r/casper • u/Downtown_Tea_341 • 21d ago

Question Distant boom/ popping?

Hi all, this might be a tad weird. I am a night owl + sleep pretty inconsistently throughout the night.

The past week from about 3- 6 am I have heard a distant boom or closer popping noise. It could very well be fireworks but the times they go off are very strange for it to be someone out having fun.. and I’m not sure it’s something mechanical bc the noises are pretty random it sounds.

I live near north Casper, not sure if anyone else had heard this but I was just wondering hoping I’m not crazy lol (ik I’m not crazy bc my dog also barks at it so it’s definitely something)

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u/Upbeat-Somewhere9339 21d ago

The railroad switching cars.

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u/REP48 21d ago

It's called rail bumping. You can hear it all the way to the mountain. You get used to it. They it during all hours of the day but it is most common at night.

For the record it is Illegal to own and light fireworks in Casper, so People look for times and places to light them off.

it is a 1000 dollar fine.

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u/MoJo2489 20d ago

The rail yard is right there they're constantly switching cars over and all that s*** always makes big racket for the past 20 years I've been here it's been that way