It was a day like any other in Michigan. James Bort, a well-known farmer, went to get his land, but he was surprised when he hit something hard that was just below his plot.

At first, he thought it was just a stick, but what it was actually turned out to be so big that he needed help to get it out of the ground! The outcome? Looks like he dug up the mammoth’s ribs, skull, vertebrae, and horns! What a discovery!

Realizing the importance of the discovery, James contacted researchers at the University of Michigan and a team of workers with an excavator.

After digging deep, people found the remains of a woolly mammoth, a species that lived more than 10,000 years ago. While plowing, James managed to hit part of the specimen’s coast without causing any “damage.”

According to specialists who arrived at the scene and coordinated the searches, the mammoth was in the area 15,000 years ago.