Posted: 5/7/2024
Mysterious Guest Visits Hardin Prairie
By Carlee Moates / Platte Basin Timelapse
We had a mysterious guest in the Hardin Prairie!
Bigfoot is believed to follow rivers like the Platte and frequents salt licks like encrusted salt found in Lincoln’s local saline wetlands. It seems this saline sasquatch likes to wander and made it all the way to Hardin Hall. Could this really be him?!
A couple of weeks ago, the PBT crew teamed up with "Team Tiny Feet," a Destination Imagination team with students from Sheridan Elementary and Prairie Hill. This team has researched and crafted a story of the discovery of a Bigfoot tooth artifact found in the Platte River believed to have been lost by Meriwether Lewis. This discovery ultimately ties in characters like Daniel Boone, big-wig investigators, a school janitor, and a friendly beaver.
Team Tiny Feet reached out to PBT inviting us to meet Bigfoot. We took the kids out to the Crane Trust to explore a beaver lodge and a couple channels of the Platte, and to experience the magic of saline wetlands at Marsh Wren. Then, we invited them to Hardin to see the "nature school."
These kids are stellar young people and will be the next generation of storytellers and ecologists. They are already fascinated with all things nature, so you may see them in the seats of your classroom in several years! It’s exciting to see such passion in these kids and an honor to help facilitate their learning over the last couple weeks.
Team Tiny Feet has been taking this story and competing with other regional teams. They recently placed first with their performance at the Regional and State competitions, and Destination Imagination Global Finals are next up in Kansas City at the end of this month! They are looking to raise funds to help with the cost of Global Finals registration, so if you’d like, consider supporting them if you are able!
