Bigfoot in Wisconsin
75 mapped reports in the TidyTuesday extract of the BFRO database (#18 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): 30
- Class B (sound, tracks, or an obscured view): 44
- Class C (secondhand): 1
- Years: 1968–2021. Since 2010: 26.
- Busiest decade: 2000s (26). Busiest month: July (15).
- Seasons: spring 11, summer 31, fall 23, winter 10.
- Counties with at least one mapped report: 35.
Top counties: Marinette County (8); Price County (7); Vilas County (5); Barron County (4); Oneida County (4).
Regional names
No regional nickname is attached to Wisconsin in this package.
Festivals
No festival is listed for Wisconsin.