Day 6: Devil's Tower

Just to get it out of the way, I've never seen Close Encounters of the Third Kind.  Even so, Devil's Tower is still pretty cool.  Such a weird looking rock formation.  Skies were cooperative, so I got a pretty great picture.

According to geologists, it was formed a gajillion years ago when magma spewed up from the bottom of the ocean and instantly cooled into this formation, which remains in this shape even though the area is now above water.

According to Native American legend, it was formed when a bunch of girls were being attacked by a giant bear and called out to the spirits to save them; the spirits answered by raising this formation out of the ground underneath the girls as the giant bear clawed the sides trying to get on top.

It's really hard not to go with giant bear.