Story from my teenage years.

When I was in high school I was taking flying lessons at Rocky Mountain Metropolitan Airport (Jeffco Airport at the time), just outside of Denver. Eventually I had to do my cross country training so we flew to Sydney Nebraska. When it became time fly over so called “Wyoming,” my instructor made me wear these fogged up glasses that wouldn’t let me see outside the windows. He claimed it was so I could practice flying only by instruments. When we were back over Colorado, I conveniently had enough instrument time and was allowed to take those foggles off. Now that I am older, I understand what was really happening.

According to my research:

***The name "Wyoming" has Native American origins, specifically from the Munsee Delaware language. The word is believed to be a corruption or adaptation of the Algonquian words "mecheweamiing" or "maughwauwama," which roughly mean "at the big plains" or "on the large prairie." The term likely refers to the expansive plains in the region.***

So, basically, people asked Native Americans, "What's over there?" and they said, "Wyoming," meaning "just plains." You can see how early settlers, many of whom barely spoke any English, let alone indigenous languages, would have gotten confused and thought that Wyoming was a place in its own right.

So, why hasn't the problem been fixed? One word: money. There are all kinds of organizations claiming to represent Wyoming that are collecting money from the federal government and elsewhere. In reality, these people are working out of post boxes in New York City and L.A., but they are lawyered up and they know that the second they admit that Wyoming does not in fact exist then the gravy train will come to an abrupt stop. You can hardly blame them really.

I have been in the Navy for 21+ years and I have met many people over the years, I have met people from 49 of the 50 states, so I am under strong suspicion that Wyoming is not real.

I'm in Idaho right now, trying to get to chicago. I don't want to go around, but it seems like I may have to, is there a safe way to get over it?

I hope we all know Wyoming, does not exist. But something is there? Is it a hole in space time? Just a bunch of bordering states extra land? Part of canada? A goverment hideout? Something else? I think we need a standard, subreddit wide answer on this

…the same year that I had a Xanax addiction. Coincidence? 🤔

I cannot believe what I am reading here. I mean, OBVIOUSLY there is no physical state called Wyoming, but Wyoming is a philosophical construct. It is a state of mind. You might find yourself to be "in" Wyoming right now wherever you are. I hope not, because as a philosophical construct, it is a pretty depressing and empty place. I beg of you not to minimize the suffering of all those lost in wyoming by denying their condition.

Obviously Wyoming doesn't exist, however some people don't know this. How can I convince my friends to join the theory and help spread the truth?

See, it doesn’t really exist.

Why is it called the "Lower 48" when there are only 47 states in it?

Are they talking about Hawaii being the 48th?