Posted on 07/11/2025 7:09:16 PM PDT by lasereye
Paleontologists in Alberta, Canada, have recently unearthed “a mass grave on a monumental scale.”1 The BBC story speaks of
Thousands of dinosaurs [that] were buried here, killed in an instant on a day of utter devastation.Now, a group of palaeontologists have come to Pipestone Creek - appropriately nicknamed the “River of Death” - to help solve a 72-million-year-old enigma: how did they die?1
The question and answer regarding the mass dinosaur death is found in the same sentence above. It was a massive flood (“river”) of death that killed them 4,500 years ago. Unfortunately, paleontologists will not accept this hypothesis and unnecessarily place the event many millions of years ago.2,3
In Michael Benton’s paleontology text in the section on dinosaur extinction, he lists “three current models to explain the KPg [Cretaceous-Paleogene or K-T extinction] event.”4 These are the impact hypothesis (i.e., the giant asteroid impact supposedly 66 million years ago5), the volcanic hypothesis, and the multiple causes hypothesis. In the multiple causes hypothesis he mentions “evidence of numerous killing agencies, including impact, marine regression [sea level drop], volcanic activity, and changes in climate.”4 Alas, the most obvious “agency” is not mentioned: a worldwide deluge.6
Indeed, on the same page of Benton’s text he states,
Over the years, more than a hundred hypotheses have been presented for the extinction of the dinosaurs....From about 1920, dozens of hypotheses were put forward, ranging from the physiological (slipped discs, excessive hormone production, loss of their sex drive) to the ecological (competition with mammals, change in plant food), from the climatic (too hot, too cold, too wet) to the terrestrial catastrophic (vulcanism, magnetic reversal), from the topographic (marine regression, mountain building) to the extraterrestrial (sunspots, cometary impact).4
As one can see, any explanation is valid—no matter how outrageous—except the most obvious: a global flood.7,8
A section of the BBC article has a most telling title: “A Sudden Devastating Event.”1 Morelle and Francis state,
“We believe that this was a herd on a seasonal migration that got tangled up in some catastrophic event that effectively wiped out, if not the entire herd, then a good proportion of it,” Prof [Emily] Bamforth says.All the evidence suggests that this catastrophic event was a flash flood - perhaps a storm over the mountains that sent an unstoppable torrent of water towards the herd, ripping trees from their roots and shifting boulders.
Prof Bamforth says the Pachyrhinosaurus wouldn't have stood a chance. “These animals are not able to move very fast because of their sheer numbers, and they're very top heavy - and really not very good at swimming at all.”
Rocks found at the site show the swirls of sediment from the fast-flowing water churning everything up. It’s as if the destruction is frozen in time as a wave in the stone.1
To be fair, as one can see, they do mention a flood—a local flash flood.
One cannot help but be amazed that when viewing Pipestone Creek and other massive graveyards, the paleontological community is so blind that they are unwilling to consider the obvious Genesis Flood explanation for dinosaur fossils. This is a clear example of what is called confirmation bias—the propensity to interpret information or evidence in ways consistent with existing beliefs while rejecting others. Wearing such blinders has significantly influenced the interpretation of the fossil record for over a century and a half so that the worldwide sedimentary formations are only considered in a uniformitarian context. But as the late Henry Morris, the founder of ICR, stated in 1974, “dinosaur graveyards are found on every continent, all over the world. Again the uniformitarian is challenged to point to any such phenomena occurring anywhere in the world today.”9
Virtually every dinosaur fossil ever found is ensconced in sedimentary or (rarely) volcanic sediments, indicating a sudden and catastrophic deposition.10 This is particularly true with rich Cretaceous dinosaur beds (e.g., the Lance and Ferris Formations in Wyoming and the Hell Creek Formation in Montana).11 So why would paleontologists entertain bizarre extinction explanations such as slipped discs, sunspots, or magnetic reversals? Because if a scientist dismisses the global Flood out of hand, then anything goes when trying to explain the dinosaur demise. Anything.
The paleontologists are calling the Canadian mass grave the “River of Death,” but it should more accurately be called “The Flood of Death.”
1. Morelle, R. and A. Francis. Solving the Mystery of a Dinosaur Mass Grave at the ‘River of Death.’ BBC. Posted on BBC.com 2025.
2. Thomas, B. Published Reports of Original Soft Tissue Fossils. Posted on ICR.org.
3. Thomas, B. Did Natural Gas Take Millions of Years to Form? Creation Science Update. Posted on ICR.org August 8, 2011.
4. Benton, M. 2015. Vertebrate Paleontology. Hoboken, NJ: Wiley-Blackwell, 262.
5. Clarey, T. 2017. Do the Data Support a Large Meteorite Impact at Chicxulub? Answers Research Journal. 10: 71–88.
6. Clarey, T. 2017. South America Shows the Flood Progression. Acts & Facts. 46 (3): 9.
7. Morris, J. 2014. Traditions of a Global Flood. Acts & Facts. 43 (11): 15.
9. Clarey, T. Ichthyosaur Graveyard Explained by the Flood. Creation Science Update. Posted on ICR.org May 8, 2025.
0. Morris, H. 1974. Scientific Creationism. Green Forest, AR: Master Books, 99.
10. Clarey, T. 2015. Dinosaur Fossils in Late-Flood Rocks. Acts & Facts. 44 (2): 16.
11. Clarey, T. 2015. The Hell Creek Formation: The Last Gasp of the Pre-Flood Dinosaurs. Creation Research Society Quarterly. 51: 286–298.
* Dr. Sherwin is a science news writer at the Institute for Creation Research. He earned an M.A. in invertebrate zoology from the University of Northern Colorado and received an honorary doctorate of science from Pensacola Christian College.
Amateur ethologist/herpetologist my whole life. I knew baby ‘gators hatching meant mom was near. I froze,, knowing that if I was not between her and them, I was likely fine, for a bit. She wasn’t huge, but she was very close, and nearly invisible. Knowing where she was. I moved back in for pics. First shutter release scared the crap out of me. 😂
🤔 what could it be?
No, this is what I said to you:
The standard belief system for academics is a religion.
If you show evidence the flood of Noah’s time killed the dinosaurs, they refuse to accept the facts.
https://freerepublic.com/focus/chat/4328227/posts?page=5#5
No, this is what I said to you: The standard belief system for academics is a religion. If you show evidence the flood of Noah’s time killed the dinosaurs, they refuse to accept the facts. https://freerepublic.com/focus/chat/4328227/posts?page=5#5
I cannot find the above post to me.
There is absolutely not one shred of evidence the dinosaurs died in Noah's flood. Noah's flood was NOT about killing the dinosaurs... it was about ridding this earth of the hybrids born of the fallen angels ... in an attempt to pollute the predestined blood line to Christ ... Read the book of Jude...
‘ If you show evidence the flood of Noah’s time killed the dinosaurs, they refuse to accept the facts.’
Oh cmon here.
All the dinosaur fossils who died in a big flood are evidence. Read the above article.
The Bible declares that big flood is first noted in Genesis 1:2... The Heavenly Father did not have Moses pen the creation of Lucifer in Genesis... However, Lucifer is called the 'tree of the knowledge of good and evil' before The Adam was created... Then Lucifer is called the Serpent... and yet not one word is penned describing Lucifer's creation... That description is done in Isaiah 14 and Ezekiel 28.
Jeremiah 4 is describing the flood Moses described, and the Heavenly Father calls his children STUPID... as it is translated 'sottish'...
22 For my people is foolish, they have not known me; they are sottish children, and they have none understanding: they are wise to do evil, but to do good they have no knowledge.
23 I beheld the earth, and, lo, it was without form, and void; and the heavens, and they had no light.
24 I beheld the mountains, and, lo, they trembled, and all the hills moved lightly.
25 I beheld, and, lo, there was no man, and all the birds of the heavens were fled.THERE WAS NO MAN
26 I beheld, and, lo, the fruitful place was a wilderness, and all the cities thereof were broken down at the presence of the LORD, and by his fierce anger.
27 For thus hath the LORD said, The whole land shall be desolate; yet will I not make a full end.
28 For this shall the earth mourn, and the heavens above be black: because I have spoken it, I have purposed it, and will not repent, neither will I turn back from it.
II Peter 3 .... where the willingly ignorant refuse to believe there are three different heaven/earth ages ... or also called worlds... The first one, Peter calls the world that WAS got flooded out... referring to Genesis 1:2..
I can’t figure out where any of that is saying the dinosaurs were not on the ark.
Nor do I see where 2 Peter 3 says that there are three different heaven/earth ages.
‘ I can’t figure out where any of that is saying the dinosaurs were not on the ark.’
One, dinosaurs were long extinct.
Two, they didn’t even know at the time that they had even existed.
Three, many dinosaur species were bigger than the ark itself.
Four, I can’t believe people are actually discussing this as a possibility. It’s bonkers.
When did they go extinct - according to you?
‘ When did they go extinct - according to you?’
According to me?
Good grief.
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I want to know approximately how many years ago did the dinos go extinct - according to you? What did you think I meant?
Why on earth would my opinion matter?
Look what paleontologist and scientists have found.
The last dinosaur lived over 60,000,000 years ago.
You have access to the internet.
Don’t ask stupid questions and look it up yourself if you want answers.
That’s because you’re not logged in.
Do you have any credible idea of how large the ark was? There is NO way a male and female brontosaurs would have fit on the ark ... AND IF they were still walking this earth in Noah's time, Noah would have been obliged to have placed them on that ARK... and we today would still be seeing brontosaurus walking the earth.
Noah's flood was NOT about or over killing off the dinos ... it was to remove allllll the hybrids that messed up the Adamic race (it is NOT politically or religiously correct in majority circles to say, but that word 'the Adam', means to SHOW BLOOD in the face...... such sottish children, believe the devil's handmaidens..... so as to pollute the blood line to Christ ... the very same reason for the Garden Party in the fig grove... NOT the so called apple orchard.
Nor do I see where 2 Peter 3 says that there are three different heaven/earth ages.
It would do you well to read for yourself what Peter actually penned... Many claim they hold Peter's keys, but they do LIE..
3 This second epistle, beloved, I now write unto you; in both which I stir up your pure minds by way of remembrance:
2 That ye may be mindful of the words which were spoken before by the holy prophets, and of the commandment of us the apostles of the Lord and Saviour:
3 Knowing this first, that there shall come in the last days scoffers, walking after their own lusts,
4 And saying, Where is the promise of his coming? for since the fathers fell asleep, all things continue as they were from the beginning of the creation.
5 For this they willingly are ignorant of, that by the word of God the heavens were of old, and the earth standing out of the water and in the water:
Peter is referencing Genesis 1:2, else he would have said Noah's flood, like he pointed to Noah in I Peter.
6 Whereby the world that then was, being overflowed with water, perished:
Do you know what 'the world' (age) THAT then was means?
7 But the heavens and the earth, which are now, by the same word are kept in store, reserved unto fire against the day of judgment and perdition of ungodly men.
DO you comprehend that big word NOW?
8 But, beloved, be not ignorant of this one thing, that one day is with the Lord as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day.
Got a clue how long those days of creation literalllllllly were
9 The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness; but is longsuffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance.
10 But the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night; in the which the heavens shall pass away with a great noise, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat, the earth also and the works that are therein shall be burned up.
Any 'clue' as to why The Lord's day will be like a thief in the night????? I will tell you, because the whole world will be worshipping a fake Jesus...
11 Seeing then that all these things shall be dissolved, what manner of persons ought ye to be in all holy conversation and godliness,
12 Looking for and hasting unto the coming of the day of God, wherein the heavens being on fire shall be dissolved, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat? 13 Nevertheless we, according to his promise, look for new heavens and a new earth, wherein dwelleth righteousness. 14 Wherefore, beloved, seeing that ye look for such things, be diligent that ye may be found of him in peace, without spot, and blameless. 15 And account that the longsuffering of our Lord is salvation; even as our beloved brother Paul also according to the wisdom given unto him hath written unto you; 16 As also in all his epistles, speaking in them of these things; in which are some things hard to be understood, which they that are unlearned and unstable wrest, as they do also the other scriptures, unto their own destruction. 17 Ye therefore, beloved, seeing ye know these things before, beware lest ye also, being led away with the error of the wicked, fall from your own stedfastness. 18 But grow in grace, and in the knowledge of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. To him be glory both now and for ever. Amen.
Now I see. You don’t believe the Bible.
‘ Now I see. You don’t believe the Bible.’
True.
In this example, Dinosaurs aren’t in the Bible. We’ve only found evidence of their existence around 200 years ago. All available evidence they died out q0’s of millions of years before our species existed.
I mean, c’mon here. Your trying very hard to smash a square peg through a round hole, but it doesn’t make any sense.
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