An eighth-grade student hiking in Colorado stumbled upon a rather remarkable relic from the distant past: a Tyrannosaurus Rex tooth. According to a local media report, the wondrous find occurred when Jonathan Charpentier spotted something shiny on the ground while exploring the wilderness around his home. Initially uncertain as to what the oddity was, the youngster smartly decided to pocket the odd object because it seemed somewhat out of the ordinary.
More on this story at the Coast to Coast AM website.