Alberta is one of the richest fossil regions on the planet, but there is a catch that surprises almost everyone who finds one, tied to a law most Canadians have never heard explained clearly before.

Inside one of the country's top dinosaur museums sits a fossil discovered entirely by accident, stained black by minerals in the soil and dated to a point in history that is difficult to even picture.

A long weekend camping trip in the dinosaur capital of the world hit pouring rain and near-freezing temperatures almost immediately, and the group had to improvise just to keep the weekend from falling apart.

Topics: dinosaur bone ownership Canada, Royal Tyrrell Museum, Drumheller Alberta, black beauty T-Rex fossil, camping in the rain

Originally aired on 2026-09-03