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Bigfoot in Maine

8 mapped reports in the TidyTuesday extract of the BFRO database (#42 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): 1
  • Class B (sound, tracks, or an obscured view): 7
  • Class C (secondhand): 0
  • Years: 1970–2020. Since 2010: 7.
  • Busiest decade: 2010s (4). Busiest month: November (2).
  • Seasons: spring 0, summer 1, fall 4, winter 3.
  • Counties with at least one mapped report: 6.

Top counties: York County (2); Oxford County (2); Piscataquis County (1); Waldo County (1); Penobscot County (1).

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Regional names

No regional nickname is attached to Maine in this package.

Festivals

Museums and landmarks

  • International Cryptozoology Museum - Bangor, ME — Loren Coleman's museum of cryptid artifacts, founded in 2003. It moved from Portland to a historic Streamline Moderne building at 490 Broadway in Bangor and opened there June 1, 2026. The museum says its old Portland and Hammond St. Bangor addresses are permanently closed.

Journal

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