Flap: Morpeth, England, Oct 2017 – Jan 2018
3 reports · 4 separate documents
Other / Unknown (1), Other Humanoid (1), Little People (1).
In the 10 years either side we have 10 other reports within 37 miles of here.
The reports, in order
- Oct 2017 British Bigfoot Researcher S. Hill found many strange structures along the river and in the woods during an area check.
Other / Unknown · Morpeth, England - Nov 2017 Witness S.B. reports hearing something large crashing around his campsite in Kielder Forest at midnight, which stopped when he shone a light on it.
Other Humanoid · Northumberland, England · rabbit hole - Jan 1, 2018 Witness reports seeing two short, hairy, human-like figures with manes and loincloths near a felled tree.
Little People · County Durham, England
Sources: ukwildman (3).
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.