Wyoming Swamp Monsters & Oil Scandals

What if I told you that driving through Wyoming isn't boring at all? You're actually traveling through millions of years of Earth's history, complete with presidential scandals and underground coal fires that turn roads red!

That's the opening line of this YouTube video from a page called The Rock Record.

Some people see Wyoming as boring, but they don't know where to look or what they are looking at.

From Interstate 25 from Sheridan to Cheyenne, there are geological secrets hidden beneath your wheels.

From ancient Everglades-like swamps that became the world's thickest coal seams to the oil fields that sparked one of America's biggest political scandals, every mile marker tells an incredible story.

Watch the video below, and you'll never see things the same way when you drive across the state.

She brings the book Roadside Geology on her trip.

This book is available all over and is worth reading. I know because I have it.

In this episode, she drives from Sheridan, Wyoming, down to Buffalo, and beyond, including Ayres Natural Bridge near Douglas and a stop in beautiful Chugwater.

Her video takes us back to a time when Wyoming looked more like the Everglades.

The swamp that lasted millions of years gave Wyoming the coal we dig today.

She goes on to explain why Wyoming has so much petroleum and natural gas in the same area.

There is no such thing as a "fossil fuel." Coal, natural gases, and petroleum formed in ways that had nothing to do with fossils. Yet so much of what we drill and dig for in Wyoming makes up our so-called "fossil fuel" industries.

As she drives down Interstate 25, she explains many things that you and I might just speed by without a thought as to where they came from and why they appear the way it does today.

Scroll down to see more of Ayres Natural Bridge and learn about the town of Chugwater.