Flap: Chicago, Illinois, Mar 2017 – May 2018
35 reports · 35 separate documents
Other Flying (35).
In the 10 years either side we have 48 other reports within 37 miles of here.
The reports, in order
- Mar 16, 2017 A witness reports a large, winged being perched on top of a roof in the Tinley Park suburb of Chicago.
Other Flying · Tinley Park, Illinois - Mar 22, 2017 A semi truck driver reports suffering from strange medical maladies after spotting a flying humanoid soaring over a Chicago expressway.
Other Flying · Chicago, Illinois - Apr 10, 2017 A woman walking her dog in Chicago's Oz Park reports a run-in with a paralyzing winged being.
Other Flying · Oz Park, Illinois - Apr 15, 2017 Three separate witnesses report seeing an unidentified flying humanoid over Chicago.
Other Flying · Chicago, Illinois - Apr 27, 2017 A man and his son reportedly saw a weird winged being after hearing an eerie sound while fishing.
Other Flying · Little Calumet Marsh, Illinois - May 5, 2017 A man and his son report seeing a bat-like creature while walking in Calumet Park.
Other Flying · Calumet Park, Illinois - May 27, 2017 A woman and her boyfriend report seeing a large black flying man with wings near 127th St. & Ashland Ave.
Other Flying · Chicago, Illinois - May 27, 2017 Witnesses report seeing a large, solid black flying creature with glowing red eyes circling overhead near their home in Chicago.
Other Flying · Chicago, Illinois - Jun 3, 2017 Two different couples report encounters with a large, bat-like flying humanoid in the Lincoln Park area.
Other Flying · Lincoln Park, Illinois - Jun 29, 2017 Witnesses report seeing a dark black shadow with wings standing atop a building before taking flight.
Other Flying · Auburn Gresham, Illinois - Jul 29, 2017 Two friends report seeing a huge black shape gliding over the Albany Park/Lincoln Square area.
Other Flying · Albany Park, Illinois - Aug 1, 2017 A witness reports seeing a flying humanoid over Elgin, Illinois.
Other Flying · Elgin, Illinois - Aug 2, 2017 Witnesses report being terrified by a tall, dark humanoid with membranous wings in a park near their home.
Other Flying · Bolingbrook, Illinois - Aug 4, 2017 A witness walking with their children reports seeing a similar creature in River Forest.
Other Flying · Melrose Park, Illinois - Aug 6, 2017 Two concertgoers report seeing a bat-like flying humanoid with glowing red eyes in Grant Park after the Chicago Lollapalooza.
Other Flying · Grant Park, Illinois - Aug 10, 2017 A city employee reports seeing a giant owl flying off of Ohio Street Beach.
Other Flying · Chicago, Illinois - Aug 21, 2017 A second sighting of a shadowy flying humanoid reportedly occurs in Chicago's Wicker Park neighborhood.
Other Flying · Wicker Park, Illinois - Aug 21, 2017 A woman and her friends report seeing a large black bat with humanoid features in Chicago just prior to the solar eclipse.
Other Flying · Chicago, Illinois - Aug 22, 2017 A truck driver reports seeing a large winged being with thick glistening hair flying over McCook.
Other Flying · McCook, Illinois - Aug 22, 2017 A monstrous bat with a 12' wingspan is reported in the same area of McCook as the truck driver's sighting from the same day.
Other Flying · McCook, Illinois - Aug 27, 2017 A retired police officer reports seeing a dark gargoyle with red eyes in the Forest Park neighborhood.
Other Flying · Forest Park, Illinois - Aug 28, 2017 A delivery driver reports seeing a large man with wings flying over McCook.
Other Flying · McCook, Illinois - Aug 29, 2017 An avid bird watcher reports seeing a huge flying shadow over a forest preserve near La Grange Park.
Other Flying · La Grange Park, Illinois - Sep 9, 2017 A group of friends reports seeing a black demon with large wings in Chicago's Little Village.
Other Flying · Little Village, Illinois - Sep 10, 2017 Two witnesses report an unknown being gliding across the sky several miles away from each other in the Avalon Park and Douglas neighborhoods of Chicago.
Other Flying · Chicago, Illinois - Sep 11, 2017 A woman reports seeing a huge bat-like being circling buildings over Chicago's Kenwood neighborhood.
Other Flying · Kenwood, Illinois - Sep 12, 2017 A woman reports seeing a "black devil" while walking home from work in Chicago's Little Village.
Other Flying · Little Village, Illinois - Sep 16, 2017 Witnesses report that a pair of siblings were terrified by a bat-like creature in the Little Village neighborhood.
Other Flying · Little Village, Illinois - Oct 7, 2017 A witness reports a large, winged being flying in the River North neighborhood.
Other Flying · River North, Illinois - Oct 27, 2017 Witnesses report that a couple was accosted by a man-sized flying humanoid while sitting in their car at Piotrowski Park.
Other Flying · Piotrowski Park, Illinois - Feb 2, 2018 Three witnesses report seeing a tall man with large black wings and glowing ruby red eyes in Oak Park.
Other Flying · Oak Park, Illinois - Mar 29, 2018 An investigator reports photographing an enormous bird located 40 miles west of Chicago.
Other Flying · Chicago, Illinois - Apr 10, 2018 Two witnesses report seeing an "owl man" on Chicago's south side.
Other Flying · Chicago, Illinois - Apr 10, 2018 A woman reports seeing a winged creature with bat-like wings near Oak Park.
Other Flying · Oak Park, Illinois - May 1, 2018 A man's parents reported seeing a large winged humanoid flying above the trees behind their home.
Other Flying · Wheeling, Illinois
Sources: singularfortean (34), 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.