Bigfoot in Mississippi
20 mapped reports in the TidyTuesday extract of the BFRO database (#36 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): 15
- Class B (sound, tracks, or an obscured view): 5
- Class C (secondhand): 0
- Years: 1950–2013. Since 2010: 2.
- Busiest decade: 1970s (7). Busiest month: October (6).
- Seasons: spring 1, summer 5, fall 8, winter 6.
- Counties with at least one mapped report: 14.
Top counties: Clarke County (4); Lauderdale County (3); Tishomingo County (2); Attala County (1); Amite County (1).
Regional names
- Natchez account (1721) — historical account
Festivals
No festival is listed for Mississippi.