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Bigfoot Crossroads of America

Hastings, Nebraska

Harriett McFeely, the "Bigfoot Lady", opened this three-building museum in 2018 with skulls, casts and a sightings map that includes Nebraska reports.

The creature

Bigfootaka Sasquatch, SkookumA huge, hair-covered, upright ape said to roam North American forests.

Nearby

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