Who knew such a cool place was practically around the corner from us! We headed down to Gray (about 15 minute drive) to their Fossil Site Museum they have there in town. I guess some years ago, they started doing construction on a new development and someone noticed a few fossils/bones as they were digging the earth. Turns out, there were quite a few skeletons that date back to the Miocene-era (after Jurassic and Cretaceous but still about 5 million years before today). They had all sorts of creatures that were related to todays species but still looked very different. Apparently there was a sinkhole that became preserved by limestone and held these fossils in place until recently discovered about 15 years ago. And they are still finding more fossils currently in the same spot! It is still an active dig site. I wish it wasn't raining so we could go out to see it, but the balcony was closed that day. Still, so awesome to see! Science is amazing!
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