http://www.greatfallstribune.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20081005/NEWS01/810050304/1002/news01This summer, fossil hunter Nate Murphy and his crew carefully unearthed three stegosaurus skeletons discovered
on a ranch near Grass Range.
Unlike his past dinosaur digs — including the one that unearthed Malta's famed mummy duckbill, Leonardo —
Murphy's finds aren't destined for a Montana museum.
The nonprofit Judith River Dinosaur Foundation, which is affiliated with Malta's new Great Plains Dinosaur Museum,
cut ties with Murphy in July 2007, after state and federal agents began investigating him for allegedly stealing dinosaurs.
Last month, he was charged in Phillips County District Court with stealing a turkey-sized raptor.
However, through his private company, the Judith River Dinosaur Institute, Murphy continues to recruit
volunteer scientists along with amateur fossil fans who shell out $1,600 each to spend a week digging by his side.