Time Traveling Through Shenandoah National Park: The Adventures of Bubba Jones #2

Time Traveling Through Shenandoah National Park: The Adventures of Bubba Jones #2 — page 7
CHAPTER 1 Fortunately however Hug-a-Bug’s movement seemed to frighten the animal because it turned and thundered off into the forest The sounds of snapping tree branches faded as the beast plowed through the trees and disap peared Wh what was that Hug-a-Bug asked trembling with fear That was a woolly mammoth an ancient cousin of the elephant Woolly mammoths and mastodons lived in this area until they became extinct about 10,000 years ago They began to die off as the glaciers retreated at the end of the Ice Age and the climate warmed up Right now there are still glaciers within a few hundred miles of the area which explains the cooler temperatures Woolly mammoth and mastodon bones have been found in the valleys near the present-day Shenandoah National Park These huge creatures were herbivores and didn’t eat meat so we were safe from being its next meal But I’m guessing that some kind of carnivorous predator chased it up here from the valley hoping for one huge slab of mam moth steak for dinner Since it didn’t get the mammoth it might come looking for other prey and that includes us Papa Lewis explained in a hushed tone I’m confused Let me get this straight Are you saying that we just came face to face with a woolly mammoth that went extinct 10,000 years ago How could that I cut my sister off in mid-sentence and blurted What sort of predator are you talking about Well based on the animal skin we’re wearing the pre historic Paleo-Indians are here and they might be trying 14