Geology of the Gray Fossil Site

[@beabrisket3908]

Thank you for posting these! I love them!

[@K3Flyguy]

Excellent presentation! Thank you!

[@meredithgrubb7027]

I love the speaker and his shirt!!

[@bheadh]

I was one of the first visitors at the GFS. Before the present building (museum) was built. At that time, they had tours that allowed you to watch the researchers dig the animals out of the ground with only a rope between you and them. I saw almost half of a black-gooey rhinoceros IN THE GROUND! (they called it "The Rhino Pit.") What basically happened that trapped these animals, was at the bottom of a lake, the limestone had eroded, so the WHOLE LAKE collapsed (a giant sinkhole) around 100 feet or more trapping ALL the animals that were around or near the lake at that time. It became a perfect environment for fossilization. The researchers say they're going to be digging out specimens for the next 100 or more years. They've already found new species. They might find another? If you're ever near Johnson City, Bristol, Kingsport Tenn., stop by The Gray Fossil Site for an afternoon, you won't be disappointed.

[@harolddenton6031]

My grandparents had a sinkhole on their property that was a good 15' in diameter. They lived just about 1 mile west of the fairview methodist church and the huge fairview cemetery. They lived about maybe 5 to 6 miles from sulphur springs,tn.

[@meredithgrubb7027]

Thats awesome!! U were so lucky to see that. I live in Blountville off Muddy Creek Road and so do my parents. My parents had a new sinkhole open up all of a sudden on their farm a few years ago. At first it was about 5 to 6 feet wide and now its about 12 feet across and weve filled that thing in I dont know how many times. I keep wondering what fossils could be in there but cant get too close cuz i dont want to get swallowed. Its turning into a monster.

[@lesjones7019]

@@meredithgrubb7027 lucky lucky you. Lol

[@johnnychambers6969]

Much like the labrea tar pits,I visited it when I was stationed in the military back in the eighties

[@blackbearbear9313]

You weren't there stop the lies