Day: October 26, 2025

• Kanye West sold his Wyoming ranch back to its original owners for $16.995 million.
• West bought the 6,713-acre Bighorn Mountain Ranch in 2019 for $14.495 million.
• West seems to be done with Wyoming, but he still has another property on the market.

After years of sitting vacant, rapper Kanye West, who now goes by Ye, sold one of his two Wyoming properties back to its original owners.

West purchased a 6,713-acre ranch known as Bighorn Mountain Ranch in Greybull, Wyoming, from David and Paula Flitner for $14.495 million in 2019, according to TMZ.

Wyoming local outlet Cowboy State Daily reported in October that Flitner’s son Greg and his wife, Pam Flitner, bought it back. The sale was notarized in September in Zurich by Bianca Censori, West’s wife, according to Cowboy State Daily. According to the listing, the property sold for $16.995 million.

“It was not listed publicly at first,” Pam Flitner told Cowboy State Daily. “It was just honestly a fluke that we found out it was listed, and then it was taken down again.”

While West had grand plans for his Wyoming property and was unable to fully realize them, the Flitners said he didn’t cause much damage to the existing structures. The same can’t be said for his other Wyoming property.

“He did not knock down — unlike Monster Ranch — he did not knock down any of the buildings,” Pam said. “They may need a little TLC, but they’re all solid. He didn’t go in with a bulldozer and take them down.”

West’s other Wyoming property, which he bought for $14 million in 2019, according to People, is still on the market for $12 million.

Here’s a peek inside West’s old Wyoming ranch.

In 2019, Kanye West bought two properties in Wyoming months apart from each other.

The first purchase was a 3,885-acre property called the Monster Lake Ranch in Cody, Wyoming, in September 2019. In November of the same year, he purchased Bighorn Mountain Ranch, which he sold in 2025.

The recently sold ranch sits on 6,713 acres and is located less than 100 miles from the other ranch.

The 6,700-plus mountain ranch has cabins and lodges, but is highlighted by the surrounding nature.

Bighorn Mountain Ranch’s listing states the property is “completely surrounded” by Bureau of Land Management and National Forest lands.

The privacy of the ranch was probably a selling point for West.

One area of the ranch, The Lodge at Bald Ridge (also known as the “Upper Hideout”), features a log home with five bedrooms and four bathrooms.

There are also three cabins that sleep up to six guests, with full bathrooms.

In a separate area, there’s the Snowshoe Lodge, a three-bedroom and three-bath home, and three additional cabins that can fit between two and four people each.

The three-story main lodge has a wet bar in the basement and an adjoining walk-in sauna that can be used year-round.

The Snowshoe Lodge also includes a garage for car and ATV storage.

“Cow Camp,” the final cabin, has a simpler style with fewer bells and whistles — the listing describes it as “a quintessential Wyoming homestead.”

The Flitner family homesteaded this property in 1906 and originally called it Cow Camp, according to the listing.

The Flitners leased some of the land for hunting when they owned it.

The listing estimates that between 1,500 and 2,000 elk use the ranch and nearby property frequently.

There are also a few creeks that run through the property, offering fishing opportunities.

The ranch is located in an area known for its natural beauty.

Situated close to White Creek, the ranch is also near scenic hiking trails, canyons, meadows, and grassy hills.

West seems to have left his Wyoming dreams behind, as his other property still sits on the market.

West’s plans for Wyoming were never fully actualized, and it looks like he’s leaving the state, for now. However, the Flitners understand why someone would want to build an oasis away from the spotlight.

“A lot of people have said he was a really, really good guy,” Greg told Cowboy State Daily. “And that he was really on task a lot of the time. So, none of us can fault him at all for buying it and trying to get something accomplished for himself.”

Police in France have arrested suspects in connection with the theft of Napoleonic crown jewels from the Louvre Museum in Paris last weekend, in what was one of the most high-profile heists in modern history.

Paris prosecutor Laure Beccuau said the suspects were arrested on Saturday evening, and that one of them was detained while attempting to flee the country from Charles de Gaulle Airport. She did not say how many suspects were arrested or if the jewels were recovered.

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Le Parisien, which broke the story, reported that the suspects were two men in their 30s from the Seine-Saint-Denis suburb of Paris.

Read more: Louvre Robbery: How Thieves Carried Out An Audacious Heist of ‘Priceless’ Napoleonic Jewels

However, Beccuau did not confirm those details and criticized French media for leaking information about the investigation.   

“This revelation can only hinder the investigative efforts of the 100 or so mobilised investigators, both in the search for the stolen jewellery and for all the perpetrators. It is too early to provide any specific details,” Beccuau said.

French Interior Minister Laurent Nunez praised “the investigators who have worked tirelessly, just as I asked them to, and who have always had my full confidence.”

The brazen heist a week ago shocked France and captivated art lovers worldwide. 

Investigators say the thieves entered and exited the museum in under four minutes on Sunday morning, escaping with eight pieces from France’s Crown Jewels. The stolen items include emerald- and sapphire-encrusted diadems, necklaces, and brooches once worn by the wives of Napoleon Bonaparte and other 19th-century royals. Officials estimate the collection’s value at roughly $100 million.

Four thieves, masked and hooded, arrived on motor scooters and two entered the museum via the Seine-facing facade at around 9:30 a.m. local time, shortly after the museum’s opening. Construction work aided their heist, as a cherry picker allowed them to access the Apollo Gallery jewel room directly on the first floor, which is less than 300 yards from the famed Mona Lisa.

Officials revealed that surveillance footage showed the thieves entering “calmly” and smashing display cases containing the jewels. Dati said there was “no violence” during the heist, which she described as “very professional.”

This is a developing story.