Interested in more newsletters? Browse here. Club member Justin Saukarookoff discovered the black bear skeleton about 50 metres inside the cave system after squeezing through a tight passage.

THE prehistoric skeleton of a massive cave bear dating back half a million years was spotted in the back of a white van. 00:00, Fri, Nov 25, 2016 | UPDATED: 13:51, Fri, Nov 25, 2016 Bookmark SWNS ...

Animal remains in nearby caves date to more than 40,000 years ago, so the bear bones could be of similar age. Bears were hunted to extinction in Scotland about 1,000 years ago.