwildman (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.