Monday, October 11, 2010 8:04:59 PM
Sheep Walking Wall Of Dam
The Buffalo Bill Dam on the Shoshoni River at Cody, Wyoming….
The internet (and that includes the email) is full of mixed truths. Some of the images/stories are circulated via emails, spreading the word via the email database. Others circulate via Facebook and others again around the dinner table. Fortunately, there are ways to investigate and keep an editorial line… if one wishes!
These photos below are magnificent and deserve the viewing, so enjoy the trail. Then discover the truth below!
Photo 1
Dam it, what is that?
Photo 2
Count them in the night...?
Photo 3
According to Snopes, the photos are real, but the facts are basically all wrong. The animals are Alpine Ibex mountain goats, not Bighorn Sheep. The dam is Diga del Cingino, not the Buffalo Bill dam on the Shoshoni River in Wyoming. The internet is full of trickery (as reported here at the MEDEF conference in Paris this summer).
http://minterdial.com/2010/09/the-buffalo-bill-dam-on-the-shoshoni-river-at-cody-wyoming/
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Rumor control: Are sheep scaling the Buffalo Bill Dam?
The photo is real, but it's not the Buffalo Bill Dam.
E-mails and Facebook wall posts claim that the photo on the left pictures sheep climbing the dam near Cody, Wyo.
The Buffalo Bill Dam has a smooth concrete face with no stones, whereas the dam in that photo has large stones visible in the face. Also, the canyon walls surrounding Cody's dam are much different that the grassy hills shown in that photo. A side-by-side comparison (to the left) proves they're not the same dam.
A couple of bloggers have ID'd the dam as one in Italy, and there is even video posted of the sheep (actually ibex) making their precarious stroll.
http://billingsgazette.com/lifestyles/recreation/gazoutdoors/article_0f28faec-c5a8-11df-868f-001cc4c03286.html
Either way, those sheep are freaking awesome!
The Buffalo Bill Dam on the Shoshoni River at Cody, Wyoming….
The internet (and that includes the email) is full of mixed truths. Some of the images/stories are circulated via emails, spreading the word via the email database. Others circulate via Facebook and others again around the dinner table. Fortunately, there are ways to investigate and keep an editorial line… if one wishes!
These photos below are magnificent and deserve the viewing, so enjoy the trail. Then discover the truth below!
Photo 1
Dam it, what is that?
Photo 2
Count them in the night...?
Photo 3
According to Snopes, the photos are real, but the facts are basically all wrong. The animals are Alpine Ibex mountain goats, not Bighorn Sheep. The dam is Diga del Cingino, not the Buffalo Bill dam on the Shoshoni River in Wyoming. The internet is full of trickery (as reported here at the MEDEF conference in Paris this summer).
http://minterdial.com/2010/09/the-buffalo-bill-dam-on-the-shoshoni-river-at-cody-wyoming/
- - - - -
Rumor control: Are sheep scaling the Buffalo Bill Dam?
The photo is real, but it's not the Buffalo Bill Dam.
E-mails and Facebook wall posts claim that the photo on the left pictures sheep climbing the dam near Cody, Wyo.
The Buffalo Bill Dam has a smooth concrete face with no stones, whereas the dam in that photo has large stones visible in the face. Also, the canyon walls surrounding Cody's dam are much different that the grassy hills shown in that photo. A side-by-side comparison (to the left) proves they're not the same dam.
A couple of bloggers have ID'd the dam as one in Italy, and there is even video posted of the sheep (actually ibex) making their precarious stroll.
http://billingsgazette.com/lifestyles/recreation/gazoutdoors/article_0f28faec-c5a8-11df-868f-001cc4c03286.html
Either way, those sheep are freaking awesome!
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