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Bigfoot in North Carolina

79 mapped reports in the TidyTuesday extract of the BFRO database (#17 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): 37
  • Class B (sound, tracks, or an obscured view): 42
  • Class C (secondhand): 0
  • Years: 1965–2021. Since 2010: 26.
  • Busiest decade: 2010s (23). Busiest month: October (14).
  • Seasons: spring 12, summer 24, fall 32, winter 11.
  • Counties with at least one mapped report: 45.

Top counties: Montgomery County (9); Onslow County (5); Macon County (3); Swain County (3); Henderson County (3).

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Regional names

  • Knobby — local Bigfoot-like report cluster
  • Tsul 'Kalu (Judaculla) — Indigenous tradition (Cherokee); sometimes associated with Bigfoot

Festivals

Public land

Journal

Sources