The partially fossilized skull of what is believed to have been a grizzly bear was found by a pair of Kansas sisters during a mid-August kayaking trip on the Arkansas River. Winfield natives Ashley and Erin Watt were navigating the south-central Kansas waters when they saw the back of the skull protruding from a sandbar. They carefully removed the skull, which lacked a jawbone, and noticed the large incisors and canines of a carnivore. After showing the skull to Mike Everhart, adjunct curator for the Sternberg Museum of Natural History in Hays, they were able to verify the large skull — 16-inches long and 8...
