Update On The "Bering Horse"
It would seem that the recent discovery of a horse's remains in the Bering Strait is not of a solitary animal.
Days ago, a group sent to investigate the site of Bering Horse's discovery found remains of four other horses. Due to more ice covering these horses, we are able to learn more about how they may have come to be here. Specimen Two, as we are calling the remains of a small stallion, appears to have been buried in the earth, his grave appearing to have been half hacked out by a pick or an axe. Specimens One, Three and Four had too much melt over the sites of discovery to learn much about their burial, but all four animals were indeed covered with earth.
The DNA results are particularly interesting; all five horses are from the same year, as nearly as we can tell. Two show DNA results indicating that they were Arabian Horses, while another shows DNA similar to equine skeletons found in Ancient Greece. The other is similar to our first discovery, Bering Horse. This leads us to think that the horses were a part of a trade expedition, or perhaps a discovery mission. None of the animals have any burdens or tack which could help identify their origins, so little can be said for certain.
Mae Darling, one of our lead archaeologists in this dig, says that she would like to DNA test Mustang ponies from as far North as they roam, to see if perhaps some remnant of these horses can be discovered. We attribute our wild horses to the Conquistadores, and we have considered their introduction in the early 1500s to be the first appearance of horses on this continent, but Bering Horse suggests that this may be incorrect.
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The Horse Man
Fiksi UmumAn immortal man who cares only for horses discovers that the world has built up around him while he ignores it. While hidden from prying eyes, he has preserved ancient bloodlines of certain breeds, and developed a type of his own; something that uns...
