just like proud papas. they would inform you. they would go do classes at school for the kids, so it was very educational for all of us, and i learned a lot from that. ever since we created that little museum on our parents ranch, it s always been our dream to have a museum here in hill city. and finding sue the tyrannosaurus rex, here s the anchor for the museum. the whole town is behind us. it s going to put hill city on the map in a way that it s never been on the map before. didn t matter how many other projects we had going on. with sue, sue took precedence. we found out all kinds of cool things about this dinosaur. broken and healed bones all over the skeleton. this animal had a terrible life, a terrible, rough life. the skull of sue had actually had
owned it. mr. williams. pete and neal had made a deal with maurice williams for $5,000. on that saturday, the day before we finished getting sue out of the ground, that we gave maurice williams a check for $5,000, that said for theropod sue on the bottom of the check. even though $5,000 may not seem like a lot, it was a lot of money for our company to spend, and no one had ever paid that much for an undiscovered fossil before. we had lots of conversations with maurice williams about what was happening to the dinosaur. he knew that we were going to bring it back to hill city. he was completely in favor of that. he knew about the museum we were building. he knew we were going to be preparing the fossil. that s about the only ones that we have. well, it s not the only one. almost. almost. and it s not. not completely.
now want to turn to a big story, really big story about sue, most complete t-rex fossil ever. and the battle that followed her discovery. sue s story is subject of cnn films, dinosaur 13. joining me now, one of the scientists from the film, dr. phillip manning, head of the group at university of manchester and professor of natural history. quite a long, important title. how did you first hear about sue, the single largest most complete t-rex fossil ever found. good evening, well i think every paleontologist in the world when they heard rumors of a remarkable fossil discovered in the badlands of south dakota it trickled down the grapevine it was something, very, very special. it did turn out to be the ultimate t-rex you could have ever wished to have found really. well, why so special.
you, thank you for coming into new day. another legal battle, fossil fight, the largest t-rex skeleton ever uncovered named sue. just the beginning of the story. why did the find of a lifetime, trigger a lifetime of conflict? that s the premise of dinosaur 13 a cnn film. we ll take you through it.
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