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Ice Age Penguin LbNA #47100

Owner:isignaslily
Plant date:May 5, 2009
Location:
City:Casco
County:Kewaunee
State:Wisconsin
Boxes:1
Planted by:AtHomeDad
Found by: The Detective Team
Last found:Apr 18, 2012
Status:FFFFFFFFF
Last edited:Jun 11, 2023
6/11/2023. I am now the owner of this box...and will go and check on it as soon as I can.

Clue is hosted on AQ but here is a copy:

Fossilized Remains Prove Penguins in North America

Casco, WI – An amateur archeologist and letterboxer, AtHomeDad, announced
today that he has found proof that penguins lived in Wisconsin. The remains
found along a picturesque area of the Ice Age Trail shows that a penguin must
have become stranded upon the receding of the Wisconsinan Ice Age.

According to WikiPedia, the Wisconsinan Glaciation began about 110,000 years
ago and lasted until about 10,000 years ago. During this time, much of Wisconsin
was covered with 2-4 km of ice. The landscape was dramatically changed in the
area, sculpting a unique and remarkably beautiful landscape as glaciers
intersected and terminated. In addition, the Great Lakes and many of the small
lakes of Wisconsin and Minnesota were the result of glacial scour and pooling of
meltwater at the rim of the receding ice. At the height of glaciation the Bering
Land Bridge permitted migration of mammals such as humans to North America
from Siberia.

“From the best that I can tell,” says AtHomeDad, “the penguin must have been
enjoying itself on the glacier, and living an advanced life for its time. But when
the glacier receded, it must have been caught off guard and became stranded
in the area.”

AtHomeDad, who was letterboxing and enjoying the scenery of the Ice Age Trail
at the time of the discovery, had parked near the feed mill in Casco and
proceeded down the trail to the west. He noticed a deer hunting stand made from
railroad ties to his right that was marked with an orange flag. About 39 steps
later he found a rock on the right side of the trail. While standing on the rock
facing the trial, he noticed some more railroad ties to his right. He found the
fossilized remains under one of these ties near another rock.

AtHomeDad is sure that this historical find will bring in many other
archeologists and letterboxers, but wanted it to be known in this article that
the remains are found on private property. The landowner has graciously given
permission for others to view the remains, but asks that everyone avoid the area
during Wisconsin deer hunting season.

Hike Length: 1.0 miles