Texas Geosciences – Monica Kortsha, Winter Prosapio, John Moretti : Located just north of San Antonio, Natural Bridge Caverns is one of the most popular tourist destinations in Central Texas. Each year, over 250,000 visitors venture underground to marvel at its massive chambers and dramatically lit formations.
But there is more to Natural Bridge Caverns than what is open to the public. The caverns are the largest in the state by volume, with most of that area being “wild cave.”
In the undeveloped dark, discoveries are still being made.
Last year, while exploring the cave, the caverns’ co-owner and CEO, Brad Wuest, found fossilized bones from a small wildcat that potentially lived thousands of years ago. The bones, which were from a feline about the size of a large house cat, were located at the bottom of an 80-foot drop in a chamber called The Dungeon.
