Case file · Anomaly hotspot
Clapham Wood, West Sussex
From the 1960s into the 1970s Clapham Wood near Worthing gained a reputation for UFO sightings, missing dogs, strange feelings and stories of occult rites.
1967 CE · 50.84, -0.45 · status: claim
The account
Local papers and later books turned the wood into one of England's best-known 'anomaly hotspots', adding disappearances of pets and a death in the area.
The sceptical view
No pattern beyond local storytelling has been shown; many claims trace to a few books.