“Unbelievable Discovery: Texas Deer Hunter Unearths Ancient Mammoth Tusk That Could Rewrite History!”
A Deer Hunter Discovers A Mammoth Tusk On A Texas Ranch
Last December, a deer hunter at O2 Ranch in West Texas made an unexpected discovery. While walking along a drainage area near a creek bed, the man noticed a strange object sticking out of the ground. He thought it might be a fossil of some kind, so he snapped a photo on his phone to show to the ranch’s manager, Will Juett.
“I was skeptical when a deer hunter showed me a picture of what he thought was a fossil,” Juett explained in a press release from Sul Ross State University in Texas. “I figured it was likely just an old stump, but imagined how great it would be if he was right.”
Justin Garnett/Center for Big Bend StudiesResearchers wrap the tusk with strips of plaster-covered burlap that will harden into a cast to protect it during transport.
Despite his doubts, Juett contacted Dr. Bryon Schroeder, the director of the Center for Big Bend Studies at Sul Ross State University. Dr. Schroeder, alongside archaeologist Erika Blecha, University of Kansas graduate student Haley Bjorklund, and anthropology professors Dr. Justin Garnett and Dr. Devin Pettigrew, traveled to the ranch in early January to examine the artifact. To Juett’s surprise, they quickly identified it as a mammoth tusk.
“It paid off big time,” said Juett. “When they confirmed what they had uncovered, I couldn’t believe it.”
The archaeological team also surveyed the rest of the area in the hopes of discovering more mammoth remains but ultimately came up empty-handed.
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