Woodland Park, Colorado       719-686-1820

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Stolen Bones

So you think you had a bad day? Well, we have had one of the worst! Sometime Friday evening through Saturday morning (February 13th-14th), we had an enclosed trailer stolen from our property. Inside was a fossil sauropod femur, a large fossil palm frond, and three complete cast skeletons (An Edmontosaur, Dromaeosaur, and a Thescelosaur). We immediately informed the Woodland Park police and a bulletin was issued to law enforcement authorities in the region.
     No less than 24 hours later, we received a call from El Paso County sheriff's department...our trailer had been found based off of a crimes-stoppers tip! Apparently the thieves took our trailer as part of a larger collection of stolen property including additional trailers, ATVs, and believe it or not, a few live hogs! One man is in custody and the investigation is ongoing.
     We would like to take this time to thank all of the law enforcement agencies involved in this case and also the media for getting the word out to the public. The recovered specimens will be included in the exhibits for the RMDRC this May.