our place to prevent damage. you just tell me and that fossil won't go anywhere. it's not like it's going to disappear in a briefcase." >> that request was denied. it is clearly a violation under the antiquities act to remove antiquities from united states lands without the permission of the united states. >> the federal government doesn't show up with the national guard and an assistant, or pardon me, an acting united states attorney in pancake makeup with the intention of working things out somewhere down the road. >> after we got over the initial shock, those of us who were packing the dinosaur kind of went into our packing mode, but towards the end of the day, it became obvious that something was going on with the town. >> people around town noticed. they noticed all the cop cars.