Flap: Loch Ness, Alba / Scotland, Jan–Aug 2019
15 reports · 15 separate documents
Water Monster (13), Other Aquatic (2).
In the 10 years either side we have 2 other reports within 37 miles of here.
The reports, in order
- Jan 24, 2019 [name] and his brother saw a 50m long disturbance caused by something large under the surface of Loch Ness.
Water Monster · Loch Ness, Alba / Scotland · rabbit hole - Feb 23, 2019 A visitor from Manchester photographed a dark-coloured creature rising about 3ft out of the water in Urquhart Bay.
Water Monster · Loch Ness, Alba / Scotland · rabbit hole - Feb 27, 2019 Witness reports seeing an unidentified object on a live webcam screen for seconds before it disappeared.
Water Monster · Loch Ness, Alba / Scotland · rabbit hole - Mar 22, 2019 Witness reports that [name] captured photos and video of an unidentified object moving rapidly on the surface of Loch Ness before submerging.
Water Monster · Loch Ness, Alba / Scotland · rabbit hole - Apr 11, 2019 Witness reports that a local businessman filmed an unknown creature moving at high speed on the loch near Urquhart Castle.
Water Monster · Loch Ness, Alba / Scotland · rabbit hole - May 27, 2019 Mr [name] and his son reported seeing something that looked like water breaking over an object causing waves in Urquhart Bay.
Water Monster · Loch Ness, Alba / Scotland · rabbit hole - Jun 11, 2019 [name] and [name] took a photograph of an unidentified sighting in Urquhart Bay that lasted about a minute.
Water Monster · Loch Ness, Alba / Scotland · rabbit hole - Jun 27, 2019 [name] caught an image on sonar of something estimated to be 20-25ft long near Urquhart Castle which then disappeared.
Water Monster · Loch Ness, Alba / Scotland · rabbit hole - Jul 6, 2019 [name] and [name] took a picture of an object near Drumnadrochit which they watched with other family members.
Water Monster · Loch Ness, Alba / Scotland · rabbit hole - Jul 10, 2019 Witness reports seeing two strange objects moving through the water near Urquhart Bay that were unlike boats and approximately 20 feet long.
Water Monster · Loch Ness, Alba / Scotland · rabbit hole - Jul 13, 2019 [name] reports seeing something unexplained in a photo taken from the Jacobite tourist boat on Loch Ness.
Water Monster · Loch Ness, Alba / Scotland · rabbit hole - Jul 25, 2019 [name] saw something about 20ft long break the surface near Craigdarroch Inn which disappeared after he took a photograph.
Water Monster · Loch Ness, Alba / Scotland · rabbit hole - Aug 3, 2019 [name] T took pictures in Loch Ness and later saw an unknown object in a photo taken from the Change House parking spot.
Water Monster · Loch Ness, Alba / Scotland - Aug 7, 2019 [name] reports videoing an unknown object emerging from Urquhart Bay and moving behind a tree before disappearing into the water.
Other Aquatic · Loch Ness, Alba / Scotland · rabbit hole - Aug 15, 2019 [name] reports taking a video of an unexplained object in the loch for three seconds.
Other Aquatic · Loch Ness, Alba / Scotland · rabbit hole
Sources: ukwildman (15), Loch Ness Register (14).
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.