Great Bison Kill

Nebraska Stories

Air Date: 01/16/2011

The sudden death of a large bison herd that roamed the plains of Nebraska 10,000 years ago still puzzles scientists. Travel to the Hudson-Meng Bison Bonebed (Crawford) in this excerpt from NET Television’s documentary Restless Prairie (1996) to learn what paleontologists think may have caused the herds’ untimely demise.



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Joe Turco