Cowboy Finds No Horse Hitching Post in Front of Wyoming Bar, Does What Needs To Be Done

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There was a time when men were men, smoking outdoors was legal, and people who judged other people for drinking were thrown through windows. Back then a cowboy could roll into a dusty Wyoming town, tie his horse up in front of a bar, and get a shot of whiskey to take the edge off his leather worn face. We’ve lost that in our sanitized modern landscape. Now a man coming in from a long ride is more likely to be offered hand moisturizer than he is to be given a stiff drink.

So when William Schellinger saddled up to a bar in Worland, WY and looked for somewhere to leave his horse, he came up empty. No hitching posts anywhere. So he did what he had to do: he left his horse outside and went inside to get a drink anyway. The horse, naturally, was having none of that crap:

William Schellinger was cited by Washakie County law enforcement officers for allowing his horse to run at large in this city along the Big Horn River. Schellinger was apparently in a bar early Sunday when his horse wandered away… After being confronted by officers, Schellinger contended the city didn’t have any hitching posts and told them they should spend their time arresting real criminals.

Things that are awesome about this guy:

• He’s a cowboy
• He was “in a bar early Sunday”
• When confronted by city officials with “it’s your fault your horse was wandering around our city” he reraised with “no, it’s your fault my horse was wandering around your city”

Basically this guy has more fun before noon on a Sunday then we have all week. Rather than resenting that, which is how we’d usually react, we hereby declare him our hero.