Bigfoot in Alaska
11 mapped reports in the TidyTuesday extract of the BFRO database (#40 of 49 states with reports). A row is a submitted report, not a confirmed animal.
One profile per state. 'stats' are computed from sightings_seed.csv (4,045 mapped BFRO reports, 1869-2021, from the TidyTuesday 2022-09-13 extract). These are mapped reports in that extract, not all reports ever made and not confirmed sightings. Class A = clear sighting, Class B = sound/tracks/obscured view, Class C = secondhand or less reliable (BFRO definitions). Festivals, creatures and museums are pulled from festivals.json, regional_creatures.json and research.json.
Mapped reports
- Class A (clear sighting report): 7
- Class B (sound, tracks, or an obscured view): 4
- Class C (secondhand): 0
- Years: 1995–2009. Since 2010: 0.
- Busiest decade: 2000s (10). Busiest month: May (2).
- Seasons: spring 3, summer 5, fall 0, winter 3.
- Counties with at least one mapped report: 6.
Top counties: Prince of Wales County (3); Southeast Fairbanks County (3); Anchorage County (2); Cordova-McCarthy County (1); Bristol Bay County (1).
Regional names
- Nantinaq — Indigenous tradition (Alutiiq); sometimes associated with Bigfoot
Festivals
No festival is listed for Alaska.