11 Insane Things That Happened In Wyoming You Won’t Find in History Books

Laramie, Wyoming recently danced into the record books with over 1,100 swing dancers gathering at the University's Fieldhouse. The record was broken on April 30, 2015.

Millions of years ago, Heart Mountain set a land speed record for... mountains? Due to a large volcanic slide, the mountain moved 62 miles from its home Absaroka Range in just half an hour. Read about this intriguing geologic wonder here.

Its not unusual to wear sheepskin in Wyoming, but manskin is kind of... odd. In 1881, a Wyoming outlaw named "Big Nose George" was executed. Osbourne, a doctor and politician, took his remains and turned his skin into a pair of boots. He wore the boots to his inaugural ball, because Osbourne because Wyomings governor not too long after the sickening incident. His assistant used Georges skull as a doorstop for decades.

One July, 2014 flight became an impromptu pizza party after weather kept the plane from landing in Denver. A short flight turned into a seven hour, weather-delayed deal, and the pilot ordered pizza for the entire plane. Over 30 pies were delivered to the tarmac. Best. Flight. Ever.

When the University of Wyoming opened its doors in 1886, it wasn't a state university because the state itself didn't exist for another four years!

The frozen, desolate winters of Wyoming set the stage of the Siberian scenes in Rocky IV, which was the Rocky movie where the Philadelphian boxer defeated Communism with his own two fists. The icy scenes in the film were shot in Jackson and the Teton.s

Douglas, Wyoming is home to the world's largest Jackalope! Legend has it that the two brothers invented the creature, and the tale spread like wildfire throughout the west. To commemorate its origins, the train depot in Douglas displays a larger-than-life statue out front.

A massive landslide occurred on June 23, 1925 thanks to tremendous snow melt, heavy rain, and earthquakes. The rockslide rode 300 feet up across a mountain and formed a natural dam where Lower Slide Lake is today.

James Cash Penney (Yes, that's his real name) founded the first JC Penny store April 14, 1902. It quickly expanded and became one of the largest department stores in American history.

Wyomingites have always had an independent streak, and in 1939, they took it a little far. Portions of northern wyoming, South Dakota and Montana attempted to form a new state: Absaroka. Sheridan would have been the capital. There's a chance that the fictional and famous Absaroka County from the Longmire series got its origin from this quirky movement.