Oil Miner Makes Incredible Discovery During Work Hours, Unearths Ancient Artifact

Shawn Funk had worked at the oil mining site for years, helping to excavate crude oil in Alberta, Canada. But, one day in 2011, he came across something that changed prehistoric Canadian history for good.

The rock that Funk excavated that day had a bizarre pattern on it, and his supervisor had never seen anything like it before.

Knowing that the ground they were excavating hadn’t been touched by humans in millions of years, they called the Royal Tyrrell Museum for some answers…

He Called His Supervisor Over

After getting back to work, Funk began moving some heavy boulders, as usual. He was used to hitting some foreign objects, like petrified wood, but the rock he struck seemed odd in a way he hadn’t seen before. So, he called over the mine supervisor to take a second look.

Work Was Isolating

After lunch, Funk returned to work in his large vehicle, which was sometimes a pretty lonely place to be. While he was working, he saw a strangely patterned object and immediately knew that he needed a second opinion before he continued.

Mining Crude Oil is a Tough Job

Funk handles the backhoe, a large piece of machinery that moves heavy rocks that can weigh thousands of pounds. This type of job isn’t easy because it requires precision and attention to detail.

And after lunch, these skills came in handy…

A Normal Day at Work for Shawn Funk

Shawn Funk, who works for Suncor Energy in Alberta, Canada was having a normal day at work in 2011 when he came across the find of his life.

He was used to finding some unusual things while mining for crude oil with his team, but he had never found anything like this…