In article <edednSIXHp1D2QzanZ2dnUVZ_r6rnZ2d@comcast.com>,
"Michelle Malkin" <hypatiab7@comcast.net> wrote:

A dinosaur fossil put them in debt.

I think someone pointed out that if they believe that the world is only
6,000 years old, how can the skull be 40,000 years old?

Creation Museum Selling Mastodon Skull
By PAUL J. WEBER - 23 hours ago

DALLAS (AP) - A Texas museum that teaches creationism is counting on the
auction of a prehistoric mastodon skull to stave off extinction. The
founder
and curator of the Mt. Blanco Fossil Museum, which rejects evolution and
claims that man and dinosaurs coexisted, said it will close unless the
Volkswagen-sized skull finds a generous bidder.

"If it sells, well, then we can come another day," Joe Taylor said. "This
is
very important to our continuing."

Heritage Auction Galleries says the skull is estimated to be 40,000 years
old, and projects it will fetch upward of $160,000. The artifact
discovered
in La Grange in 2004 is believed to be the largest of its kind, Heritage
spokesman David Herskowitz said.

The auction will be held Sunday in Dallas, with bids accepted on the
Internet until Saturday night.

"We're trying to reach out to someone who would buy it, then reach out to
a
museum in Texas," Herskowitz said.

Taylor said he would love to keep the skull of the elephant-like mammal
as
the centerpiece of his tiny museum just outside Lubbock, which includes
creationist exhibits.

Claims on the museum's Web site include that Noah took dinosaurs aboard
his
ark. The prevailing scientific wisdom is that humans and dinosaurs missed
each other by tens of millions of years.

Taylor said he's been financially crippled by about $136,000 he's been
ordered to pay in a legal dispute over finder's rights to an Allosaurus
skeleton unearthed in Colorado. About $141,000 has also been put into the
mastodon skull's restoration, he said.

I suppose that the Allosaurus was one that missed the ar.

If the mastodon auction doesn't cover the judgment, Taylor said local
authorities will seize his 10-year-old museum and sell off its contents
in
February.

"We've struggled so long here just to keep this thing going," Taylor
said.
"We're kind of losing interest. You can just tread water for so long."

The Heritage auction will also include other natural history items,
including a 26-pound gold nugget found in Mexico that is expected to
fetch
at least $1 million.

I'd check to make sure it's not fools' gold. Consider the source.

On the Net:
a.. Heritage Auction Galleries: http://www.ha.com
b.. Mt. Blanco Fossil Museum: http://www.mtblanco.com/

--
John #1782

In article <edednSIXHp1D2QzanZ2dnUVZ_r6rnZ2d@comcast.com>,
"Michelle Malkin" <hypatiab7@comcast.net> wrote:

A dinosaur fossil put them in debt.

I think someone pointed out that if they believe that the world is only
6,000 years old, how can the skull be 40,000 years old?

Creation Museum Selling Mastodon Skull
By PAUL J. WEBER - 23 hours ago

DALLAS (AP) - A Texas museum that teaches creationism is counting on the
auction of a prehistoric mastodon skull to stave off extinction. The founder
and curator of the Mt. Blanco Fossil Museum, which rejects evolution and
claims that man and dinosaurs coexisted, said it will close unless the
Volkswagen-sized skull finds a generous bidder.

"If it sells, well, then we can come another day," Joe Taylor said. "This is
very important to our continuing."

Heritage Auction Galleries says the skull is estimated to be 40,000 years
old, and projects it will fetch upward of $160,000. The artifact discovered
in La Grange in 2004 is believed to be the largest of its kind, Heritage
spokesman David Herskowitz said.

The auction will be held Sunday in Dallas, with bids accepted on the
Internet until Saturday night.

"We're trying to reach out to someone who would buy it, then reach out to a
museum in Texas," Herskowitz said.

Taylor said he would love to keep the skull of the elephant-like mammal as
the centerpiece of his tiny museum just outside Lubbock, which includes
creationist exhibits.

Claims on the museum's Web site include that Noah took dinosaurs aboard his
ark. The prevailing scientific wisdom is that humans and dinosaurs missed
each other by tens of millions of years.

Taylor said he's been financially crippled by about $136,000 he's been
ordered to pay in a legal dispute over finder's rights to an Allosaurus
skeleton unearthed in Colorado. About $141,000 has also been put into the
mastodon skull's restoration, he said.

I suppose that the Allosaurus was one that missed the ar.

If the mastodon auction doesn't cover the judgment, Taylor said local
authorities will seize his 10-year-old museum and sell off its contents in
February.

"We've struggled so long here just to keep this thing going," Taylor said.
"We're kind of losing interest. You can just tread water for so long."

The Heritage auction will also include other natural history items,
including a 26-pound gold nugget found in Mexico that is expected to fetch
at least $1 million.

I'd check to make sure it's not fools' gold. Consider the source.

On the Net:
a.. Heritage Auction Galleries: http://www.ha.com
b.. Mt. Blanco Fossil Museum: http://www.mtblanco.com/