Canadian Creationist Maintains Beliefs After Finding Fish Fossils

A Canadian creationist has stated that he still believes in the creationist theory of the earth's age after finding fish fossils in his hometown of Calgary.

Edgar Nernberg was reportedly doing some digging for a new home in Calgary when he came across the fish fossils, which scientists have claimed date back 660 million years to the Palaeocene age.

"I was just about finishing the basement, I had another couple hours left," the backhoe operator recalled of his important find.

"This one, when I dug it out, happened to present itself in the bucket right side up and I seen it and so I took it home," he continued.

Nernberg, who reportedly donates to the Big Valley Creation Science Museum, has said that finding the fossils does not change his creationist belief that the earth and universe were created by God according to the Bible, not through evolution over millions of years.

"No, it hasn't changed my mind. We all have the same evidence, and it's just a matter of how you interpret it," he told the local Canadian newspaper The Calgary Sun.

"There's no dates stamped on these things," the professional digger added.

Nernberg added to CBC News that he disagrees about the date of the fossils as described by paleontologists.

"I subscribe to the creationist position, and I believe they were laid down in Noah's flood, about 4,500 years ago. But we agree to disagree," he told the media outlet.