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Big Diamond, a circus elephant, died near here in 1927, and his skinned hulk was buried. Years later, his bones were unearthed, and speculation arose that they belonged to a Humboldt Mastodon until investigators were informed by people who had seen the pachyderm's ignominious end.
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