Originally Posted by
porcia83
HD already hit the nail on the head, it's right after the holidays when that # was arrived at. I can't recall exactly where I read it, but it was this week, and the article noted "sightings" were actually down overall. If I can find the link I'll add it. As with any online article, it's value/data is fair game.
I just added a way to sort by report. Over the period of the first report (280 days), there were 764 reports sightings. Over the period of the second report (163 days), there were 582 reports. So, the average has gone from 2.7 per day to 3.6 per day, an increase of 30%.
Here's data for all three CY by month - 2015 higher than 2014 in same month, 2016 higher than 2015 in same month.
Nov '15 vs Nov '14 - sightings up by 338%
Dec '15 vs. Dec '14 - sightings up by 250%
Jan '16 vs. Jan '15 - sightings up 257%
