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The Town of Jackson’s overnight parking ban is soon to go into effect. SO, if you want to avoid all kinds of hassles, listen up!

PARKING RESTRICTIONS November 1 through April 15, between 3:00am & 7:00am,

it is illegal to park overnight on Jackson streets, including public parking lots, regardless of weather (rain, snow or shine). Crews begin plowing at 3am. Parked cars on town streets make the job of keeping roads clear of snow more difficult.

Consequently, cars left on town streets between 3am & 7am will be ticketed and may be towed by Jackson police. To retrieve your car, contact Ron’s Towing at 733-8697, 1190 S. Hwy 89. Overnight parking for 48 hours or less is allowed in the public parking structure at W. Simpson Ave. and S. Millward St. but not on other town parking lots.

SHOVELING REQUIREMENTS Additionally, we would like to remind people: Town residents are responsible for keeping sidewalks shoveled.

• The TOJ assists with snow removal in the downtown core and along Broadway.

• Residents should not put their garbage cans out the night before, but rather after 7:00am on garbage days.

• Please keep trash cans, cars, and other obstacles out of the streets and off of the curbs.

This saves your property and makes the streets more clear of drifts and snow.

• Residents are also encouraged to help keep fire hydrants clear of snow.

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We are counting down the days during this last week of October 2017, Halloween is next Tuesday, then it will be November. Those are things we know for sure. What we don’t know, or can never really count on, is what the weather will be like this time of year. Some years it can feel like a month earlier than it is, and some years it can feel like a month later.

Some years kids are trick-or-treating in puffy coats and mittens, some years in tee-shirts and flip-flops.

The average low temperature this week is 21-degrees, down one degree from last week’s average low. The record low is the same as it was last week, bottoming-out at a chilly 3-degrees. The thermometer in Jackson reached that low point the day before Halloween in 1991, on October 30th. On Halloween Day in 1991 the afternoon high temperature was only 28-degrees, which was also a record low for a maximum temp on October 31st.

The average high temperature this week is 52-degrees, down five degrees from last week.

The record high temperature this week is 71-degrees. That max has been reached twice during this week, once on October 25th, 1992 and again on October 26th, 1999. These two dates are also the latest in the year that a record high temperature topped 70-degrees.

You will have to wait until April to see a record high again that is over 70.

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FROM OUR READERS Wyoming’s Soaring Suicide Rate You have the power to help, and it’s time to intervene.

BY ALISON PLIEMAN

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very two days, someone in Wyoming dies from suicide.

According to their 2017 report, the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention shows Wyoming now has the highest rate of suicide in the entire country, a rate that’s more than twice the national average. For the past decade, Wyoming has consistently been among the highest suicide rates.

Yet, this long-standing issue has only gotten more out of control.

Why Wyoming? Some risk factors include: high rate of gun ownership, lack of mental health resources, high incidence of domestic abuse, growing levels of alcohol and substance abuse, social isolation in rural communities, and an increase in homelessness, especially among students. Even altitude in now considered to be a risk factor, and while this “altitude theory” is in its preliminary stages of development, the research looks promising thus far.

One could argue that Wyoming has every possible risk factor, but this is not why our suicide rate is so high here.

Quite simply, we are not doing much to prevent it.

For years, the Wyoming Legislature has been chipping away at the budget for substance abuse and suicide prevention, but the biggest hit came earlier this year. Not only did the Legislature cut $2.1 million, essentially 40 percent of their budget, but they eliminated their contract with the main organization fighting this problem—the Prevention Management Organization (PMO).

In a nutshell, we just eliminated suicide prevention, as well as tobacco prevention, to focus solely on alcohol and opioid abuse. Yes, these needs are undoubtedly vital, but how can suicide prevention not be a priority?

Ironically, we do have a remarkably

thorough suicide prevention plan for 2017-2021, which the Department of Health developed with PMO. The problem is we lack the funding and the people needed to accomplish any of it.

Suicide is preventable, but not without prevention resources.

Recent findings indicate that suicidal ideation is on the rise among our youth.

Teton County may have a lower suicide rate than most other WY counties, but we still have a high rate compared to the rest of the country. However, the Suicide Prevention Coalition in Jackson has been dissolved, and we’re still waiting to hear who PMO will bring in to replace our last representative, Matt Stech. Who will keep this conversation going in our community?

If it’s up to us now, we need to change the way we think about suicide. For starters, we must no longer use the word “commit” when talking about suicide, as this implies that a sin or a crime is being committed.

Much like addiction, suicide can no longer be stigmatized as a moral flaw or personal weakness. When people are so desperate to escape their pain, suicide can seem like the only way out. It results from profound suffering and severe mental illness, and much like a disease, suicide has become a widespread epidemic in Wyoming. So, what can we do to help with suicide prevention?

First and foremost, we need to educate ourselves. Unfortunately, budget cuts will limit the availability of suicide trainings, which teach us how to recognize the warning signs and how best to intervene. For a quick lesson, just remember “QPR.” This stands for “Question,” “Persuade,” and “Refer.”

The most important thing is summoning the courage to ask the question: “Are you thinking about suicide?” It may be difficult to get the words out, especially to friends and family, but this could make all the difference. People are often afraid to ask, for fear that they may inadvertently plant the idea in someone’s head. However, research shows suicidal ideation is drastically decreased when an at-risk person is given the chance to talk about it.

It can be impossible to know what someone is battling under the surface, but any change in personality could signal mental illness.

“Persuade” suggests that we offer a reason why we are concerned, and emphasize that we care about that person. It can be as simple as, “you seem

sad today, and I’m worried about you.”

Merely by inquiring, we can expedite the healing process. “Refer” is the last step, in which we take it upon ourselves to ensure the person gets connected to a mental health professional. Here in Jackson, our go-to location would be the Jackson Hole Community Counseling Center.

Next, we should support the NonDiscrimination Ordinance (NDO) that a local coalition, which includes social workers and mental health professionals, will soon be proposing to our Town Council. Passing this NDO would provide our LGBTQ populations protection from discrimination in areas of employment, housing, and public accommodations.

Research shows that when communities lack this equal status, LGBTQ persons will not only experience higher suicide attempt rates, but an increase in depression and substance abuse.

Regarding LGBTQ youth, the CDC reports that nearly one-third (29 percent) had attempted suicide at least once in the prior year compared to the 6 percent of heterosexual youth. If we fail to secure fundamental rights for our citizens based on their sexual orientation or gender identity, then the detrimental impacts of discrimination will only perpetuate adverse health outcomes and suicide in our society.

Lastly, we need to tell our local representatives that we want suicide prevention to be more of a priority, and we must fight for funding to be reinstated.

Since we have the highest suicide rate in America, it’s important that we protect the one budget capable of fixing this problem.

Do it for those we have already lost, and do it for those we are afraid to lose.

You don’t need a special background to be an advocate for suicide prevention.

You simply need a voice.

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TWENTYTWO 360 Where Are You From?

Accents, histories and French intonations in Teton County

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perhaps they were just not crazy about the local food either.

In regard to North America, the King could not see the importance of taking care of his territory. Given his wanton disinterest, things ended at the battle of Quebec on the Plains of Abraham in 1759, when General Wolfe defeated an outnumbered French army under the command of General Montcalm.

Both generals died on the battlefield, and the fate of French North America was sealed forever. We know what happened next. The French helped the American revolutionaries out of vindictiveness.

La Fayette, Rochambeau and De Grasse helped the new nation to win. A few years later Napoleon made certain that the Gallic influence would be gone forever when he sold, for a pittance, the vast Louisiana Territory to America to finance his Europeans wars. Wyoming was part of the greater Louisiana.

So what is left of the French presence in Teton County? There are a few of us, and while we are not a mafia or a secret society, we all know each other.

We have had a doctor, a nurse, a deputy sheriff, an hotelier, two artists, one playwright, a ranch owner, restaurant owners, a cabinetmaker, various employees at the airport and two realtors. There was a lady from Alsace who has passed away who was cut off from her family during the entire length of WWII. I am not counting the few ski patrollers who come every winter from the French Alps.

I used to organize a gathering of “legal” immigrants on the 14th of July, the date when the French Revolution started; some of us have American citizenship. I also invited the “cousins”–namely the Frenchspeaking Swiss, Belgians and Quebeckers.

Average toll at one of those gathering, which we did not call the “RendezVous,” was about 50 people. I don’t know for a fact, but I have a feeling that the FBI compiled files on all of us. Too many French-speaking Teton residents gathered together.

There are a few Francophiles in our community and it is uplifting. Still, we also had our gloomy moments during the Freedom Fries rage.

Sometimes it is nice to be different, though – be it from an accent or otherwise.

I always chuckle when the lady behind the counter at the post office bellows out loud: “What’s up, Frenchy?” Bless her!

So there it is. Living in Teton County with an accent can be an odd experience, and hopefully now–1,000 words in–I have answered the question of where I am from for you curious Wyoming souls. PJH

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cannot count how many times I have been asked, “Where are you from?” by people in Jackson Hole. Although I should reply, “Why? Are you from the FBI?” I tell them with a slight grin that I am from Wilson, Wyoming.

After seeing their puzzled expressions, though, I feel the need to clarify with, “Originally I am from France.”

Going through texplaining where I’m from–which for most people includes many places, and many histories – is getting to be an annoyance.

I was not born in the United States of America, and I have an accent. Nobody is perfect. My intonation has a French slant, which is not surprising because I was born in France.

Since 1967, though, I have lived in English-speaking countries: England, English-speaking, and not French, Canada and the USA. After all those years, I still can’t shake away the enunciation. To make matters worse, I lived in England for 13 years, which means my speech is still riddled with English idioms. Even my wife, who is American, looks at me with a blank look when I use a British word or expression.

It is a fact that facial muscles and vocal cords develop early in life in such a way that it dictates the delivery of one’s speech.

That is the reason that a language pattern acquired as an infant is very difficult to get rid of. I, and others like me, would need extensive coaching to develop the muscles into other shapes. Diction teachers who work with actors and singers can alter the patterns.

The KGB, or the now-defunct Komitet Gosudarstvennoy Bezopasnosti, was a group that acted as the main security agency for the Soviet Union until 1991, used to have language schools which were experts at teaching future spies how to speak like a native of the country they were sent to.

I have also noticed that for Scandinavians, it is also relatively easy to speak English without accent.

In Teton County, though, one of the answers that I give when quizzed on

my accent is that I am from the Frenchspeaking part of Wyoming. We do, after all, live among geographic landmarks named the Tétons, Nez Percé, Gros Ventre, Cache, Après-Vous, and Rendez-vous. French Trappers named those places. They probably also had accents.

Craig Sodaro and Randy Adams establish in their 1986 book “Frontier Spirit (The Story of Wyoming)” that the first Europeans to explore Wyoming belonged to a French expedition. It was documented by Lieutenant La Verendrye of the “ Infanterie de Marine” of La Nouvelle France (Upper Canada). The year was 1738, well before Lewis and Clark were staking their claim.

Their mission was to find the Western Sea, otherwise known as the Pacific Ocean.

They had six canoes and were helped by local Natives, who told them about distant rivers with brackish and smelly waters, which were to be named “Yellowstone” years later.

In January of 1739 they reached the first mountain, probably the Big Horn. They survived the winter on moose and deer meat.

La Verendrye wrote: “Sans l’aide de Dieu nous n’aurions pas pu survivre.” That roughly translates (for you Wyoming residents who aren’t from the French part) to: “Without God’s looking after us we would not have survived”. They carried on and found a river flowing westward, which means that they had crossed the continental divide.

Alistair Cook, an English historian whose son lived in the valley, ran a TV series on the BBC and wrote a book about the history of America. In one lengthy chapter, he stressed the point that North America was well on the way to becoming an entire French possession, and therefore we would be speaking French nowadays.

Well, guess who would have an accent then? In the 17th and 18th centuries, the French were everywhere.

In Maine, one cove was English and the one next to it was French. The territory, from the St. Lawrence River to what is now Detroit and Chicago, down the Ohio and Mississippi rivers and over to La Nouvelle, Orleans, was French. Alistair Cook made the point that the English colonies were completely encircled. La Salle, Champlain and Joliette were the explorers and conquerors of that vast territory.

Luckily for the British, the French King Louis XV was indirectly helping them, as he was too busy chasing women in Versailles and fighting in Europe. Under his reign, France lost India because there were not enough soldiers stationed there, and general Dupleix was forsaken. Or

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No More Not Even Once The cost of living in a “tax friendly” state

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yoming is one of the nation’s largest consumers of methamphetamines. It’s also the most tax-friendly state. If you think those two facts are unrelated, think again.

Kiplinger, a business and finance forecasting publication, recently named the most tax-friendly states, and, of course, Wyoming was at the top of that list.

Meanwhile, social services across the state are trying to dig themselves out of financial crisis in the wake of massive budget cuts. Not all have survived.

The Casper-based nonprofit “Wyoming Meth Project” is joining the ranks of fallen nonprofits this year, thanks in part to a major lack of funding.

The methamphetamine prevention and education program announced its plans to shut down at the beginning of the month. The nonprofit continues to run ads on TV, though, likely through the end of the year, says executive director Jean Davies, but then it will dissolve.

“It’s a tough world for nonprofits right now,” Davies said.

The nonprofit’s primary funding came from the Wyoming Department of Health, which faced a $90 million budget cut last year (for a two-year budget).

That loss trickled down to a $2.1 million cut in suicide and substance abuse prevention -- never mind that Wyoming has the highest suicide rate in the country.

“So where do they cut? Suicide prevention,” Davies said. “It kind of boggles my mind.”

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Meanwhile, Wyoming residents shoulder one of the lowest tax burdens in the country, “thanks to abundant revenues that the state collects from oil and mineral rights,” Kiplinger reports.

“Wyoming is able to keep resident taxes low in part because of its significant mineral wealth and the severance taxes it imposes,” said Kiplinger reporter David Muhlbaum.

But those industries are in rapid decline. The U.S. Department of Energy reported recently that coal production in 2016 was at its lowest point in 35 years.

Taxes haven’t caught up to the industry decline: Wyoming residents don’t pay state income tax. Property taxes are the ninth lowest in the country (which is good news for Teton County second homeowners, we guess).

Gas tax (for consumers) is 24 cents per gallon—eight cents lower than the national average.

These numbers all make Wyoming an appealing state for second homeowners and newcomers, which is really who Kiplinger’s data are for, Muhlbaum said.

“It’s of most direct importance to people considering a move and who may have latitude over where they choose to live,” he said.

For those residents who already live in the state, a low tax burden comes at the cost of education funding ($35.4 million loss) and social services like Wyoming Meth Project.

In February, Wyoming legislators voted against an added cigarette tax that would have provided $2 million to substance abuse and suicide prevention.

Wyoming’s chapter of the national nonprofit started in 2003 as a response to a string of meth-related homicides in Casper. The U.S. Department of Justice has dubbed methamphetamines the primary drug threat in the state, and Wyoming continually ranks number one for meth use among young adults ages 12 and up.

Davies’ own family fell victim to

Advertisements warning against the dangers of meth from the now-defunct nonprofit Wyoming Meth Project.

meth use: One of her kids has been clean for 11 years now, but not without their share of violent encounters.

“When you get your front door kicked open twice,” Davies said, you realize something has to change.

And it’s not a picky drug.

“It doesn’t just impact people with no money,” Davies said. Addiction knows no income.

By now, its affects are well known: A euphoric first high that users can never achieve again, but are “always looking for.”

A deep depression when they’re not using. Paranoia.

“It damages internal organs because… well, Drain-o?” Davies said.

In her experience, many of the substances people are using to get high are household staples: fertilizer, Drain-O, Sudafed.

“It always boggles my mind. Who sits down and says, ‘mix all these things together, that’s gonna be a really good thing.”

Approximately 10 percent of Wyoming’s young adults do, apparently.

Scare tactics You know those bone-chilling “Meth: not even once” billboards and television ads? Those are Wyoming Meth Project’s work. They’re designed to terrify: Images of young people picking away at their skin, ads of overdosed kids being abandoned at a hospital entrance.

“It’s aimed at kids to not even want to try this drug,” Davies said.

But such scare tactics don’t always work when kids see meth in the real world, their real world, and it doesn’t look like the billboards, Davies said. When the person selling it at a party has all their teeth, and unpicked skin.

So Wyoming Meth Project also started

going into classrooms, and building meth education and prevention into school curricula. Personal, face-to-face interaction makes a difference.

To measure progress, Wyoming Meth Project administered surveys to randomly selected school across the state. Each of the five surveys documents a slight shift in attitudes around meth.

From 2008 to 2011, for example, the amount of kids who think there is a “great risk” in taking meth increase by nine points, to 62 percent.

“With each survey, there has been a change, percentage-wise,” Davies said.

“That’s where we can show that our program is working.”

And it’s not hard to convince kids about the dangers of meth when they’ve already seen it for themselves, Davies said.

“When you talk to kids, they all know about it,” Davies said. “They all know somebody that’s been affected by it.”

Exhibit A: Wyoming Meth Project has hosted two art contests the past four years, asking kids to visually portray what meth means to them. Last year, they got 141 entries from 22 counties across the state.

“They all had a personal story about how meth had affected them or someone they knew,” Davies said.

Davies recalls an entry from the first competition: a 15-year-old girl from Rawlins submitted a “phenomenal” picture of a little girl, presumably the artist. Text in the background read: “Before meth, I was important to my mom.”

Wyoming Meth Program will shut down by the end of the year, but Davies said she will find other ways to carry its mission. Prevention is her passion.

“Everywhere I go, I hear that: Jean, this can’t happen,” she said. “There’s nothing I can do about it. But we’ll keep up our fight one way or the other.” PJH

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Repatriation Efforts Continue Northern Arapaho advocate Yufna Soldier Wolf, boarding school healing coalition to host a roundtable on children buried at Carlisle School

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he work to return the Native American children buried at Carlisle Indian Industrial School to their rightful resting places continues.

“Our efforts right now are to get everyone on the same page and to have a way to communicate to other tribes how we will go forward,” Yufna Soldier Wolf, Northern Arapaho Tribal Historic Preservation Officer, advocate and tribe member, said.

Soldier Wolf is working with the National Native American Boarding School Healing Coalition, a nonprofit focused on pursuing truth, healing, and reconciliation from the U.S. Indian Boarding School policy, to host a Tribal Roundtable Discussion for Carlisle Repatriations in November in Minneapolis, MN. The purpose of the roundtable is to discuss ways to move forward with petitioning the U.S. government for return of the Native children buried on the grounds of what was once Carlisle Indian

Industrial School, the first off-reservation boarding school in the nation.

The school enrolled an estimated 10,000 Native American children from tribes all over the nation, many of whom died and were buried on the Carlisle grounds during their time at the school.

“Over those 39 years that the school operated, roughly 190 to 195 were buried in that cemetery including infants of the students; a number of infant burials,” Jim Gerencser, College Archivist for Carlisle Indian School Digital Resource Center, said.

Soldier Wolf has been a critical voice in the fight for the return of the Native American children who are buried at Carlisle Indian Industrial School, and spearheaded the fight for the return of Little Plume, Little Chief — Soldier Wolf’s great uncle — and Horse.

The Northern Arapaho’s fight for their children was the subject of the Planet “Return to Wind River” feature story earlier this year.

The fight for the children from Wind River, a reservation that stretches across western Wyoming, was the first of its kind. It took over a decade of letters, petitions and studies for the government to agree to exhume the three Northern Arapahoe boys buried at Carlisle.

The exhumation took place in early August, and only Little Horse and Little Chief returned to Wind River. Little Plume’s grave contained the remains of two unidentified people, and Plume’s true gravesite has not yet been identified.

The number of unknown graves like Little Plume’s has risen from 12 to 14 at the Carlisle cemetery—meaning there are 14 “unknown” children buried at a federal school that they were forced to attend, according to a press release from the NABSHC.

A photo of the Carlisle Indian Industrial School, circa 1990.

That statistic shouldn’t exist, according to the NABSHC, and is one that speaks to the ongoing impacts and historical trauma caused by the disastrous U.S. Indian Boarding School experiment.

“It’s extremely sad and disappointing for the family who is already grieving a loss that never should have taken place,” said Christine Diindiisi McCleave, executive officer of the National Native American Boarding School Healing Coalition. “It’s showing that there’s more that needs to be looked into about the boarding schools—the treatment and care and responsibility that they had to our children, in life and in death.”

The Northern Arapaho are hopeful that the roundtable will help other tribes who have expressed interest in the Army War College repatriating their children’s remains, and have been watching these events unfold with many questions about how the Army will proceed now that they can’t find Little Plume.

“Our goal is to reach all the 59 tribes who have children buried in the cemetery to present how the process went for the Arapaho and start a dialogue for other tribes who may want to repatriate or who would like for their children to stay in the Army’s cemetery,” said Soldier Wolf. “We need people to know what’s going on at Carlisle.”

While Soldier Wolf celebrates the return of Horse and Little Chief who laid buried far from home for 134 years and now rest with their War Chief Families on the western Wyoming reservation, she said in the news release that she is committed to helping find Little Plume and helping other tribes navigate the repatriation process.

Soldier Wolf is currently working as a consultant with the NABSHC to share

information on the repatriation process, and will present a report at the roundtable in November.

“The Boarding School Healing Coalition acknowledges the efforts of Mrs. Soldier Wolf in the repatriation of the Northern Arapaho children,” said McCleave. “We are eager for her to share her knowledge for others going through the repatriation process at Carlisle and we are excited about welcoming her onto our team.”

Matthew L. Campbell, Staff Attorney at the Native American Rights Fund, will also speak at the Tribal Roundtable.

Campbell is an enrolled member of the Native Village of Gambell on the Saint Lawrence Island in Alaska and has worked on repatriation issues in the past.

The National Native American Boarding School Healing Coalition is sponsoring the Tribal Roundtable discussion in support of the other tribes requesting their children’s remains as well as in support of the tribes who have requested that their children not be disturbed.

All Tribal Leaders whose tribes have children buried at Carlisle Indian School Cemetery are invited or to designate a representative to attend. Tribes can apply for scholarship funds to assist with travel costs.

The Tribal Roundtable Discussion for Carlisle Repatriations will be held on November 30 in Minneapolis, Minnesota. For more information about the Tribal Roundtable, please visit The National Native American Boarding School Healing Coalition at www.boardingschoolhealing.org/events. PJH

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WEIRDO WYO

From UFOs to mystery sounds and strange formations, Wyoming is a planet all its own.

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he seasoned truck driver was heading east along I-25 at approximately 2:30 a.m. on October 19 when it happened.

Even with Casper a mere 15 minutes to the east, he knew he was smack dab in the middle of nothing, and if he’d had a moment to think — just 11 seconds or so — he would have done things differently. He would have stopped. He would have taken it. Or, at the very least, he would have gotten video.

Wyoming is a desolate state, the least populated in the nation, clocking in around 500,000 residents. The roads are long and the stretches between towns can seem to take an eternity, even for a seasoned road warrior. The black of night can rattle even the hardest of bones.

It wasn’t the black of night or the shadows that caused the hairs on the arms of the truck driver to stand up this night, though. It was something much greyer.

As he drove, he chatted on the radio with his co-worker in South Dakota and took a sip of his Pepsi. He looked up from the cup and saw what resembled a human standing on the road, in between the yellow line and the edge of pavement.

The figure stood up straight after bending at the waist, and the trucker initially only saw the back and the right side.

It wasn’t phased as he passed, he said, not like deer or antelope are, which was concerning. Animals have a pattern, an innate response built in, and this one wasn’t following it.

As the trucker sped by, he saw that the creature was “all grey, flat, medium, dull grey,” he said.

The initial thought that shot through his head was that it was a person on stilts. It was close to Halloween, after all.

What the trucker reported to his coworker, and later the National UFO Reporting Center, would have been a tough stunt for even a seasoned Halloween fanatic to pull off, though, especially in the middle of nowhere.

He said in his report to NUFORC the creature was tall—very tall—and he saw the left hand and arm shoot up into the air as he drove by. It appeared to be holding something, but it was hard to tell what. The hand looked, well, clumpy and blurry from the speed.

“I got the worst hair raising chills ever, in my life,” he said. “They were pulsing and in waves with every hair on my body standing up for about ten minutes. And that’s just not me. I pray for zombies, but this scared the crap out of me.”

This may sound, well, odd, but all happened in a matter of seconds, the trucker said, and he’d briefly pondered turning around to take the creature, but his coworker talked some sense into

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BY MACKENZIE DUNN him. After all, the company he works for only allows them to carry knives. If he’d been able to think ahead, he would have recorded it. It all happened way too quickly, though.

“I did not see any overturned cars in the median or off to any side that night or the following nights, as this is my current nightly route,” he said.

He has noticed, though, that there were quite a few more dead animals than normal within the two miles both ways on the lanes where he saw the “grey” than normal, but it is hi-tins

session, after all. Maybe that had caused it.

Or perhaps not. Even as the least populous state in the country, there are an astronomical amount of reports that come out of Wyoming, detailing strange sightings, strange obsessions and strange phenomenons.

From the state’s obsession with the mythical jackalope to the creaking, singing sounds emitted from the skies across the state, Wyoming is nothing if not a place of wonder — of eerie, weird wonder.

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outage at a missile site after six former Air Force officers and enlisted men stated that they’d seen or had directly been involved with sighting U.F.O.’s near missile sites from the beginning of the cold war through the 1970’s.

The area that houses the base is also a hotspot for UFO sightings, including one from September 2003 from an officer at F.E. Warren Base.

“I was serving at F.E. Warren AFB in Wyoming,” the report said. “I was on duty in the Missile Field doing the night shift. I was actually at Romeo site which is an installation of F.E. Warren AFB. I went outside to smoke a cigarette and saw a extremely bright light in the sky. It wasn’t huge, It looked about the size of a plane you’d see in the air. The light moved around for about 20 seconds then all of the sudden it flew away very fast, leaving a white bright tail behind it. I thought I was going nuts or was just possibly sleep deprived, but when I told another flight mate of mine, he told me that himself as well as many others had seen the exact same thing over the skies of Wyoming late at night on numerous occasions. I had only seen it once but it I know for a fact that it wasn’t a plane and it wasn’t a blimp and no shooting stars moves around slowly for approximately 20 seconds and then just shoots off.”

In April 2015, another report came out of Chugwater, where F.E. Warren Base is located: “The family was on a bike ride we noticed a black object that was not moving. Hovering over a mountain outside between Chugwater, WY, and Wheatland, WY. To the west of I25. The object was hexagonal, hovered at a 45*angle with a black mist type looking trail (that never fell, never got bigger or smaller) that extended out about 1 and 1/2 times the length of the body of the object.

It was stationary against a calm blue sky with minimal clouds. Sunset. We watched it approx. 7 mins. We saw it through binoculars, and with the naked eye. I looked away to help a child, and looked back it was gone. No sound No lights Nothing. Like it vanished.”

Whether the sightings are actually alien aircraft or just cases of mistaken (or overzealous) identity, it’s pretty clear that Wyoming is a hotbed for UFO sightings.

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had visited Devil’s Tower while on vacation.

According to the report, the man “took several photos with my IPad. The photos were taken one right after another, within seconds,” reads the report.

When they looked at the photos, though, they saw something hovering above the tower.

“Later we were looking and saw this,” the report said. “I have no idea what the thing is above the tower. I have tried to blow the pic up to see if it was a bird or what the heck.”

UFO sightings in Wyoming are hardly limited to Devil’s Tower, though. There are reports of UFO activity happening all over the state, from Rock Springs to Cheyenne and beyond.

One of the more famous reports occurred in 1982, after many people spotted a UFO hovering over downtown Cheyenne.

One of those witnesses was a Cheyenne Police Department officer, who reported seeing the twinkling lights and asked other officers to help identify what it was. Over the last two decades, those sightings have continued.

Countless reports of UFO sightings in Cheyenne dot the page of NUFORC, at times with several sightings reported in a single month. The reports of UFOs in Cheyenne go as far back as June 1952 in NUFORC’s databases.

In June 2015, a witness reported to NUFORC seeing an “object made up of like six little lights, so bright it lit up everything.”

At first it looked like a cluster of stars,” the report reads. “But once we really looked, it was like six little lights, all floating really close together. Way too bright to be stars. We live on south House, and it was so bright it lit up the whole backyard.”

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The trucker’s report from late October is hardly the only report of alien-like sightings to occur in Wyoming. The state has a long, well-reported history of UFOs, and not surprisingly, a lot of them have occurred at the state’s natural landmarks.

One of the strangest landmarks in Wyoming is Devil’s Tower, a solid laccolithic butte of igneous rock standing a remarkable 867 feet from summit to base.

Marked with deep, unexplained striations that run along its sides, Devil’s Tower sits in the Bear Lodge Mountains near Hulett and Sundance in Crook County, just above the Belle Fourche River.

The tower been a source of wonder for many reasons, not the least of which is the UFO activity that has been reported to happen around the tower for decades.

Tribes like the Lakota, Arapaho, Crow, Cheyenne, Kiowa, Lakota and Shoshone have long considered Devil’s Mountain to be a sacred place, and there are numerous legends about how the tower—which they refer to as “Bear Lodge”—came to be.

According to the Lakota and Kiowa legends, the tower came to be after a bear chased two young girls up the side of a mountain. The girls fell to their knees and prayed to the Great Spirit to save them from the bear, and the mountain rose up, causing the bear to leave deep scratches in the rock as he fought unsuccessfully to reach the girls. The girls were lifted so high by the rock that they reached the sky and became stars, and the scratch marks—i.e. the deep striations seen on the exterior of the rock today—were left in place, according to the legend.

Other theories credit erosion for the deep marks in the walls of Devil’s Tower, which sits 1,267 feet above the Belle Fourche River near Sundance.

But whatever caused the tower to form, one thing is for sure: It has for decades been a place of mystery, intrigue and strange sightings.

The tower’s mysterious draw even helped earn it a prominent spot in the 1977 Steven Spielberg film Close Encounters of the Third Kind. But long before its cameo in Spielberg’s film, the tower had been associated with UFO sightings and mystical, other-worldly connotations.

According to author Brad Olson’s “Sacred Places North America: 108 Destinations,” the area around Devil’s Tower has long been the source of reports about strange lights and other odd phenomena in the vicinity of the towers.

Volcanic areas have a well-known association with UFO sightings, according to

Olson—and that igneous rock that makes up Devil’s Tower is certainly of the volcanic variety.

A well of reports are available about the sightings around Devil’s Tower, including one made to the National UFO Reporting Center in October 2011 about a “bright silver object with silver trail traveling at high rate of speed.”

According to the report, the observer was “12 miles NW of Hulett, WY on Friday, Oct. 21, 2011 at approximately 7:30 p.m. I observed a bright silver object traveling from west to east. The object was traveling at a high rate of speed, much faster than jet aircraft. The object was in the distance by several miles but very bright and behind the object was a silver trail. The sky was dark, clear, no clouds or moon and stars were visible. I observed the object for approx imately 10 to 12 seconds as it traveled at a high rate of speed heading east and then it simply blinked and was gone.

I continued to observe the sky in all directions but never saw the object again.”

In August 2013, a report was made to NUFORC about “multiple green orbs of light moved randomly on a hillside.”

“A friend and I were driving away from Devil’s Tower NP approaching Devil’s Tower Junction. It was very dark with no other sources of light or other cars nearby,” the report said. “At the same time, we both saw multiple orbs of green light frantically moving around in a seemingly random fashion on an embankment on the opposite side of the road, just a few feet from us.

My friend who was not driving saw them for about ten seconds, while I only got a few 1 or 2 second glances. We turned around and searched the area and did not find anything at all unusual.”

Another report from July 2014 was made by a man and his girlfriend, who

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phenomenon is real, and is still puzzling to everyone who happens upon it.

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quite as well known, and it happens right on Yellowstone Lake.

The phenomenon—known widely as the Yellowstone Whispers—is reported as occurring as strange noises emerging from the calm of the park, and are described as everything from “bees,” “harp strumming,” “metal cables crashing against each other,” “ethereal organ music,” and “the sound of ducks in flight,” according to accounts documented over the last two centuries.

The sounds, often described as “humming” or “organ music,” happen right near Yellowstone and Shoshone Lakes, and were first reported by the Native Americans who inhabited the area, who considered them to be a sacred event. Early settlers and trappers in the Yellowstone and Shoshone Lake areas also reported them.

Reports of the sounds occur early in the morning and most often in winter, when skies are clear and windless.

The sound has been described as building in volume and intensity, and eventually becomes deafening before it suddenly halts and disappears altogether.

The noises aren’t usually described as welcoming, either. Rather, the crashing, deafening sound tends to, well, instill fear in park-goers, who presumably weren’t expecting to hear deafening metal crashing in the midst of the wilderness.

Reports stretch back to as early as 1890, and the phenomenon was even documented by engineer Hiram M. Chittenden in his 1895 book, “The Yellowstone National Park: Historical and Descriptive.”

“They seem to occur in the morning, and to last for only a moment,” Chittenden wrote. “They have an apparent motion through the air...They resemble the ringing of telegraph wires or the humming of

a swarm of bees.”

Geologist Frank H. Bradley, a member of the 1871 Hayden Expedition, told of a story similar to Chettenden, in which he describes the sound as something between a whistle and a horse whine.

“While getting breakfast, we heard every few moments a curious sound, between a whistle and a horse whine,” he wrote. “The sound increased in force, and it now became evident that gusts of wind were passing through the air above us, though the pines did not as yet indicate the least motion in the lower atmosphere.”

Plenty of time has passed since the early reports, but one can really explain what the sounds are, although plenty of people hear them.

Everyone from Popular Science magazine — which in 1930 suggested “mild earthquakes, their sounds possibly magnified in underground caverns” and a temperature inversion above the lake were causing it—to Ranger Naturalist Neil Miner— who theorized that the sounds could be caused by “horizontally moving whirlpools of air”—has taken a stab at solving the phantom organ mystery, but so far, no one has succeeded.

The sounds still continue to play—or crash, or quack, depending on your descriptors—though, to this day, hundreds of years after they were first reported.

So while no one knows why the sounds happen at Yellowstone, what is clear that the sound

Oddly enough, Yellowstone isn’t the only area in Wyoming where unexplained sound phenomenon is happening.

Strange noises—siren-like sounds—have been reported en masse by residents of Laramie and Cheyenne, who say the siren-like sounds are coming from the sky and certainly not the ground.

While the phenomenon has been reported on and off for decades, it really came to light in the summer of 2015, when not one, but hundreds of Cheyenne residents reported hearing the sirens screeching during the night over a period of several weeks.

Curious residents hypothesized that the noises could have come from the Union Pacific rail line, a theory that was backed up by Laramie County Emergency Management Director Rob Cleveland, who told media outlets that his office had gotten numerous calls over a span of a few weeks about a sound that is “like a siren, but not a siren.”

Cleveland told the outlets that the emergency siren system hadn’t been activated, nor had any other local siren system that he was aware of, and that the high amount of precipitation in the area may have caused unusual braking

or whistling sounds from the trains, but he wasn’t really sure.

The sounds were heard around the same time by residents in Laramie, too.

They lasted a few days, according to local reports, but as with the sounds in Yellowstone and otherwise, eventually halted and then disappeared without a trace.

Lest you think we’re pulling your tail, a simple search will yield video after video of curious listeners who have documented the sounds, which do indeed sound like sirens screeching from unknown locations.

As with the sounds emitted from Yellowstone and Shoshone Lakes, there has been no explanation for the noises in Cheyenne and Laramie, either. The world may never know.

Jackaloped Douglas, Wyoming

Perhaps Wyoming’s obsession with the jackalope is harmless — a simple marketing gimmick to draw kitsch-seeking travelers to more remote locations in search of the killer bunny — but perhaps it’s not.

Take a drive through Douglas and it would be easy to buy that jackalopes — a supposed cross between a pygmy deer and killer-rabbit — are a real, tried and true animal native to Wyoming. Signs declaring jackelope hunting, or warning tourists to “watch out for the jackalope” are everywhere.

The first story about jackalopes was traced back to John Colter, was one of the first white men to enter Wyoming.

Colter cemented his mark in the state’s

with—is rumored to be extinct, despite Douglas’ clear obsession with the fabled horned bunny.

Still, sightings of this rare—presumably mythical—creature, sometimes called the “warrior rabbit” due to its vicious nature, occur.

And really, all you have to do is ask around in Douglas and you’ll find there are plenty of Wyoming-bred stories to make one question whether there might be some truth to the stories of these faster-than-lightning horned rabbits.

Whatever your take on the jackalope is, you have to admit: A town in the middle of Wyoming that has built a tourism industry on the jackalope is a pretty weird thing indeed.

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Green River, Wyoming Only in Wyoming would a library be built on top of an old city cemetery—one where remains were found long after they should have been.

The Sweetwater County Library in Green River, Wyoming, was built on the site of what was once the city cemetery.

When the library was built, it was presumed that all of the remains housed in the cemetery had been relocated, but it turns out that wasn’t the case.

Here’s how that happened. The site, located at 300 North 1st East, was first established as the Green River city cemetery in 1892.

A federal project in 1926 moved the bodies and old grave markers to another cemetery—Riverview Cemetery—just up the hill from the old one, and a couple of years later, the site was turned into a city park.

As veterans began to return from war in the ’40s, though, the site was designated as a place to build their housing.

During the construction in 1944, several unknown remains were found and moved to Riverview Cemetery.

Once the need for veteran housing dwindled around 1978, the city began the construction of a library. As with the prior construction projects, more unknown graves—12 this time—were found.

That wasn’t the last of them, though.

Things got even stranger during a landscaping project in 1983, when even more graves and remains were revealed, renewing a fear of the historic epidemic of smallpox and a potential for the disease.

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Some of Wyoming’s strange phenomena is perhaps easily explained, but no less eerie than, say, the tall “grey” spotted by the trucker earlier this month.

Just north of Rock Springs in the Red Deserts sits the Killpecker Sand Dunes, one of the oddest natural landscapes in Wyoming.

The sprawling dunes seem out of place in southwest Wyoming, an area known more for its thick forests and mountain ranges than its sand dunes.

Killpecker Dunes are made even more curious by the appearance of Boar’s Tusk, the core of an ancient volcano, which rises straight out of the

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history with the help of a tale about finding an antlered species of rabbit, which he said was brownish in color, weighed between three and five pounds, and moved with lighting speeds of up to 90 miles per hour.

According to legend, the jackalope, which we remind you are horned bunnies who run really, really fast, also allegedly possess the ability to mimic human sounds, which they use to evade capture, just in case their horns aren’t enough.

No one really knows, though, whether the jackalope ever existed, or was simply a tall tale dredged up by Colter, which then led to an idea capitalized by a Wyoming resident named Douglas Herrick in 1939, which cemented the idea.

The story of Douglas Herrick’s part in the jackalope phenomenon goes a little somethin’ like this: Douglas and his brother Ralph, both residents of Douglas, Wyoming, returned from hunting one day, and Ralph threw a dead jackrabbit on the floor of the shop.

The bunny slid against a pair of deer horns, causing Ralph declared that “it looked like a rabbit with horns on it.”

Douglas, a taxidermist, decided to mount it, and the mounted jackalope was born.

The brothers realized a marketing ploy when they saw one, and began selling jackalopes to anyone who was buyin’.

Jackalopes were soon found in not only Douglas, but across Wyoming, and jackalope postcards became one of the most popular Western souvenirs to sell to tourists.

The jackalopes became so popular that by the late 1940’s, the town of Douglas had cemented their title as the “Jackalope Capital of the World,” which is still in place today.

These days, the jackalope—which no one ever confirmed was real to begin

ground to guard the dunes.

Killpecker is the second largest active dune field in the world, and while that may be enough to make them unusual, there’s more: These dunes are one of only seven in the world that sing.

Yes, you read that right.

Sing.

Not only are Killpecker Dunes a sandy desert in the middle of Wyoming, but they’re also unique because of the distinctive roaring or whistling sounds emitted by the state landmark.

Unlike the strange sounds happening in other parts of Wyoming, though, it’s pretty clear why Killpecker Dunes make noise.

According to scientists who’ve studied the area, the sand grains at Killpecker are rounder and more polished than the grains of non-booming dunes. What this means is that as the wind—a common feature in all of Wyoming but especially in the area around Rock Springs—passes over the dunes, or even when visitors to the area walk on the grains, it causes the smooth sand to slip and slide down the hills, producing the strange singing sounds.

It’s common for 50 to 60 mph gusts to advance the dunes across the martian landscape of the Red Desert, causing an eerie, desolate feeling to the sandbox, especially when it’s accompanied by the dunes’ singing.

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Smallpox luckily wasn’t reintroduced into Green River by the discovery, but it looks from the reports of strange occurrences at the library that something else may have been.

Since the doors opened at the library, there have been reports of unexplained occurrences, including lights flickering on and off for no reason and flapping sounds being heard throughout the building at night.

There have also been reports of books flying off the shelves, orbs wandering the art gallery, moving objects, electronics mysteriously turning on and off by themselves, and typewriters typing by themselves.

The strangest report by far, though, occurred after the interlibrary loan librarian turned away briefly from her computer—it was a dedicated Geac terminal— and looked back to find her name spelled out on the screen.

The occurrences led to the addition of a Ghost Log at the library in 1993, which is used to record the unusual happenings.

The log is still in use at the circulation desk.

Big Nose George’s Human Skin Shoes Rawlins, Wyoming Just off the beaten path (isn’t everything off the beaten path in Wyoming?), there sits a surreal, and slightly stomach churning, exhibit of Wyoming’s weird history.

Right inside The Carbon County Museum in Rawlins is a pair of shoes made from the skin — but not just any skin. They’re made of the human chest and thigh skin of a horse thief and train robber known as Big Nose George.

George Francis Warden, who was also known as George Parrot and “Big Nose George,” had quite the journey from robber to a pair of dress shoes. The story starts in Rawlins, Wyoming in 1878, when George and his gang killed a couple of Wyoming lawmen during a botched train robbery.

The gang fled to Montana, hoping to avoid any repercussions for their Wild West crimes. And Big Nose George and co. probably would have gotten away with it, too, if it hadn’t big for his big fat mouth, which was apparently built just like his big fat nose.

George couldn’t help but to brag about his crimes, including murder, in a Montana bar, which eventually led to him being dragged back to Rawlins to face a trial, and subsequent hanging, for the crimes.

The Rawlins townsfolk wouldn’t wait

Dr. Osborne eventually became the first Democratic governor of the state of Wyoming, and—hold your stomachs— wore the shoes made from the skin of Big Nose George to his inauguration.

Osborne’s demented experiments were all but forgotten about until 1950, when the barrel full of ol’ Big Nose’s bones was discovered to be buried behind what used to be the doctors’ office.

And, because this is Wyoming, you can see for yourself that the legend of Big Nose George and the shoes is true at The Carbon County Museum, where the shoes sit prominently on display, alongside other morbid George-related tokens, including his death mask.

Mountain Mummies for the proper hanging, though, choosing to lynch Big Nose George before a hanging could be held. George didn’t go down without a fight, and was reported as trying to cling to the telegraph pole to save his neck.

Gravity ain’t kind to train robbers, though, and George slid down, choking to death, the noose rubbing off his ears in the process.

Big Nose George’s journey wasn’t any easier post-death, either.

According to The Legend of Big Nose George, ”The nose of the dead man was so large that it interfered with the lid of the coffin and excess pressure had to be exerted to close it and nail it down.”

Things got even weirder from there, when Thomas Maghee and John Osborne, a couple of Rawlins doctors who wanted to study the brain of a criminal, stole George’s body and hid it in a whiskey

barrel.

But that brain study wasn’t the only reason Dr. Osborne stole George’s body.

According to historical reports about the case, Dr. Osborne had a beef with George because he was on a train when the robbers’ botched robbery took place, which delayed his travels.

Dr. Osborne reportedly missed a party because of the delay—apparently a huge deal, considering what happens next— and Osborne wanted revenge.

So after stealing George’s big-nosed corpse, Dr. Osborne and Dr. Maghee kept George’s dismembered body preserved in a whiskey barrel for over a year and used it for multi-faceted madness, which included peeling the skin off of George’s chest and thighs and using it to make a doctor’s bag, a coin purse, and a pair of shoes—which Dr. Osborne wore during his ascent into Rawlins royalty.

San Pedro Mountains, Wyoming

Even stranger still, are the cases where curious artifacts are found, corroborated as real, but still unexplained. During the height of Wyoming’s gold rush, two gold prospectors in the San Pedro Mountains came upon a treasure they never expected: The well-preserved, but long-forgotten, mummified remains of a tiny person later named Pedro.

The tale of Pedro, the San Pedro mountain mummy, begins like this: In June 1934, Cecil Mayne and Frank Marr were just a couple of gold prospectors digging in the San Pedro Mountains, when they used some dynamite to blast into some thick mountain rock that a large vein of gold continued into.

When the dust settled, the prospectors found way more than they’d bargained for. Rather than gold, Mayne and Marr discovered that the blast had opened up a small room, approximately 4 feet tall, 4 feet wide, and about 15 ft deep, hidden within the mountain.

Sitting inside the room were the mummified remains of a very small human, measuring in at a height of 6.5 inches, with an estimated standing height of fourteen inches.

The find was immediately decried as a hoax—no mummified tiny human had ever been found in the mountains, although Native American tribes in the area had for centuries told the tales of the Nimirega, tiny people, or little spirits, who inhabited the area of the San Pedro mountains and had magical, healing powers.

To prove the find was not a hoax, numerous scientists were allowed to examine and test Pedro. They noted that Pedro had been mummified in a sitting position, cross-legged, on a small ledge within what appeared to be a man-made cave.

was wrapped sitting up, cross-legged, her arms wrapped around her body.

DNA testing showed the blondehaired mummy was Native American, a surprise given her features, and she was dated back to about 1500.

And, like Pedro, Chiquita is no longer available to examine or test to find out any more about the mummy’s origins.

The family who’d had her tucked in the attic took her away from Gill after a couple of days and have not made her available for further testing, leaving more questions than answers.

enthusiasts have chosen a very specific range of styles and countries to copy.

Among the options, there is no Cleveland town. The cities and landmarks we see copied over and over again in China are those associated with countries and cultures that oftentimes command a lot of influence and often a lot of wealth,” author Bianca Bosker told the television show “Nightline” in 2016. ”These ‘duplitecture’ developments have become so embedded in parts of Chinese culture that I was surprised to hear...this idea that the way to live best was to eat Chinese food, drive an American car and live in a British home.”

And there sure is a lot of wealth in Teton County, Wyoming—the county, which incapsluates Jackson and a few other mountain towns—has the highest average income in the United States, according to tax data complied by the IRS. The average average annual income of the top one percent in Teton County

Jackson Hole…China?

So while Jackson Hole, China, may not be creepy, it is weird to know that there’s a clone of the mountain town on the other side of the world.

While one Jackson may be more than enough for its residents, it turns out one Jackson Hole isn’t enough for everyone else. Apparently people are so enamored with the little town smack dab in the

is $28,163,786, according to data from Economic Policy Institute, which backs up the IRS’ data.

So if unique, slightly kitschy, scenic and rich are the boxes China looks to tick in their duplitecture, they sure got it right with Jackson Hole, China.

The Hole Obsession

And, on that note, people really do seem to be obsessed with Jackson, which is just so odd for a little town in Wyoming.

They’re so interested in the town, in fact, that Jackson Hole’s livestream from the corner of Cache Street and Broadway made headlines across the nation recently, because, well, thousands of people were watching and it’s weird.

Atlas Obscura recently reported on the phenomenon of thousands of people watching the Jackson Hole Town Square live YouTube stream, which at the time was “blowing up,” according to Atlas Obscura, with 2,191 people watching at the time of their report.

Why they were watching is another question. It’s kind of odd, you know, the idea of 2,000 or so people tuning in to watch what Atlas called “scenes of cars rolling through intersections, people crossing those same intersections, and traffic lights slowly changing from red to green to red again.”

There are certainly more interesting aspects to Jackson than the corner of Town Square, but people seem drawn to the weird livestream of the intersection nonetheless.

Even stranger still is the fact that at the time of Atlas’ report, none of the other competing Jackson Hole livestreams (yes, there are several) were nearly as popular.

“Other videos from See Jackson Hole, the tourism company that seems to run this one, are somewhat less popular— deep cut “Jackson Town Square Cache Street” has a mere 114 viewers, while “Hoback River” has five,” Atlas wrote.

Why Jackson Hole Town Square has such a following is unclear. It’s also unclear as to why Jackson needs several livestreams for a town of 9,000, but whatever the reason, it’s happening, and people are watching.

From the mysterious “greys” to the peeping-camera-Toms and the phantom organ sounds in Yellowstone, Wyoming is a state unlike any other in the nation. And while the population of the state may be a mere fraction of what makes up a major metro area in another, it’s clear that the state’s natural beauty and unexplainable landmarks are a draw for people — and perhaps otherworldly visitors — from all over. PJH

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middle of the mountains that they felt the need to replicate it in China.

Enter Jackson Hole, China, a “tiny town” in the suburbs of the eastern Chinese city of Hangzhou.

The town is—you guessed it—based on Jackson, Wyoming, and comes complete with faux-mountain amphitheaters, cowboys, a church and even a replica of Route 66, so you can get your Chinese and Jackson kicks.

Jackson Hole, China sits among some of the other world cities—Paris and its Eiffel Tower, London and its London Bridge, amongst others.

It seems, well, a bit odd that Jackson, Wyoming would be duplicated in China among cities like Paris, but there it sits, marked by a replica of Jackson Hole’s famous wooden sign in both English and Chinese.

“China’s copycat and ‘duplitecture’

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that was running a story about Pedro.

As they watched, it clicked: Pedro may be missing, but he wasn’t alone. Enter Chiquita, Pedro’s mummy sister, who’d been sitting in a trunk in the family’s attic for decades.

The family’s grandfather had reportedly purchased the tiny mummy from a sheepherder in 1929, and had been kept in the trunk for many years since.

She was handed over for examination to University of Wyoming Professor George Gill shortly after the show about Pedro aired. Gill was allowed to examine her only three times.

The exams showed that Chiquita, who was “hard as a rock,” was a baby born with anencephaly, according to a story published in the Casper Star Tribune in 2014.

Gill told the Star Tribune that Chiquita was similar to Pedro in many ways: She

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According to their reports, Pedro’s features included bulging eyes and a flattened cranium, but he was extremely well-preserved, and even his fingernails were still intact. His nose was flattened and surprisingly, Pedro also had a full set of teeth, a characteristic that presumably wouldn’t have been present had Pedro been mummified as a newborn, as has been hypothesized.

According to the reports, Pedro’s skin was brown and wrinkled, creating the appearance of an old man, and his head was covered in the gelatinous substance that had been used to preserve him.

Following the initial tests, scientists were allowed to conduct even more invasive testing, including X-rays.

According to reports from several of the anthropologists who examined Pedro, the remains were likely those of an infant born prematurely and died shortly after birth.

Other scientists who examined Pedro disagreed, stating that the mummified remains were from an adult somewhere between 16 and 65 years old. Reports stated that along with sharp teeth, the X-rays revealed food in Pedro’s stomach— likely raw meat — and showed that he’d suffered a pretty violent death, based on evidence that showed broken bones, a damaged spine and a damaged skull.

Pedro’s story hardly ends there, though.

Once they’d gone through the rounds of testing, Pedro’s mummified remains were put on display during in the 1940s at a drug store in Meatiest, Wyoming, where the mummy sat as a a way to sell postcards with its likeness for several years.

The remains were later purchased by a man named Ivan Goodman, a Casper car dealer who took the mummy on the rounds in a sideshow with posters proclaiming, “It’s Educational! It’s Scientific!

It will amaze and thrill you. It’s a pygmy preserved as it actually lived!”

The whereabouts of Pedro post-Goodman are unclear: Some outlets reported that Pedro was passed on to a man named Leonard Waller after Goodman died a decade or so later, and others told the tale of Goodman losing Pedro in 1950 while in New York, likely at the hands of a con artist.

Either way, it’s unclear where the remains of Pedro went after Goodman passed away, and they have not been seen since, despite some hefty rewards being offered over the years for its return.

Fast forward to 1994, when a Cheyenne family sat down to watch a television show

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WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 25

n Fables, Feathers & Fur 10:30 a.m.National Museum of Wildlife Art, Free, 307--733-5771 n Tech Time 1 p.m.Valley of the Tetons Library, Free, 208787-2201 n Read to Rover 3 p.m.Valley of the Tetons Library, Free, 208787-2201 n Intro to Ballet with Rachel Holmes 6:15 p.m.Dancers’ Workshop, $25.00 - $75.00, 307-733-6398 n KHOL Presents: Vinyl Night 8 p.m.The Rose, Free, 307-733-1500 n Phil Wiggins, George Kilby, Jr. & Andy Calder 8 p.m.Pink Garter Theatre, Free, n Karaoke Night 9 p.m.The Virginian Saloon, 307-733-2792

THURSDAY, OCTOBER 26

n Storytime 10:30 a.m.Teton County Library, Free, 307-7336379 n Storytime 11 a.m.Teton County Library, Free, 307-733-6379 n Writer’s Club 3:30 p.m.Valley of the Tetons Library, n Y2 Consultants Chamber Mixer 5 p.m.Y2 Consultants, Free, 307-733-3316

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Avalanche of Info Learn about avalanche safety and the dangers of outdoor Instagramming this weekend

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here are three tenets to Teton County Search and Rescue Foundation’s Backcountr y Zero initiative to reduce injuries and deaths in the area’s wild places, said Amy Golightly, associate director of the Teton County Search and Rescue Foundation.

The first is “prepared:” Do you have the tools you need, like an avalanche beacon when backcountry skiing?

The second is “practiced:” Do you know how to use the gear you’re carrying?

And the last is “present,” which addresses the lesser-discussed topics regarding the psychological aspects of backcountry recreation and decision-making.

Speakers will tackle the mental piece of backcountry winter safety Saturday at the third annual Wyoming Snow and Avalanche Workshop. This not an event that will teach technical skills like how

to use a beacon, but will Grand Teton National Park is beautiful in winter, but also pretty darn dangerous if you’re not prepared. instead look at how people make decisions and discuss other important influences The workshop attracts about 350 peoon backcountry safety. ple from around the region, Golightly The daylong event is open to the said. The goal is to spread information public and meant to appeal to outdoor and foster conversations that will keep educators and professionals, as well people safe in areas like Jackson, where as weekend warriors and recreation the mind-blowing scenery comes at a enthusiasts, Golightly said. much higher risk.

Kids under 18 years of age can attend The workshop fits into the founfor free. The speakers are set to cover dation’s Backcountry Zero initiative, technical topics, as well as those with which was launched in 2015. broader appeal. The goal is to have topReducing backcountry deaths will ics of interest to anyone who will spend take a cultural shift, and the topics the time in the backcountry this winter, workshop covers is an important step, Golightly said.

Golightly said.

Panels will tackle topics like youth People don’t talk about the menand the media and discuss how plat- tal aspects of backcountry recreation forms like Instagram impact deci- enough, she said, and often focus on sion-making. Let’s face it: A slew of likes blame or shaming people for dangerous may seem like a great reward, but those mistakes, instead of looking critically at death-defying selfies aren’t worth the how those mistakes can be prevented risk in a lot of situations. in the future.

Lindsay Mann and Keely Kelleher The $40 fee includes access to the will also be on hand to discuss the all-day workshop, as well as lunch and perspective of girls in the backcoun- an after party at Snake River Brewing. try. Another session featuring Mark Snake River Brewing will also host Newcomb and Lisa Van Sciver will a public fundraiser from 6 to 10 p.m. focus on how perspectives change in Saturday, and will donate $1 from the backcountry through the years. each beer to Teton County Search and Kevin Grove will talk on risk toler- Rescue, Golightly said. ance and decision-making. Don Sharaf For more information on the event, and Dave Weber will debate the value of visit http://www.tetoncountysar.org/ checklists and whether they offer a false wysaw/. PJH sense of security and diminish critical Wyoming Snow and Avalanche thinking, or instead ensure people are Workshop will be held from 8:30 a.m. to prepared before going into the back- 5 p.m. Saturday at Center for the Arts. country, Golightly said.

Cost for the workshop is $40.

CINEMA

Goodbye Christopher Robin is just the latest in a long line of similar biopics.

BY SCOTT RENSHAW @scottrenshaw

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Miss Potter (2006) Reneé Zellweger, Ewan McGregor PG

Saving Mr. Banks (2013) Emma Thompson, Tom Hanks PG-13

an angry Olive speaks her mind to her oblivious employers.

That same unwillingness to let thematic ideas remain unspoken carries over as the third act focuses on 18-year-old Billy (Alex Lawther) trying to emerge from the shadow of his connection to a perpetually 7-year-old character. Curtis dispenses with Billy’s years tormented by classmates in boarding schools with an efficient montage, but it’s a missed opportunity to once again allow the story to really be about his experience, which he then needs to explain to his father in declarative dialogue. Goodbye Christopher Robin keeps circling back around to being about A.A. Milne—while still short-changing his psychological traumas—saying goodbye to its opportunity to carve out a unique place by being about Billy. It’s just another sad British children’s-author tale, to hold a space until the one about Roald Dahl arrives next year. And that’s not even a joke. PJH

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Finding Neverland (2004) Johnny Depp Kate Winslet PG

for the Pooh stories, and Curtis has cinematographer Ben Smithard shoot these scenes sunlight so dappled it seems painted into the frame. Gleeson is solid at capturing Alan’s slow thaw into a man who can finally connect with his own son, though he’s constrained by a script that betrays a sense of obligation to run down a checklist of items: There they are at the zoo seeing the bear called Winnie! There they are inventing Poohsticks!

The most interesting and unexpected chunk of the film follows, however, once the Pooh books become hugely popular, and turn the “Christopher Robin” who inspired them into a reluctant celebrity as his parents trot him out for various promotional events and photo ops. For a while, we get the story mostly from the point of view of young Billy, befuddled by his fame though precociously good at playing the part, even as he tries to separate himself from the fictional character who doesn’t even share the name by which he knows himself. The script

by Frank Cottrell Boyce and Simon Vaughan also makes the bold choice not to water down the suggestion that Alan and Daphne effectively turn their own child into a marketing prop, though that subtext is unfortunately literalized when

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f you so desired, you could program an entire film festival out of biopics about British authors of beloved children’s stories, and how they were really quite unhappy people. Dating back to 1993’s C.S. Lewis tale Shadowlands, these movies now seem to pop up every few years or so to remind us that what they put forward as terribly ironic—so sad, yet so good at fanciful fictions!—has now in fact become a cliché. Peter Pan’s J.M. Barrie? You’ve got Finding Neverland. Peter Rabbit’s Beatrix Potter? May we introduce you to Miss Potter. Mary Poppins’ P.L. Travers?

Saving Mr. Banks will see you now. Thus along comes Goodbye Christopher Robin to assure us all that A.A. Milne—creator of Winnie-the-Pooh, Eeyore and all their friends—was little different in this

Domhnall Gleeson and Will Tilston in Goodbye Christopher Robin

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Humdrum Acre Wood

respect. Whatever distinctive flourishes might be included, there’s a sameness to the structure that makes it hard not to feel like this is more or less a fifth verse, same as the first.

It starts with a bit of narrative bounce in its step, as director Simon Curtis (the 2015 art-house hit Woman in Gold) opens with a brief prologue set in 1941 before bouncing back to 1916, where Alan Milne (Domhnall Gleeson) is returned to England and his life as a successful playwright and humorist, and to his wife Daphne (Margot Robbie), after service in World War I that left him facing occasional bouts of PTSD. That unsettled sense of time and place disappears once Daphne gives birth to their son, Christopher Robin, and the script begins to focus on how Alan and Daphne are complete crap as parents, essentially surrendering his care—perhaps in the style of the time—to his nanny, Olive (Kelly Macdonald).

The pivot point in the story comes during a stretch when a frustrated Daphne departs from their rural Sussex home to stay in London, and Olive attends to her ill mother, leaving Alan in the unfamiliar position of primary caregiver to a now-7-ish-year-old Christopher Robin (played by dimpled cherub Will Tilston), whom they call Billy. Their adventures with Billy’s beloved stuffed animals in nearby Ashdown Forest form the basis

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Blues Legend Phil Wiggins, George Kilby, Jr. & Andy Calder at the Rose

BY ANGELICA LEICHT @Writer_Anna

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s part of the educational program “Racism, Reconciliation and the Blues,” the Rose will be hosting a show by blues legend Phil Wiggins, recent recipient of the National Endowment for the Arts prestigious National Heritage Fellowship, along with New York City guitarist and longtime musical partner George Kilby, Jr. and veteran bassist (and Jackson resident) Andy Calder.

Just the opportunity for the Jackson community to see Wiggins in action is a rare — and last minute — one. The show wasn’t even announced until last week, due in part to Wiggins’ recent honor at the Library of Congress, so it’s quite the welcome, and unexpected, addition to the Halloween week calendar.

This program is even cooler still, though, because harp ace Phil Wiggins, who lives in Washington, DC, along with

NYC-based guitarist George Kilby, Jr., are spending the day prior to the show at the Rose presenting their show to the kids at Wilson Elementary School.

“I’ve been playing in a trio with blues harmonica legend Phil Wiggins for about 3 years now,” local musician and One Ton Pig member Andy Calder said. “These school programs have been important parts of our tours since my beginnings with him. The programs have become especially important this year, due to heightened tensions about race.”

The trio will perform two sets: The first will be a set of songs from their educational program “Racism, Reconciliation, and the Blues,” and all proceeds from the show will benefit schools that are unable to fund the program. The second set will feature songs from the group’s upcoming album, set for release in 2018.

“This is something I’m proud of for a number of reasons,” Calder said.

“Musically, I’m honored to share the stage with such a pillar of American culture.

Perhaps more importantly, I’m proud to deliver a message to kids that will help make a real social difference, one that is sorely needed. “ There is no cover charge for the music, but donations to the program are welcome.

Phil Wiggins, George Kilby, Jr. & Andy Calder will play at the Rose at 8 p.m.

Wednesday, Oct. 25. The show is free and open to the public. Donations to cover the cost of the program are welcome.

On top of the killer blues show, it’s also Halloween week, and you know what that means: lots of music and lots of costume parties. Our fav!

Whether you’re looking for a rage-y good time or a low key costume bash, we’ve got the goods on what’s happening in Jackson.

THRILLER Workshop and Zombie Crawl at Dancers’ Workshop Studio

Habitat for Humanity HallowWine at Hand Fire Pizza

Saturday, Oct. 28; tickets start at $5; event is 21 and up What could be better than a

FRIDAY Friday Night DJ with Senior Hun (Pink Garter Theatre) pre-Halloween Rage Against The Machine Tribute party? Nothin’. Nothin’ could be better. That’s why you should head out to Rally ‘Round The Family at Pink Garter, where you can have a pocket full of shells or whatever you hip kids do.

And because it’s Halloween weekend, the party will include a contest with the them of Basic Witch, which is a take on, well, basic bitch. Winners with the best “Basic Witch” costume are up for a chance to win a $50 bar tab.

Rocky Horror Halloween Party Saturday, Oct. 28 at 8 p.m.; tickets start at $25 We should all do the Time Warp again, and again, and again. Luckily you can do that on Saturday at Off Square Theatre’s Rocky Horror Halloween Party at Center for the Arts.

There will be costumes, contests adult beverages and dancing galore with help from a KHOL disc jockey while Rocky Horror Picture Show plays on the big screen.

SATURDAY Jason Taylor Burton (Silver Dollar Showroom) SUNDAY Stagecoach Band (Stagecoach) MONDAY Hootenanny (Dornan’s) TUESDAY One Ton Pig (Silver Dollar Showroom)

Dia De Los Muertos at the Rose Tuesday, Oct. 31 at 8 p.m.; free; event is 21 and up A Dia De Los Muertos costume dance party at the Rose? Why, yes. We’ll take two. The night will include a costume party, dancing and wicked drink specials on drinks like Death by Tiki. And, best of all, it’s free dollars. We can get on board with this one so hard.

Halloween Party with One Ton Pig at Silver Dollar Tuesday, Oct. 31 at 7:30 p.m.; free What could be better than celebrating Halloween? Celebrating at The Silver Dollar Bar & Grill with One Ton Pig, of course! Live music, tons of adult beverages and a costume contest with a prize for the winner. You really can’t go wrong.

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Rally Round the Family Halloween Bash at Pink Garter

THURSDAY Tasha and the Goodfellows (Silver Dollar Showroom)

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Friday, Oct. 27 at 7 p.m.; tickets start at $20 At this point, Teton Habitat’s HallowWine is a Halloween tradition. The event, which features a wine tasting, silent auction fundraiser and plenty of food, is in its 5th year, and will be DJ’d and MC’d by KHOL 89.1 FM. It wouldn’t be HallowWine without a costume contest, with this year’s prizes going for: Best in Show, Scariest, Best Couple, Best Group, and Best Creative Theme. The costume contest will be judged by local celebrities, so start schmoozing.

WEDNESDAY Phil Wiggins, George Kilby, Jr. & Andy Calder (Pink Garter Theatre)

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Friday, Oct. 27 at 7 p.m.; tickets start at $20 One of Jackson’s most unique Halloween traditions, the THRILLER Workshop and Zombie Crawl is a sure way to get your dancing skillz on point prior to Wednesday night.

Here’s the deal: Every year, Dancers’ Workshop throws a party to teach you guys how to dance the “Thriller” — that epic choreography born of one of Michael Jackson’s most famous songs. And, as a bonus, you get to do so in your finest zombie makeup, and then “crawl” from the studio to the street in a “Thriller” flash mob.

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n Open Build 5:30 p.m.Valley of the Tetons Library, n Jackson Hole Community Band 2017 Rehearsals 7 p.m.Center for the Arts, Free, 307-200-9463 n Tasha and the Goodfellows 7:30 p.m.Silver Dollar Showroom, Free, 307732-3939 n Salsa Night 9 p.m.The Rose, Free, 307-733-1500

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FRIDAY, OCTOBER 27

n Get Your Business Facebook-Ready for the Holidays!

9 a.m.The Center for the Arts, $40.00, (307) 733-7425 n Sneak Peek: Jackson Collects: Wild Selections from Private Collections 11:30 a.m.National Museum of Wildlife Art, Free, n Monster Bash at Jackson Whole Grocer 12 p.m.Jackson Whole Grocer, Free, 307-7330450

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Rocky Horror Halloween Off Square Theatre Company brings a cult classic and costume party to Jackson

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lare Payne Symmons, executive director at Off Square Theatre Company, can watch the Rocky Horror Picture Show any time of year.

There’s a reason it’s a cult classic.

“It’s funky and upbeat and so easy to get into and play along with,” Symmons said. “Most people know all the words to the songs. It’s an easy thing to jump

in and bounce around to ‘The Time Warp.’”

For those unfamiliar with the famous show, Rocky Horror Picture Show follows a young, naïve couple whose car breaks down in a storm. They seek shelter in a nearby castle where they meet Dr. Frank N. Furter, a mad scientist and transvestite who seduces them.

Screenings of the movie often feature audience participation with people in costume talking back to the screen.

While Symmons can watch the show any time of year, it’s been closely associated with Halloween and there’s no better time to watch it, she said.

“Halloween is the perfect time to celebrate the outrageousness of the entire show,” Symmons said.

And that is what Off Square is doing with its Rocky Horror Halloween Party on Saturday.

The party starts at 8 p.m. Saturday Black Box Theater in the Center for the Arts and costs $25 in advance or $30 at the door.

Grand Teton Distillery and Snake River Brewing will provide the adult

beverages, which also means the party is only for those 21 years and older.

The party will feature music and dancing along with a screening of the cult classic film in the background.

At various points the party hosts might switch the film’s soundtrack on so people can dance along with the movie.

People are encouraged to wear any costume they want.

“Anything goes,” Symmons said.

There will be a special prize in the costume contest for those dressed as characters from the film, though, so you may want to slap on your favorite corset and thigh highs a’la Dr. Frank N. Furter, the sweet transvestite from Transylvania. He really is the best. PJH

Off Square Theatre, Rocky Horror Picture Show costume party, 8 p.m.

Saturday, Black Box Theater in the Center for the Arts, $25 in advance at www.offsquare.org, $30 at the door, 21 years old and over.

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like any other class, breaking down the 2.5 minutes of choreography into easy-tolearn segments.

The first zombie crawl happened spontaneously after a “Thriller” party ended and someone wanted to keep dancing. “’Flash mob’ wasn’t even really a term then,” Kosharek said. “Someone said ‘lets go zombie crawl the town,’ and I said, ‘Ok.’” The performance part has become as important as the class. For some people it’s their first time dancing in front of an audience and they love the rush.

Local businesses like the Silver Dollar Bar also have embraced the annual crawl and have the “Thriller” music ready to play.

“It’s become a tradition, not just for Dancers’ Workshop, but for Jackson,” Kosharek said.

The “Thriller” workshop and zombie crawl consists mostly of adult participants, but the workshop and zombie crawl are open to all ages. Kids under 13 need to have a parent present for the class and the crawl. PJH Dancers’ Workshop, Thriller Workshop and Zombie Crawl with Kate Kosharek, 7 to 9 p.m. Friday, Dancers’ Workshop at the Center for the Arts, $20, all ages, but children 12 and under must be accompanied by an adult.

SUNDAY, OCTOBER 29

n Stagecoach Band 6 p.m.Stagecoach, Free, 307-733-4407 n Jason Tyler Burton 7 p.m.Silver Dollar Showroom, Free, 307-7323939 n Hospitality Night 8 p.m.The Rose, Free, 307-733-1500

MONDAY, OCTOBER 30

n Totally Toddler Halloween Party!

10 a.m.Jackson Parks and Recreation, n Maker 3 p.m.Valley of the Tetons Library, n Hootenanny 6 p.m.Dornan’s, Free, 307-733-2415

TUESDAY, OCTOBER 31

n Trick or Treat on Town Square 3 p.m.Town Square, Free, 307-733-3316 n Halloween Costume Contest on the Town Square 4 p.m. n Halloween Party with One Ton Pig 7:30 p.m.Wort Hotel, n Dia De Los Muertos 8 p.m.Pink Garter Theatre, Free, n Special Halloween Toddler Time - Youth Auditorium Teton County Library,

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ate Kosharek once tried to look up exactly what genre of dance Michael Jackson fit into. Was it jazz, hip-hop or pop choreography? She found people online who said he invented his own genre and she agreed.

“That is why I’m so drawn to him,” she said. “He’s so unique. I took classical ballet and jazz and modern and I see it all in what he does.”

Kosharek’s been a fan since she was in fifth grade, and even took dance classes from a teacher who loved the pop icon and

taught dances from his videos, including “Thriller.”

She played his music in class, and not just in jazz, but also in ballet. Kosharek was hooked, and each year she shares her passion for the King of Pop by teaching “Thriller” and guiding dancers around town in a zombie crawl.

Eleven years ago Dancers’ Workshop threw a “Thriller” party where Kosharek taught the iconic dance. She quickly realized people weren’t there so much for the party as they were to learn the dance. So she changed the format slightly, keeping the party atmosphere, but focusing on teaching the choreography as well. It’s become a Halloween tradition.

“We haven’t maxed out, people are still hungry to learn the dance,” she said.

People are encouraged to come in costume and Dancers’ Workshop also provides extra makeup for those weren’t able to put together an outfit, but want to at least take on the look of a zombie.

After about an hour of instruction participants can take what they’ve learned to the streets for a zombie crawl.

“It’s an easy dance as far as the steps go,” Kosharek said. I think what makes it hard is the syncopations and the rhythm of it and the quickness of it.”

Kosharek is the adult programs coordinator at Dancers’ Workshop and also an instructor. She teaches the workshop

n REFIT® 9 a.m.Dancers’ Workshop, $10.00 - $20.00, 307-733-6398 n Halloween Concert for the Kids 3 p.m.Walk Festival Hall, Free, n Rocky Horror Halloween Party 8 p.m.Off Square Theatre’s Black Box in Center for the Arts, $25.00 - $30.00, 307-733-3021 n Halloween w/ Rage Against The Machine Tribute: Rally ‘Round The Family 9 p.m.Pink Garter Theatre, $5.00 - $20.00,

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“Thriller” enthusiasts are set to take to the streets of Jackson to show off their killer makeup and dance moves

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 28

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Jackson Zombie Apocalypse

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ANGELICA LEICHT

WATERIN’ HOLE

Grand Brewing in Victor Grand Teton Brewing — home of the “Growlers” — just keeps on kickin’ ass

BY ANGELICA LEICHT @Writer_Anna

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ike it or not, most pint glasses aren’t what they advertise. But at Grand Teton Brewing in Victor, Idaho, they believe in true pints.

“A true pint holds 20 ounces of beer,” Chris Furbacher, said. “We serve full pints.”

The bartender, positioned behind the counter in the brewpub, agreed.

Turns out there’s quite a bit to learn about beer, or the vessels in which beer is delivered — and one can do just that by taking a quick trip over the Teton Pass and through the doors of Grand Teton Brewing, Wyoming’s first microbrewery and brewpub.

Chris’ parents, Steve and Ellen Furbacher, have been the owners of Grand Teton Brewing for the last 8 years or so. The Houston natives spent quite a bit of time over the years in the Jackson area, bringing their young son, Chris, along.

They purchased Grand Teton Brewing in April 2009 from Charlie Otto, who started the brewery in 1988

with his brother Ernie. The The patio and yard of Grand Teton Brewing, where locals and tourists alike gather to drink a brew or two. (left) The barrels where some of the fancy beer ages at Grand Teton Brewing. (right) couple had no experience in the brewing business, but they felt more regional than Otto Brothers, its Wyoming/Idaho roots. Production loved the area, and they loved the business. Turns out that’s all you and was a nod to the area in which the has grown from 4,900 barrels to 10,000 barrels under the new ownership, and unique beer is born. really need.

The Otto brothers’ rightful place as Grand Teton Brewing’s beer is distribAs with the Furbacher’s choice to purchase the brewery, the history of pioneers of the Wyoming microwbrew uted all over the map, from Montana to Grand Teton Brewing is nothing if not scene is clear, and since the Furbachers Utah and beyond. The most fervent fans interesting. Billed as Wyoming’s first have taken over, they’ve only managed are, of course, locals, who pour in to try brewpub, the Otto brothers first opened to improve the brewery — adding a mix out the brewery’s staples like 208, a sesthe brewery in Wilson, Wyoming, right of new equipment, new beers and com- sion ale, or their seasonal beers, a mix munity support, and incorporating a of sours, fruit beers, blends, barrel-aged on the other side of the Pass. and first-time styles.

The brewery was christened with the unique way of brewing local beers.

“We see a pretty big crowd after peo“We’re brewing in these barrels,” name Otto Brothers’ Brewing Company, and was the first modern “microbrew- Chris said, motioning to the wall of ple come off the mountain,” Chris said, ery” in the state of Wyoming. The Otto old whiskey and wine barrels that line although the brewpub sees a decent brothers worked the local market and a room in the brewery. “We managed crowd most days. They’re open seven the local leadership, earning spots for a while back to get our hands on some days a week for a reason.

While there are certainly slower seatheir Teton Ale and Moose Juice stout in Jack Daniels barrels, and those beers sons, as there is for all of Teton County’s local bars, and lobbying for the right to were really popular.”

These days, the barrels are coming businesses, things really pick up when run a brewpub in the Cowboy State — an option that wasn’t legally available from a more local source: Jackson Hole the snowboarders and skiiers pour into Winery is currently one of the main town. They like to hang out and have when they opened the brewery.

In 1989, Charlie and Ernie won their suppliers of their barrels, although a beer or two in the shadow of the Tetons, Chris said, which Grand Teton fight, opening the first legal brewpub there are others thrown in the mix.

The idea of barrel-aging beer is that Brewing’s front porch and yard are perin Wyoming. They also managed to reintroduce the Growler — that beer the beer takes on some of the flavors fect for.

But the atmosphere surrounding jug that’s found a place in nearly every in the wood leftover from their fermicrobrew scene across the nation. In mented cousins, creating a unique fla- Grand Teton Brewing’s pub is right 1989, the brothers decided to rework vor and process that fits with a brewery for anyone, really — whether you’re the European lidded tin-pail known as focused on doing things just a little bit a snowphile, a Teton Pass-phobe, a Driggs resident or just one of the lucky a “growler,” reworking it into the mod- differently.

“Everything about our beer is local,” ones to live right near this little local ern, 64-ounce glass jug version we see Chris said. “That’s pretty unique — we beer haven. PJH today.

The Otto brothers ultimately decided try to use grains from Idaho as much as Grand Teton Brewing is located at to relocate their brewery over the Pass possible, and we even feel we have the to Victor in 1998, thanks to the allure of best water, straight off the mountain 430 Old Jackson Highway in Victor. They locally-grown barley, Northwest hops from snow, to use. We boil it and use it offer daily tours of the brewery, and the and nearby Teton glacier water, all of in the brewing process. What we make brewpub hours are seasonal, so make sure to check before you head out. They which made for top-notch brewing. The really is a local beer.”

And it’s a really popular local beer, are currently open from 1 p.m. to 8 p.m. name change happened only a couple of years later — Grand Teton Brewing just too — one that has managed to outgrow daily.

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ven from the outside, with its whitewood paneled walls, and the wooden sign that hangs invitingly above the door advertising their name in charming calligraphy, Persephone Bakery is just about as “cute” as Jackson Hole gets.

When you walk through the door, even if there’s no line trailing down the front steps with people waiting to order impeccably-baked muffins or cinnamon-scented lattes, the smallness of the space that houses Persephone can be a bit off-putting. Don’t let that stop you in your tracks, though.

A delicious (no, really!) gluten-free muffin and an almond milk latte.

When you first That’s how we roll. step into Persephone, it feels a bit like, well, stand behind their display case, which is how giants would probably feel if they came into your home. always filled with crisp, fluffy, (and someEvery inch of the bakery and coffee shop times sugarcoated) pastries, ready to take is utilized, with tables and nooks filled your order.

A quick glance around the room with devoted fans.

Still, even with the limited space, becomes a bit like a food lover’s game of there’s usually a corner for you to squeeze I Spy: You’ll find cookbooks like Yottam into, or a miraculously-appearing table in Ottolenghi’s “Plenty” lining the walls restthe garden once you’ve ordered from their ing alongside artisanal honey and beautiful clay bowls. Ali’s taste in decor is truly delicious seasonal menu.

The bakery was first opened in 2011 impeccable.

The end goal of a visit to Persephone

by Ali and Kevin Cohane, and quickly became a town favorite. It’s easy to see doesn’t much matter. Whether you visit why, though. Kevin works with careful the bakery to pick up a loaf of sour-dough precision to create quality baked goods, bread or simply sit for a long breakfast, with a gentle, knowing hand given to even coffee and pastry, or lunch, Persephone the most basic ingredients or methods of has the kind of charm that allows them to play Jason Mraz without it being corny or baking.

Ali’s immaculate eye for design and unpleasant.

I recently tested out their fresh souraesthetics helps complete the setup, and together, the couple have created a dough bread by making a deliciously uniquely cosy and artisanal experience gooey “grilled” cheese sandwich with fig preserves, caramelized onions and a for diners.

The baristas, all adorned in clean white medley of gruyere, cheddar and swiss blouses and pinstriped bakery smocks, cheese.

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It was easy to see There’s a very, very good reason so many restaurants and caterers in the valley source their baked goods from Persephone. why Persephone is a staple for baked goods Ask any restauranteur or caterer in in Jackson. The crust of my sourdough grilled cheese was per- Jackson, and they’re likely to tell you that fectly crunchy yet not too thick, and the they source their breads, pastries and fluffy, chewy sour dough has just the right buns from Persephone.

The duo has a commercial bakery just amount of bubble from the sourdough off Deer Drive produces enough goods starter they meticulously keep alive.

After four years of increasing success, daily to keep burgers snug and loaves the couple opened a sister restaurant of bread buttered throughout our busicalled Picnic across town, offering a simi- est seasons. A remarkable feat when you lar yet more open and free-flowing atmo- think about how many mouths are fed in Jackson restaurants during the busiest sphere and space.

It is equally as frequented and popular times of the year, and in a continually as the mothership. Offering slightly differ- growing food scene in Jackson.

With competitors on the rise, such as ent fare and a moderately more modern feel, Picnic is just as likely to be the type of Nom Nom Doughnuts and numerous cafe to bring your laptop to as it is a place artisanal pie, bread and pastry makers for a quick meet-up over an open-faced who sell at the farmers markets through the summer, Persephone and Co.’s sandwich.

What many may noy know about the strength in the market is a testament to Persephone franchise is, though, that the dedication to quality in their products.

It’s a demand that looks likely to conwhile having the monopoly on this style of retail bakery in Jackson, they actu- tinue, as even with a mass production ally have a monopoly on baked goods their baked goods have not lost an iota of their quality, and continue to be the top throughout the food industry in Jackson. choice for local eateries. PJH

Mangy Moose Restaurant, with locally sourced, seasonally FRESH FOOD at reasonable prices, is a always a FUN PLACE to go with family or friends for a unique dining experience. The personable staff will make you feel RIGHT AT HOME and the funky western decor will keep you entertained throughout your entire visit.

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Lunch 11:30am Monday-Saturday Dinner 5:30pm Nightly

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Local is a modern American steakhouse and bar located on Jackson’s historic town square.

Serving locally raised beef and, regional game, fresh seafood and seasonally inspired food, Local offers the perfect setting for lunch, drinks or dinner.

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Featuring dining destinations from buffets and rooms with a view to mom and pop joints, chic cuisine and some of our dining critic’s faves!

ASIAN & CHINESE TETON THAI

Serving the world’s most exciting cuisine.

Teton Thai offers a splendid array of flavors: sweet, hot, sour, salt and bitter. All balanced and blended perfectly, satisfying the most discriminating palate. Open daily. 7432 Granite Loop Road in Teton Village, (307) 733-0022 and in Driggs, (208) 787-8424, tetonthai.com.

THAI ME UP

Home of Melvin Brewing Co. Freshly remodeled offering modern Thai cuisine in a relaxed setting. New tap system with 20 craft beers. New $8 wine list and extensive bottled beer menu. Open daily for dinner at 5pm.

Downtown at 75 East Pearl Street. View our tap list at thaijh.com/brews. 307-733-0005.

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ALPENHOF

Serving authentic Swiss cuisine, the Alpenhof features European style breakfast entrées and alpine lunch fare. Dine in the Bistro for a casual meal or join us in the Alpenrose dining room

for a relaxed dinner experience. Breakfast 7:30am-10am. Coffee & pastry 10am-11:30am.

Lunch 11:30am-3pm. Aprés 3pm-5:30pm.

Dinner 6pm-9pm. For reservations at the Bistro or Alpenrose, call 307-733-3242.

THE BLUE LION

A Jackson Hole favorite for 39 years. Join us in the charming atmosphere of a historic home.

Serving fresh fish, elk, poultry, steaks, and vegetarian entrées. Ask a local about our rack of lamb. Live acoustic guitar music most nights.

Open nightly at 5:30 p.m. Closed Tuesdays until ski season. Off Season Special: 2-for1 Entrees.

Must mention ad, dine-in only. Reservations recommended, walk-ins welcome. 160 N. Millward, (307) 733-3912, bluelionrestaurant.com

PICNIC

Our mission is simple: offer good food, made fresh, all day, every day. We know everyone’s busy, so we cater to on-the-go lifestyles with quick, tasty options for breakfast and lunch, including pastries and treats from our sister restaurant Persephone. Also offering coffee and espresso drinks plus wine and cocktails.

Open Mon-Fri 7am-5pm, Wknds 7am-3pm 1110 Maple Way in West Jackson 307-2642956www.picnicjh.com

ELEANOR’S

Enjoy all the perks of fine dining, minus the dress code at Eleanor’s, serving rich, saucy dishes in a warm and friendly setting. Its bar alone is an attraction, thanks to reasonably priced drinks and a loyal crowd. Come get a belly-full of our two-time gold medal wings.

Open at 11 a.m. daily. 832 W. Broadway, (307) 733-7901.

LOCAL

Local, a modern American steakhouse and bar, is located on Jackson’s historic town square. Our menu features both classic and specialty cuts of locally-ranched meats and wild game alongside fresh seafood, shellfish, house-ground burgers, and seasonally-inspired food. We offer an extensive wine list and an abundance of locallysourced products. Offering a casual and vibrant bar atmosphere with 12 beers on tap as well as a relaxed dining room, Local is the perfect spot to grab a burger for lunch or to have drinks and dinner with friends. Lunch Mon-Sat 11:30am.

Dinner Nightly 5:30pm. 55 North Cache, (307) 201-1717, localjh.com.

LOTUS ORGANIC RESTAURANT

Serving organic, freshly-made world cuisine while catering to all eating styles. Endless organic and natural meat, vegetarian, vegan and gluten-free choices. Offering super smoothies, fresh extracted juices, espresso and tea. Full bar and house-infused botanical spirits.

Serving breakfast, lunch & dinner starting at 8am daily. Dine in for 2-for-1 dinner entrees staring at 5:30pm. 140 N. Cache, (307) 7340882, theorganiclotus.com.

MANGY MOOSE

MOE’S BBQ

Opened in Jackson Hole by Tom Fay and David Fogg, Moe’s Original Bar B Que features a Southern Soul Food Revival through its awardwinning Alabama-style pulled pork, ribs, wings, turkey and chicken smoked over hardwood served with two unique sauces in addition to Catfish and a Shrimp Moe-Boy sandwich. A daily rotation of traditional Southern sides and tasty desserts are served fresh daily. Moe’s BBQ stays open late and features a menu for any budget. While the setting is family-friendly,

MILLION DOLLAR COWBOY STEAKHOUSE

Jackson’s first Speakeasy Steakhouse. The Million Dollar Cowboy Steakhouse is a hidden gem located below the world famous Million Dollar Cowboy Bar. Our menu offers guests the best in American steakhouse cuisine. Top quality chops and steaks sourced from local farms, imported Japanese Wagyu beef, and house-cured meats and sausages. Accentuated with a variety of thoughtful side dishes, innovative appetizers, creative vegetarian items, and decadent desserts, a meal at this landmark location is sure to be a memorable one. Reservations are highly recommended.

SNAKE RIVER BREWERY & RESTAURANT

America’s most award-winning microbrewery is serving lunch and dinner. Take in the atmosphere while enjoying wood-fired pizzas, pastas, burgers, sandwiches, soups, salads and desserts. $9 lunch menu. Happy hour 4 to 6 p.m., including tasty hot wings. The freshest beer in the valley, right from the source! Free WiFi. Open 11:00 a.m. to 11:00 p.m. 265 S. Millward. (307) 739-2337, snakeriverbrewing. com.

ITALIAN CALICO

A Jackson Hole favorite since 1965, the Calico continues to be one of the most popular restaurants in the Valley. The Calico offers the right combination of really good food, (much of which is grown in our own gardens in the summer), friendly staff; a reasonably priced menu and a large selection of wine. Our bar scene is eclectic with a welcoming vibe. Open nightly at 5 p.m. 2560 Moose Wilson Rd., (307) 733-2460.

MEXICAN EL ABUELITO

Serving authentic Mexican cuisine and appetizers in a unique Mexican atmosphere. Home of the original Jumbo Margarita. Featuring a full bar with a large selection of authentic Mexican beers. Lunch served weekdays 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.

Nightly dinner specials. Open seven days, 11 a.m. to 10 p.m. 385 W. Broadway, (307) 733-1207.

PIZZA DOMINO’S PIZZA

Hot and delicious delivered to your door. Handtossed, deep dish, crunchy thin, Brooklyn style and artisan pizzas; bread bowl pastas, and oven baked sandwiches; chicken wings, cheesy breads and desserts. Delivery. 520 S. Hwy. 89 in Kmart Plaza, (307) 733-0330.

PINKY G’S

The locals favorite! Voted Best Pizza in Jackson Hole 2012-2016. Seek out this hidden gem under the Pink Garter Theatre for NY pizza by the slice, salads, strombolis, calzones and many appetizers to choose from. Try the $7 ‘Triple S’ lunch special. Happy hours 10 p.m. - 12 a.m.

Sun.- Thu. Text PINK to 71441 for discounts.

Delivery and take-out. Open daily 11a.m. to 2 a.m. 50 W. Broadway, (307) 734-PINK.

PIZZERIA CALDERA

Jackson Hole’s only dedicated stone-hearth oven pizzeria, serving Napolitana-style pies

using the freshest ingredients in traditional and creative combinations. Five local micro-brews on tap, a great selection of red and white wines by the glass and bottle, and one of the best views of the Town Square from our upstairs deck. Daily lunch special includes slice, salad or soup, any two for $8. Happy hour: half off drinks by the glass from 4 - 6 daily. Dine in or carry out. Or order online at PizzeriaCaldera.com, or download our app for iOS or Android. Open from 11am - 9:30pm daily at 20 West Broadway.

307-201-1472.

DON’T JUST SHOW US YOUR BRUNCH. Write about it.

The award-winning Planet Jackson Hole is looking for food writers to get the scoop on the valley’s must-grub drinks and dishes. email inquiries to editor@planetjh.com

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Mangy Moose Restaurant, with locally sourced, seasonally fresh food at reasonable prices, is a always a fun place to go with family or friends for a unique dining experience. The personable staff will make you feel right at home and the funky western decor will keep you entertained throughout your entire visit. Teton Village, (307) 733-4913, mangymoose.com.

a full premium bar offers a lively scene with HDTVs for sports fans, music, shuffle board and other games upstairs. Large party takeout orders and full service catering with delivery is also available.

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SUDOKU

Complete the grid so that each row, column, diagonal and 3x3 square contain all of the numbers 1 to 9.

No math is involved. The grid has numbers, but nothing has to add up to anything else. Solve the puzzle with reasoning and logic. Solving time is typically 10 to 30 minutes, depending on your skill and experience.

L.A.TIMES “URBANAGRAMS” By BRUCE HAIGHT

SUNDAY, OCTOBER 29, 2017

ACROSS

1 Choir voice 5 Van Gogh setting 10 They might be hatched 15 Jazz trumpeter Jones 19 Collectible fossil 21 Sound 22 Hamburger man 23 A few bars in the West?

25 First name in household humor 26 “Don’t __” 27 Twinkle __: Skechers brand 28 The palm and olive of Palmolive 29 Reason to use litmus paper 31 Rubber?

33 iPad model 34 Lumber mill fixtures 36 Gallery works 37 Ticketholder’s entitlement in the Southwest?

40 Helps plan a job, maybe 43 Cry of exasperation 44 Crushed, as a test 45 Priestly garment 46 Hot 47 Puma competitor 48 Place to get off: Abbr.

49 Horse fathers 51 Stage handles in the West?

57 Wearer of a “Y” sweatshirt 58 Feathered indoor flier 59 Less contaminated 60 Nabokov novel 61 Pot cover 63 Saturn’s largest moon 64 Media holder 68 “I’m close to winning!” game cry 69 “__ what?”: “What next?”

70 Capsizing deterrent 71 Frat house “H” 72 Complex papers for a pad in the West?

77 78 79

First of 12 popes Ref. updated quarterly Dress like, for the costume party 80 “High-__!”

81 Mtn. stat 82 Wee 83 Matches a bet 85 Social conventions 86 Do stuff in the Southeast?

90 Old Prizm maker 91 Yoga move named for a pet 92 Trading post wares 93 Colonist 97 Summer line 98 Extended rental?

99 Fancy cracker spread 100 Flurry 101 Actress Moreno 102 Heavyweights in the Midwest?

107 Eclipse, maybe 108 Aardwolf relative 109 Daytona 500, e.g.

110 Give up 111 Test for purity 112 Lavished attention (on) 113 Wasn’t square with

14 15 16 17 18 20 24 30 32 33 34 35 37 38 39 40 41 42

S.O.S, for one Sorority letters “This is our stop” Weaponry transfers “Darn it!”

Writers of bad checks Inning often not finished QVC competitor Mythical forest flutist Corday victim Parish head Lead-in to bad news Epitome of virtue Buckle or button NCAA Final Four broadcaster Selling point Bluesy Memphis street No longer working for The Company 43 Animator Tex 47 Online retail giant 49 Seat at the racetrack 50 Apple since 1998 52 God, in Hebrew 53 Sound off 54 Rush hour glut 55 Rush hour pace 56 Fleshy “buttons” DOWN 62 Talk a blue streak?

1 Indian state bordering Bangla- 63 “Ha! I was right!” desh 64 Painter of balleri2 Two-mile-high capital nas 3 Loses on purpose 65 Norse pantheon 4 Chicago airport code 66 Jobs in the tech 5 Dined at a restaurant, say industry 6 “Copy that” 67 Soothes 7 Heads of Parliament?

69 Boil 8 Sci-fi staples 70 Round mound 9 Driving away 72 1928 Gary Cooper 10 “Without a Trace” actor Anthoromance in which ny La__ a bouquet plays a 11 Wilder’s “The Bridge of San __ vital role Rey” 73 Went longer than 12 Unmatched 74 Invaders of ancient 13 Make, as a knot Rome

75 76 77

More than checks out In progress What one never is on a golf course 82 Prankster’s cry 83 Only speck of food the Grinch left in each Who’s house 84 Beached 85 Shower component 87 Flammable gas 88 NYSE news 89 “Let me just interject ... ” 90 Blow a gasket 93 Hooch 94 Old NBC legal drama 95 Draw forth 96 Covered in court 97 __-Z: classic Camaro 98 Moon goddess 99 Vocal nudge 103 Yiddish laments 104 French article 105 __ Paulo 106 HUN neighbor, to the IOC

OLLOW US

WE INFLUENCE OUR DNA “We are not victims of our genes, but masters of our fates, able to create lives overflowing with peace, happiness, and love.” ~ Bruce H. Lipton PhD, author Spontaneous Evolution and The Biology of Belief.

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DNA IS A LANGUAGE

THREE AMAZING TAKE AWAYS Many profound discoveries emerged from the research.

The first is that human languages are not random; they are a reflection of our inherent DNA. Second, since the basic structure of DNA and language are similar, we can simply use words and sentences of human language to communicate with our DNA. (This, too, was experimentally proven.)

Third, it is entirely normal and natural for our DNA to react to language.

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EPIGENETICS Epigenetics is the study of how environmental factors, including our thoughts and beliefs, influence changes in gene expression. This science has also documented that stem cells and DNA can be altered through magnetic fields, heart coherence, positive mental states and intentions.

Decades of study at the Heart Math Institute in California have proven that factors like love and appreciation positively influence a person’s genetic blueprint. In one experiment they conducted, two groups of participants were given the task to use their thoughts to alter test samples of DNA. One group of participants were practiced in the Heart Math technique for heart coherence (a beneficial state of mental, emotional and physical balance and harmony).

This group was able to change the DNA using positive mental states. The second group of participants included volunteers who were not familiar with how to bring themselves to a state of mind, body, spirit harmony, called coherence. This group was unable to alter the DNA samples.

WE CAN DO THIS FOR OURSELVES This brings us to the power of our own consciousness to make positive adjustments and upgrades to our own DNA. This is what underlies the impact of intentions, affirmations, heart coherence, mindfulness and other meditation practices. Each one of these has been found to directly and positively influence our DNA. The more consistently we apply any of these practices, the greater the benefits to our wellbeing and to the evolution of our consciousness.

Do something new and great for yourself this fall by noticing and changing negative thoughts. Look up the Heart Math Institute, learn about heart coherence, practice gratitude, meditation, and/or simply set a positive intention every day. And check out Bruce Lipton, PhD on YouTube.

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HUNDREDTH MONKEY

Carol Mann is a longtime Jackson resident, radio personality, former Grand Targhee Resort owner, author, and clairvoyant. Got a Cosmic Question? Email carol@yourcosmiccafe.com

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Don’t forget the hundredth monkey effect. The more you and I use the positive power of our words and thoughts to upgrade our own DNA, the more we are contributing to the potential of reaching a tipping point for all of humanity to spontaneously evolve. PJH

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Coming from the premise that nature is intelligent and purposeful, a Russian team of geneticists, linguists and scientists from other disciplines postulated there would be no such thing as “90 percent junk DNA” in our bodies, and they set out to explore our so-called junk DNA. These scientists found that our genetic code, including and even especially in the so-called “useless” 90 percent of our DNA, follows the same rules as all our human languages. They studied the way in which words are universally put together to form phrases and sentences and the basic rules of grammar. They discovered that our DNA also follows a regular grammar and has set rules just like our languages.

The Russians have reportedly applied these findings to create devices, which can communicate directly with DNA. By using precisely determined frequencies, the device can reportedly instruct specific gene(s) to correct glitches. This is done without the need for surgery or gene splicing.

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soteric and spiritual teachers have long taught that our body is programmable by using words and thoughts.

This is why, for example, the words for mantras, chants and prayers drawn from ancient wisdom traditions were intentionally chosen for specific sounds known to create desired states of being.

Researchers in the U.S., Russia and in many other parts of the world are discovering how our consciousness can positively influence our DNA. The empowerment this information puts in our hands is literally life changing.

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LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) Now is an excellent phase in your cycle to scour bathrooms, scrub floors, shampoo carpets, and wash windows. But the imminent future will be an even more favorable period to purify your motivations, tonify your emotions, purge your less-than-noble agendas, calm down your monkey mind and monkey heart, disinfect the moldy parts of your past, and fact-check the stories you tell about yourself. So which set of tasks should you focus on? It may be possible to make great strides on the second set as you carry out the first set. But if there’s not enough time and energy to do both, favor the second set.

Halloween costume suggestion: a superhero who has wondrous cleaning powers; King Janitor or Queen Maid.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) “You never sing the same song twice,” said chanteuse Billie Holiday. “If you sing it with all the same phrasing and melody, you’re failing your art.” That’s an extreme statement, but I understand what she was driving at. Repeating yourself too much can be debilitating. That includes trying to draw inspiration from the same old sources that have worked in the past. I suggest you avoid this behavior in the coming days. Raise Holiday’s approach to a universal principle. Fresh sources of inspiration are available!

Halloween costume suggestion: a persona or character unlike any you’ve ever imagined yourself to be.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) There are no such things as magic healings and miraculous redemptions and impossible breakthroughs. Right?

Hard evidence provided by science precludes the existence of exotic help coming from spiritual realms. Right?

Well, no. Not right. There is in fact another real world that overlaps the material world, and it operates according to different laws that are mostly imperceptible to our senses.

But events in the other real world can have tangible effects in the material world. This is especially true for you right now. Take advantage! Seek practical answers and solutions in your dreams, meditations, visions, and numinous encounters. Halloween costume suggestion: white-magic sorcerer or good witch.

CANCER (June 21-July 22) Watch out for a fake pizza-delivery driver who’s actually trying to issue you a legal summons. Be careful you don’t glimpse a blood red sky at dusk, in case it’s a prophetic sign that your cell phone will fall into a toilet sometime soon. Beware of the possibility that a large bird carrying a turtle to its nest accidentally drops its prey into a rain puddle near you, splashing mud on your fancy clothes.

Just kidding! All the scenarios I just described are stupid lies. The truth is, this should be one of the most worry-free times ever. You’re welcome, of course, to dream up a host of scary fantasies if you find that entertaining, but I guarantee that they’ll be illusory. Halloween costume suggestion: an indomitable warrior.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) What is the material object you want most but don’t have?

This is an object that would serve your soul’s highest purposes, although not necessarily your ego’s. Here’s another question: What evocative symbol might help keep you inspired to fulfill your dreams over the course of the next five years? I suggest that you choose one or both of those things to be the inspiration for your Halloween costume.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) Did you get a chance to go to circus school when you were a kid? How about magic school? Or maybe detective school or time-travel school or superhero school?

Probably none of the above, right? Much of your education revolved around what you HAD to learn rather than what would be fun to learn. I’m not saying it was bad you were compelled to study subjects you felt ambivalent about. In the long run, it did you good. But now here’s some sweet news, Virgo: The next ten months will be a favorable time to get trainings and teachings in what you YEARN to learn. Halloween costume suggestion: a student.

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PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20) You might be able to pass for normal, but it will be better for your relationship with yourself if you don’t. You could try to tamp down your unusual urges and smooth your rough edges, but it will be smarter to regard those urges and edges as fertile raw material for your future happiness. Catch my drift? In the coming weeks, your main loyalty should be to your idiosyncratic intelligence.

Halloween costume suggestion: the beautiful, interesting monster who lives in you.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20) In the next two weeks, you may have to navigate your way through careless gossip, distorted “facts,” superficial theories, hidden agendas, fake news, and official disinformation. To prevent problems in communication with people who matter, take advantage of the Halloween spirit in this way: Obtain a bicycle helmet and cover it with aluminum foil. Decorate it with an Ace of Clubs, a red rose, images of wrathful but benevolent superheroes, and a sign that says “No Bullshit Allowed.” By wearing this crown, you should remain protected. If that’s too weird for you, do the next best thing: Vow to speak the whole truth and nothing but the truth, and ask to receive the whole truth and nothing but the truth.

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AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) Many years from now, in your last hours on earth, you will have visions that show you how all the events in your life were crucial to your life story. You will understand the lesson that was provided by each twist and turn of your destiny. Every piece of the gigantic puzzle will slip into place, revealing the truth of what your mission has been.

And during that future climax, you may remember right now as a time when you got a long glimpse of the totality.

Halloween costume suggestion: the happiest person on Earth; the sovereign of all you survey; the wise fool who understands yourself completely.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20) “Yes, We Have No Bananas” is a silly novelty song that became a big hit in 1923. Its absurdity led to its wide use for humorous effect. For example, on the kids’ TV series The Muppet Show, puppets made out of fruits and vegetables sang parodies of the tune. That’s why I find it droll that the “No Bananas” songwriters stole part of the melody from the “Hallelujah Chorus,” the climax of classical composer George Handel’s religious oratorio Messiah.

I’d love to see you engage in comparable transmutations, Taurus: making serious things amusing and vice versa. It’s a time when you can generate meaningful fun and playful progress through the art of reversal. Halloween costume suggestion: a tourist from Opposite Land or Bizarro World.

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SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) How can you enjoy the lavish thrills of rebirth later unless you die a little inside now? It’s the trickiest phase of your cycle, when your energies are best used to resolve and graduate from the unfinished business of the last ten months. I suggest that you put the past to rest as best as you can. Don your funniest sad face and pay your last respects to the old ways and old days you’ll soon be leaving behind. Keep in mind that beauty will ultimately emerge from decay. Halloween costume suggestion: the mythical phoenix, which burns itself down, then resurrects itself from its own ashes.

ARIES (March 21-April 19) I share Vincent Van Gogh’s belief that “the best way to know life is to love many things.” But I also think that the next twelve months will be an inspiring time for you to be focused and single-minded in your involvement with love. That’s why I encourage you to take an approach articulated by the Russian mystic Anne Sophie Swetchine: “To love deeply in one direction makes us more loving in all others.” Halloween costume suggestion: a lover celebrating a sacred union to the love of your life, to God or Goddess, or to a symbol of your most sublime ideal.

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