A Hunting Guide Found Tyrannosaur Tracks in Canada — What They Reveal Is Terrifying

Ancient Canada reveals one of the most remarkable dinosaur track discoveries ever made: three giant tyrannosaurs walking side by side across what is now northeastern British Columbia around 75 million years ago. The discovery began in 2011 when a hunting guide searching for a river crossing stepped onto a bare rock ledge and noticed a huge three-toed footprint more than 60 centimetres long. When paleontologists later excavated the site, they found not one trackway, but three separate tyrannosaur trackways running in the same direction across a narrow strip of ground. The footprints were around 50–62 centimetres long, and measurements suggest the animals stood just under three metres tall at the hip. Their stride lengths indicate they were moving at roughly 6.5 to 8.5 kilometres per hour — not running, but walking steadily across the landscape. What made the site extraordinary was the arrangement. All three trackways run almost parallel, in the same direction, inside a corridor only about 8.5 metres wide. The footprints also have similar depth and preservation, suggesting the animals crossed while the ground was in the same condition. Researchers concluded that the simplest explanation is that two, and probably all three, tyrannosaurs were travelling together. But the tracks do not prove coordinated pack hunting. They show that large tyrannosaurs could tolerate one another and move together, but they cannot tell us whether the animals cooperated while hunting, were related, or had simply formed a temporary group. One trackway contains another remarkable detail: one tyrannosaur had lost the end of a toe on its left foot. The injury had healed, and despite the missing portion, the animal appears to have kept pace normally with the others. In this video, we explore how a hunting guide stumbled across the first confirmed tyrannosaur trackway ever described, what scientists learned from three predators walking together, and why these footprints give us a rare glimpse of dinosaur behaviour that bones alone cannot preserve. #AncientCanada #CanadaHistory #Dinosaurs #PrehistoricCanada #Paleontology ⚠️ Some visuals are illustrative. Certain materials may be used under Fair Use for commentary and educational purposes.