Florida Scuba Divers Find 50-Pound Mammoth Bone in Peace River, Bone Possibly Dates Back to the Ice Age
By Fox News // May 2, 2021
bone belonged to a Columbian mammoth
ACADIA, FLORIDA (FOX NEWS) – Two Florida scuba divers uncovered a mammoth bone possibly dating back to the Ice Age while diving in a local river, according to reports.
Derek Demeter and Henry Sadler found the four-foot, 50-pound bone in the Peace River near Acadia last Sunday, calling it an “amazing” discovery.
“Henry is my dive buddy,” Demeter, Seminole State Planetarium’s director, told FOX 35 Orlando. “He yelled out to me, said, ‘Hey, Derek. I found something!’ Oh my goodness!’ It was really, really cool.”
The pair believe the bone belonged to a Columbian mammoth, which wandered around Florida between 2.6 million and 10,000 years ago; however, the actual age is difficult to determine.
“This one’s much more dense, so we kind of think it’s somewhere in the middle. Probably 100,000 years old,” Demeter told FOX 35.
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“Like astronomy, it’s time traveling. It plays with the imagination so you go ‘wow, what was going on at this time?’”
Florida men discover a mammoth bone, estimated to be 100,000 years old! The story on #FOX35 tonight at 10:45! pic.twitter.com/ylFetQJahB
— Lara Greenberg FOX 35 (@LaraGreenbergTV) May 1, 2021
