Do you remember the elephant graveyard scene in The Lion King? It was pretty creepy. Even without the crazy, cub-hungry hyenas, the atmosphere itself was enough to give a kid nightmares. (Disney has been known to do quite a few scenes like that, haven’t they?) Knowing that elephants do mourn their dead, I would have thought that an elephant graveyard would be more of a somber, respectful place—less ghoulish, more loving; you know, like how Rocky mourned Adrian.

Something that probably is—if not was—ten times creepier (but perhaps more awesome as well, in its own way) than the Lion King elephant graveyard is the massive dinosaur graveyard that was discovered in Alberta during the late 1990s. The discovery is being highlighted now because of its confirmation and excavation.

Considered the world’s largest dinosaur grave, it’s nearly 600 acres of land consisting of thousands of Centrosauruses. These dinosaurs were small—about the size of a cow—and vegetarian. Scientists believe that the horned lizards were caught in some kind of ancient storm—similar to a hurricane—and perished in the mass grave together—likely by drowning—which is really sad, when you think about it. Human or dinosaur, that had to be really terrifying. The way the bodies are all strewn out, say scientists, indicates that they died simultaneously. They would have been trapped for a long time, since scientists say that these animals would have been able to swim.

For modern day scientists, however, you have to admit—what a find! The graveyard is 76 million years old, made up of 14 individual, smaller “bone beds,” and proves that this particular herd of dinosaur had more numbers than scientists had previously estimated.

Another incredible dinosaur find in the area was made by scientists more recently—the bite marks of a mammal tooth on a dinosaur bone. That’s pretty incredible, when you think about it, too; was the mammal eating the lizard or fighting it? Maybe it was a large mammal and a smaller dinosaur.

Either way, Alberta is home to a rich diversity of not just dinosaurs but also tons of other wildlife remains—from alligators to birds to many other creatures. It’s amazing what scientists are still discovering in the area. While we’ll probably never know all of the creatures who roamed in the area—let alone the planet—each of these new discoveries only serves to further fire our curiosities.