Mammoth Find Gives Glimpse Of Rockies In Ice Age

A slew of fossilized mammoths, mastodons and other Ice Age creatures have been turning up at a dizzying rate in western Colorado.

Researchers think this might be one of the most significant finds of its kind to date.

The credit for this find goes to construction worker Jesse Steele, who says he pretty much "grew up on the seat" of a bulldozer. Last month, he was working on a typical municipal project expanding a reservoir near the Aspen/Snowmass ski resort.

"I was stripping the peat moss and noticed a couple of rib bones come up in the load of dirt up in front of me," Steele says. "And at that point I stopped and got out and looked at them."

It was clear this was something big.

"It was kind of scary," Steele says. "I guess it made me nervous right at first. The bones didn't look like bones."

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