Flap: Washington, District of Columbia, Jun–Jul 2024
3 reports · 3 separate documents
Thunderbird (1), Dogman (1), Other / Unknown (1).
In the 10 years either side we have 5 other reports within 37 miles of here.
The reports, in order
- Jun 2024 Witness [name] reports seeing two monster birds appearing as a nesting pair near his cabin while preparing to feed them pancakes.
Thunderbird · Washington, District of Columbia - Jun 22, 2024 The narrator reports seeing a white dogman in Columbia, Howard County, Maryland.
Dogman · Columbia, Maryland - Jul 2, 2024 Witness reports seeing a 3-3.5 ft tall dark green creature with a toad-like face, elephant trunk nose, lanky arms, three-fingered clawed hands, short stumpy…
Other / Unknown · North Beach, Maryland
Sources: Reddit (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.