Death Ship of the Platte River

Stick figure drawings recreate the legend of the Death Ship of the North Platte. It makes the Wyoming urban myth terrifyingly entertaining. Who wants ice cream?

For over a century, Wyoming residents have reported a strange and unsettling apparition, the mysterious Death Ship of the Platte River. Images of the infamous ship rise out of fog in late fall along the Platte River, between Alcova and Torrington...

This is the time of year when we start to get heavy fog rolling across the plains along the banks of the Platte River. If you spend any amount of time along the river, be sure to keep an eye out for a ghostly ship of death!