Reina and Jose kept working together to unearth their find. Although they were working hard, they also had to be extremely gentle in order not to jeopardize the object. During their efforts, they came to realize that the object was a bit bigger than what they initially believed.
The pair soon realized that they needed additional help and decided to call the local authorities. They were hoping that the police could come in, help identify the object and extract it from the muddy bank. What actually happened when the authorities arrived was quite surprising.
A Helping Hand
Nieves tried and tried to clean up his mysterious find and dig it out of the mud for a better look, but he wasn’t having much luck. He decided that he needed help if he wanted to disconnect the object from the sticky riverbank.
Nieves told his wife, Reina Coronel, that he believed he had found something amazing and that he needed her help to retrieve it, but when he explained about the mysterious object, she thought he was playing some sort of prank on her.
A Dinosaur Egg?
Reina explains, “My husband went out to the car, and when he came back, he said, 'Hey, I just found an egg that looks like it came from a dinosaur.' We all laughed because we thought it was a joke.” But Nieves was actually completely serious.
In the end, she agreed to come out and help her husband, but it turns out that he was wrong about the object. The mysterious find would not have been a good fit for a real-life version of Jurassic Park, but the truth would leave the family no less astounded.
The Townspeople Get Involved
When the police arrived at the farm, there was already a crowd of locals waiting for them there. They were trying to get a look at the mysterious object and snapping pictures of it. Everyone was talking and trying to figure out what the object was, but neither the public nor the police had any real idea what to make of it.
Unfortunately, the authorities didn’t have any more answers than Jose and his family, but luckily Jose’s dog came to the rescue. It arrived on the scene, and its behavior offered the first real clue as to the nature of the mysterious discovery.
Sniffing Around
The curious canine bypassed all of the onlookers and made its way into the riverbed. It walked right up to the large and mysterious object and began to study it. The dog began sniffing around and barking, which led the people all around to the realization that they were not dealing with a run-of-the-mill rock.
There was a lot of speculation amongst Carlos Spegazzini locals about the nature of the scaly surprise, but there was no one at the scene who, once looking upon the mysterious discovery, came up with a rational explanation. The police then decided that something more had to be done.