Image: Pygmy Mammoth skeleton at SB Natural History Museum (Wikipedia)
An Eye-Catching Headline
Dateline: May 1925
It's hard to read past an article with a headline like this: "Sea Captain Finds Bones of Monster … The skeleton of a giant prehistoric animal believed to be a mastodon has been unearthed … on San Miguel Island, according to Captain Bob Ord who yesterday brought three pieces of petrified [bones] to Santa Barbara which he asserts are only a small portion of the 12-foot tusks … He plans to remove the jawbone and teeth on his next trip to the island."
[Pygmy Mammoth remains have been found on the islands of Santa Cruz, Santa Rosa, and San Miguel.]