THE DAILY WIRE · WYOMING, USA · 2026-10-28
Wyoming Game and Fish Confirms: Yes, It's Been a Weird Year
Wyoming's wildlife has apparently filed a collective request to get weirder in 2026, prompting the state's Game and Fish Department to go on record about an uptick in what officials are diplomatically calling 'unusual' sightings, according to wyomingnewsnow.tv.
The department did not enumerate every creature involved, but confirmed enough oddities have been reported this year to warrant an on-camera statement, which in bureaucratic terms is roughly equivalent to a five-alarm fire. Residents have apparently been calling in enough strange encounters that officials felt obligated to address the pattern directly rather than let rumor fill the gap.
This reporter has covered enough wildlife beats to know that 'unusual' is doing a great deal of work in that sentence, the kind of word agencies reach for when they'd rather not say 'we genuinely don't know what that was.' Wyoming's wide-open spaces have always left room for the unexplained; 2026, it seems, is simply showing its work.
Baron, a Wyoming pronghorn who has lived through several of the state's stranger seasons, agreed to weigh in on the department's findings, though his take leans less official and more personal.
Game and Fish has not said whether the 'unusual' designation comes with its own hotline, though at this rate, it probably needs one.
“Wyoming's always been strange, I watched a jackalope — allegedly — cross Route 20 in broad daylight back in '09. Officials act surprised every time, but we pronghorn have known for years this state just attracts odd company. For the record, we can run sixty miles an hour, so whatever's out there, it isn't catching me.” — Baron, Wyoming pronghorn
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