{"id":1431434,"date":"2022-04-11T16:30:26","date_gmt":"2022-04-11T20:30:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1431434"},"modified":"2022-04-11T16:30:30","modified_gmt":"2022-04-11T20:30:30","slug":"fact-check-no-surveyors-did-not-discover-dinosaur-remains-in-the-cherokee-national-forest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fact-check-no-surveyors-did-not-discover-dinosaur-remains-in-the-cherokee-national-forest\/","title":{"rendered":"FACT CHECK: No, Surveyors Did Not Discover Dinosaur Remains In The Cherokee National Forest"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">28<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ffact-check-no-surveyors-did-not-discover-dinosaur-remains-in-the-cherokee-national-forest%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1431434&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><\/div>\n<p>A post <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/meditativedinosaur\/posts\/pfbid022utCjsQRMUraNBxpEVDnnnN4iQKY7yaJwn3ZYEGT3xgMnnKS9QUQvF6wd5a4dVjjl\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">shared on Facebook<\/a> claims surveyors found a dinosaur fossil in the Cherokee National Forest that appeared to have well-preserved organs and skin.<\/p>\n<p><strong><span>Verdict: False<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>There is no record of such a discovery being made in Tennessee. The images included in the posts are from an exhibition in Germany. A spokesperson for the fossil site where the bones were allegedly found denied the Facebook post\u2019s claims.<\/p>\n<p><strong><span>Fact Check:<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Facebook post, shared over 1,100 times, claims surveyors in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fs.usda.gov\/cherokee\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Cherokee National Forest<\/a> in Tennessee came across dinosaur remains that apparently still had skin, bones and organs. It claims East Tennessee State University\u2019s (ETSU) Gray Natural History Museum allegedly revealed the discovery, stating that the remains can be labeled as a \u201cdinosaur mummy\u201d due to their condition. The post includes three images of the alleged remains.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe researchers examining the find were astounded at its nearly unprecedented level of preservation,\u201d reads part of the post. \u201cThe creature\u2019s skin, teeth, and even some of its guts were intact \u2013 something they\u2019d never seen before.\u201d\u00a0The post also cites \u201cDr. James Harvin\u201d as stating, \u201cKnowing this animal once roamed this area, we will be putting all effort possible into restoring the species. We hope to reintroduce it into its ancient stomping grounds.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The claims appear to be bogus. None of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.etmnh.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Gray Fossil Site and Museum<\/a>\u2018s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/grayfossilsite\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">social<\/a>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search?q=Cherokee%20National%20Forest%20(from%3AGrayFossilSite)&#038;src=typed_query\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">media<\/a>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/page\/179520460934\/search\/?q=Cherokee%20National%20Forest\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">posts<\/a> mention such a discovery being made in the Cherokee National Forest. No announcement of the alleged discovery appears on the museum\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.etmnh.org\/search\/node?keys=Cherokee+National+Forest\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">website<\/a> and there is no record of a \u201cDr. James Harvin\u201d on the museum\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.etmnh.org\/about\/directory\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">professional staff directory<\/a>. <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/checkyourfact.com\/2020\/02\/27\/fact-check-scientists-create-tyrannosaurus-rex-embryo-chicken\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(RELATED: Did North Carolina Scientists Create A T. Rex Embryo Using Chicken DNA?)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cNo dinosaurs have been discovered at Gray (or the nearby Cherokee National Forest), nor have any dinosaur mummies (+skin and organs) been found,\u201d said Dr. Chris Widga, the museum\u2019s head curator, in an email to Check Your Fact. He added that the museum was \u201cfrustrated\u201d to hear about the story. He also noted that while the site has a \u201crich\u201d record of fossils, none of the discoveries have preserved skin or organs.<\/p>\n<p>The photos used in the post are not from the Cherokee National Forest. A reverse image search reveals content developer Dennis Hansen of the University of Zurich\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zm.uzh.ch\/en.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Zoological Museum<\/a>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/dennismhansen\/status\/1451524623049367562\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">tweeted<\/a> those images in October 2021, claiming they show the fossil of a Tyrannosaurus rex at the <a href=\"https:\/\/dinopark-bayern.de\/en\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Dinosaurier Museum Altm\u00fchltal<\/a> in Germany.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Happy <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/FossilFriday?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#FossilFriday<\/a>! I Encountered a decomposing adult T. rex in a Bavarian forest the other day \u2013 including an easily missed \u2018Easter egg\u2019 (a dromeosaurid?). Wonderful to see a display like this; the autumn mood &#038; litter made it even better! (DinoMuseum Altm\u00fchltal) <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/iFCK0iYLaJ\">pic.twitter.com\/iFCK0iYLaJ<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Dennis Hansen (@DennisMHansen) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DennisMHansen\/status\/1451524623049367562?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 22, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The German museum features dozens of model dinosaurs and excavation sites, according to its <a href=\"https:\/\/dinopark-bayern.de\/en\/#faq\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">website<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A post shared on Facebook claims surveyors found a dinosaur fossil in the Cherokee National Forest that appeared to have well-preserved organs and skin.Verdict: False There is no record of<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":89,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1431434","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1431434","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/89"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1431434"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1431434\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1431434"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1431434"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1431434"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}