Valley of the Dinosaurs

"Boobies, boobies, boobies. Everywhere it's boobies. Who needs em? I got along fine without them!" - Neeley O'Hara

Oops, wrong Valley - although those doll popping characters MIGHT be considered dinosaurs by today's standards of youth-crazed culture.

Nope, this valley has a 70-foot Apatosaurus and a 45-foot Tyrannosaurus Rex.






Well, those two fellas (the dinosaurs, dear readers, not my cute kids) are really fiberglass, but the valley itself has some of the world's best preserved dinosaur tracks ( following quote from this website):

The first track discoveries near Glen Rose, Texas occurred shortly after a violent flood ripped through the Paluxy Valley in 1908. A number of large, three-toed prints were found in the limestone floor of the Paluxy River and its tributaries. They were soon identified by a local schoolteacher as those of theropods (2-legged, meat-eating dinosaurs). These tracks are now more precisely identified as the probable tracks of Acrocanthosaurus, a carnosaur built similarly to T. rex, but somewhat smaller, and with a raised ridge on its back.

Dinosaur Valley and the Paluxy River today


Can you see the three-toed print?

Of course, even Dinosaur Valley cannot escape the occasional controversial theory. (Carl Baugh, founder of the Creation Evidence Museum, is a "Young Earth" creationist, who strictly adheres to belief in a seven-day creation that occurred only 6,000 years ago.) Here's further "intelligent design" explanation of the "Taylor Trail".

This Austin Chronicle article presents the more intelligent interpretation. And last, but not least, is this good debunking site.

I think ol' Carl and his buddies might have been confusing fact with this lovable caveman: