The end zone of a college football field is probably the last place one would think to excavate ancient animal bones. But that’s exactly what happened this week at Oregon State University.
A construction crew unearthed the femur bone of a wooly mammoth while renovating Reser Stadium at OSU Monday. The bone was discovered ten feet below the north end zone, the university reported.
Image source: OSU/Theresa Hogue
After digging deeper, the crew found bones from several more extinct creatures, including bison and some type of camel or horse.
The working theory, at present, is that the animals were stomped to death by very large, prehistoric Ducks.
