DALLAS -- One sweltering afternoon this spring, Stephen Kruse trekked along a dry creek bed with a backpack full of fossils.
An amateur enthusiast, Kruse has been interested in dinosaurs and prehistoric creatures since he hunted for rocks with his brother as a kid. That afternoon, he was hiking by himself near the North Sulphur River, about 80 miles northeast of Dallas. It’s an area he’d combed several times.
He was getting tired. As the day got longer, Kruse searched for a way back to his white Chevy Suburban. He decided to look for a shortcut a quarter mile farther out. “Best decision I ever made,” he said.
