Afoot in Nebraska: How the self-proclaimed 'Bigfoot Lady' of Hastings has built an empire

HASTINGS - On a windy Saturday morning, a woman stood onstage at the Hastings City Auditorium. Her hair was a plume of fiery red, and she wore a jean jacket and pants with matching embroidery. As she moved, the dozens of silver rings on her fingers clacked against the microphone. She wore a silver belt buckle, and carved into the middle of it was a symbol that appeared thousands of times across the event hall: on t-shirts, mugs, hats, jackets, backpacks, books and more.

Bigfoot.

Meet Harriet McFeely, the Bigfoot Lady of Nebraska.

For the last six years, McFeely has brought cryptids to the Corn...