I found this question "404 Page Not Showing" asked 3 years ago that the person who asked figured it out but didn't really expand on how they did.
I have basically the same issue, craft doesn't load the 404 error ever, it simply loads the template with nothing. https://footwearoutfitters.net/123
I haven't edited any .htaccess files
Routes is left unmodified, both in the CP and the file itself.
I'm wondering if I setup my entries incorrectly for the URI, anyone have ideas or think of somewhere else I could give info on to help this along?
Here is my .htaccess folder in the public
<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
RewriteEngine On
# Send would-be 404 requests to Craft
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !^/(favicon\.ico|apple-touch-icon.*\.png)$ [NC]
RewriteRule (.+) index.php?p=$1 [QSA,L]
</IfModule>
404.html
template?