I had been missing a report of a "Mini-Rex" from Texas but it just turned up. This is the full report as I had it and it originally came from Blog Reader (and sometimes-contributor) Phillip O' Donnell: 'Baby T-rex'  Name Withheld Hello, I don't really know if I should be telling you this, because I'm tired of being told I'm crazy or it's scientifically impossable. When I was twelve I saw something that really changed how I view dinosaurs. I saw a baby tyrannosauras rex. It looked like a baby anyway. I thought maybe raptor, but no it's head was to wide. It even looked at me before running into the woods. I even slapped myself across the face to make sure I wasn't dreaming. It was in Texas. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Interviewer's Name - Phillip O'Donnell 1) How long was it and what was it's height? 2) Did your encounter happen near Big Bend, TX? ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Name Withheld I'll do much more than that. It was about 6 to 7 feet tall and about the same from [tail]tip to little arms and head. It was forest green with an irridescent look much like oil. I saw it about 50 feet away as it was sunning itself in the last rays of the sun. It was sitting. It looked at me even. It was south east texas. Silsbee to be exact. It is near the big thicket on the edge actualty. I could Even see the reptilian lips above the teeth. "Living Dinosaur" Map as furnished by LiveDino enthusiasts --This part of Texas is in the area where Chad Arment had specified he had heard no other reports. The "Height" measurement is not the walking or standing height since the creature is sitting still at the time, but other witnesses have said the same height. At first it bothered me that the main series of reports are about 3 to 4 feet tall and then there was this second set of measurements that are about twice that, but the taller ones could still all be exaggerations within the same margin of error: at least none of the reports say 10 to 15 feet tall or taller, which is what you DO start to see in the more obviously untrustworthy accounts. At the same time, as I mentioned last time we were on the subject, there is a series of reports that fall at a smaller size which includes most of the "Biped" reports, and then a larger sized series in the "Dinosaur/Iguanodon/Dragon lizard" size range, up to the size of a komodo drgon. The largest sightings in this series say 20 feet long, but a substantial majority in this category estimate a creature 10-12 feet long. If the two types are in the same species then, well, yes, a bigger one would stand up much higher than the usual 3-4 feet on its hind legs. And we do also have reports of the bigger ones standing up as tall as a human being from Mexico and Central America-possibly also the "Iguanodon" reports in South America- just not ordinarily running that way. Once again the matter depends on whether we have one species or more, and I don't know if that can be determined yet. For the time being it is simpler to assume only one species, but I have argued the other way before and it may still prove to be true we are looking at several unknown Iguanid lizard species instead of just the easier one-species solution. Best Wishes, Dale D. Rex Gilroy's cast of a "Burrunjor" track that could more likely be the track of a gigantic bird on a par with the largest Moas. As far as I can tell there is no guarantee the track is fresh as opposed to a fossil track.