A chance encounter led to one of the largest T. rexes ever found. Now, it could be ‘lost to science’

By Jacopo Prisco, CNN (CNN) — Before he became the namesake of one of the largest predators that ever lived — or made it into the footnotes of an auction catalog — the late Gary “Gus” Licking, a cattle rancher in South Dakota, had always suspected his land was hiding something big. The Licking ranch