Skeletal remains discovered in abandoned building near Happy Jack Road; LCSO investigating ⁠11%

By Garrett Grochowski⁠6%

7/24/2026, 5:41:07 AM

BS Summary: This article contains 9 faulty reasoning types, including Unattributed Quote, Status Quo Bias, and Indoctrination, with Appeal to Authority as the most egregious example at 32.6% saturation with 47 hits. Analysis detected 211 faulty-reasoning hits from 144 analyzed words, generating a BS Score of 27.8% and a BS Rank of ⁠11% (19,560 of 21,887 articles). This article is better (less manipulative) than 89.40% of the article peer group.

CHEYENNE, Wyo. — The Laramie County Sheriff's Office said Thursday that deputies discovered "essentially skeletal" remains in an abandoned building off of Happy Jack Road on Wednesday night. 
According to the department in a Facebook release, deputies were called to the 8800 block of Happy Jack Road after receiving a report of human remains. 
Responding deputies found a body that was nearly fully decomposed. 
The sheriff's office and Laramie County coroner are now working to ID the body. 
The investigation may take several months due to the condition of the remains. 
"Currently, there is no evidence to suggest foul play or a threat to the community," the sheriff's office said. 
It added that there will likely no further releases regarding the body until identification is complete and next of kin is notified. 
Confirmation Bias
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Anchoring Bias
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Availability Heuristic
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Representativeness Heuristic
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Hindsight Bias
0%
Overconfidence Bias
9%
Framing Effect
13.2%
Loss Aversion
0%
Status Quo Bias
15.3%
Sunk Cost Effect
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Optimism Bias
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Pessimism Bias
0%
Negativity Bias
8.3%
Self-Serving Bias
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Fundamental Attribution Error
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Actor-Observer Bias
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In-Group Bias
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Out-Group Homogeneity Bias
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Halo Effect
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Horn Effect
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Dunning-Kruger Effect
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Recency Bias
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Primacy Effect
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Blind-Spot Bias
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Ad Hominem
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Straw Man
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Appeal to Authority
32.6%
False Dilemma
0%
Slippery Slope
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Circular Reasoning
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Hasty Generalization
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Red Herring
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Bandwagon
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Appeal to Emotion
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Begging the Question
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Post Hoc (False Cause)
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Tu Quoque
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Burden of Proof
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Appeal to Nature
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Composition/Division
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Anecdotal
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No True Scotsman
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Ambiguity (Equivocation)
13.2%
Gambler’s Fallacy
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Middle Ground
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Personal Incredulity
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Special Pleading
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Genetic Fallacy
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Unattributed Quote
31.3%
Quote-first Misdirection
0%
Biased Writer Voice
8.3%
Indoctrination
15.3%
Politically Left Leaning Bias
0%
Politically Right Leaning Bias
0%
Attempt to Sell a Product or Service
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144 words analyzed.

Analysis

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