WYOMING — The Sweetwater County Sheriff’s Office has confirmed that the Wyoming Department of Homeland Security in Cheyenne today received an anonymous email “with threats against state facilities and schools across the state and the Cheyenne Regional Airport… The state is investigating is investigating this email traffic with our partners within the federal and state law enforcement community. Please take necessary precautions per your local protocols.”
Sheriff’s Office spokesman Detective Dick Blust said that while there has been no reliable evidence received or uncovered lending credibility to the threats, neither have authorities been able to confirm that they are a hoax. Blust confirmed that similar threats have been received in other states today.
Schools throughout the county, Western Wyoming Community College, and other public buildings and entities have been evacuated or are otherwise following their official protocols.
Officials said they hoped to have additional information later on Thursday afternoon.
The Wyoming Department of Homeland Security also released the contents of the anonymous email, which reads as follows:
“First Name: ARCHANGEL
Last Name: MICHAEL
Subject: WYOMING IS BEING TURNED TO DUST
Message: THERE ARE 50 40MM ALUMINUM THERMITE PIPE BOMBS ACROSS OFFICIAL BUILDINGS IN CHEYENNE. THERE ARE 600 40MM THERMITE PIPE BOMBS HIDDEN ACROSS MULTIPLE BIG CITIES AND OFFICIAL GOVERNMENT BUILDINGS IN WYOMING. THERE ARE 50 SETS OF COMPACT U.S. ARMED FORCES STANDARD C4 AT THE CYS AIRPORT. THERE ARE 500 POUNDS OF RDX AND PETN PLASTIC EXPLOSIVES HIDDEN ACROSS 40 WYOMING SCHOOLS, AND 10 SCHOOLS HAVE HAD THEIR FIRE SPRINKLER SYSTEMS FILLED WITH NAPLAM. THERE HAS BEEN A MOAB WEAPON OF MASS DESTRUCTION THERMOBARIC BOMB HIDDEN IN ONE OF THE MOST POPULATION DENSE CDPS IN WYOMING. TODAY WYOMING WILL BE TURNED TO DUST!”