Kenosha-area farmer interested in selling mammoth skeleton
MILWAUKEE - A 76-year-old Kenosha County man in whose cornfield the skeleton of a mammoth believed to be about 12,500 years old was dug up in 1994 is interested in selling it, and officials of the Milwaukee Public Museum are interested in buying.
"I'm just looking for some funds for my grandkids' college," John Hebior said the possible sale of the skeleton now in 15 large wooden crates and four plastic tubs in the basement of his farmhouse five miles west of Somers.
Milwaukee Public Museum president Dan Finley said the Hebior mammoth would look great standing in the atrium of the natural history museum.
If all works well, a fiberglass replica of would be on display while the actual skeleton would be kept off display for further research.
"I want something jaw-dropping" to greet visitors, Finley said. "We very much would like to acquire the actual bones."
Museum officials are seeking a corporate sponsor for the Hebior purchase, Finley said.
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