It seems like a movie story. And yet it's all true, even if they actually made a film to tell the whole story to the world. Discovering the remains of a T-Rex during an excursion: the protagonists of the exceptional adventure are three children who, at the time, were 7, 9 and 10 years old. The documentary on the discovery which occurred in the United States, in North Dakota in July 2022, will debut in American theaters from June 21st and will be distributed in 100 cities.
The three very young 'paleontologists', two brothers and their cousin accompanied by their father were in Hell Creek, a geological formation dating back to the Upper Cretaceous. During the trip they noticed a huge bone which they photographed – guessing it was from a Tyrannosaurus – then sending the images to a family friend who is also a paleontology researcher at the Denver Museum of Natural Sciences.
Subsequent tests confirmed the initial hypothesis: other fossils were in fact found and then transported to the Denver museum. Paleontologists estimate that the T-Rex – a 15-year-old dinosaur – stood over 7 meters tall and weighed 1,630 kilograms. A team of directors and scientists coordinated in secret for almost two years with some natural history museums to present the discovery of the three children, which thus became a documentary.
Jessin Fisher, one of three children who discovered Tyrannosaurus remains in North Dakota, is a huge fan of the Jurassic Park films and an aspiring paleontologist. She advises all children to “put away their electronic devices and go hiking.” You may happen to discover a T-Rex. It happened to him.
The area where the discovery was made is about 300 km from the Cheyenne River Reservation in South Dakota, where one of the most famous T-Rex finds was made in 1990. The huge, mostly intact dinosaur skeleton became known as “Sue the T-Rex” and was at the center of a long legal battle over ownership rights. It is currently located in the Field Museum in Chicago.