[From the CMR archived files, 1973]… The Dakotan Drop-Ear was easily subdued and evinced

[From the CMR archived files, 1973]

… The Dakotan Drop-Ear was easily subdued and evinced neither fire-breathing nor venomous properties, further confirming that it cannot truly be classified as a proper dragon. What, then? Did some of the larger Asian or European species migrate here long enough ago to take an entirely different evolutionary path? Or is this perhaps the result of dragons inter-breeding with some hitherto unknown megafauna during the last Ice Age? More study is clearly necessary, and it would be a simple enough thing to disguise the investigation as an archaeological or paleontological dig…

[From the DSO archived files, 1973]

…We were able to convince the local Muggles that they had not seen a dragon – that, of course, would be a ridiculous fiction. Several, however, maintained firmly that they had witnessed a UFO preparing an attack on the Badlands (why they imagine an invasive alien species would attack there instead of a populated area, I cannot begin to fathom). Others asserted that it was a dinosaur, either rediscovered as a remnant species or unearthed from the tar pits and reanimated with electricity and gears. In true American fashion, no sooner did this rumor spread than one enterprising young man set up a roadside stand selling tickets to see the extinct curiosity, much to the irritation of his neighbors, who have now had to contend with tourists tramping through their fields…

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