:07:02
Professor Summerlee...
:07:05
...I wonder if you would be kind enough
to identify something for me.
:07:11
I will take questions at the end.
:07:14
(CHALLENGER) I'm sure you will.
Let's have a look at this first.
:07:21
Now...
:07:23
...what do you make of that?
:07:30
It appears to be
a remarkably well-preserved fossil
:07:34
of the forearm of a pterosaur,
a flying reptile of the Mesozoic period.
:07:40
But it isn't a fossil, is it?
:07:45
There's something up here.
Make sure you get all this down.
:07:49
Must be a fake.
:07:52
Clever, undoubtedly, but a fake.
:07:56
This bone came from an animal...
:08:02
...that died just two months ago.
:08:05
(MAN) Rubbish!
:08:08
- This is genuine, Challenger?
- Yes.
:08:12
I say that with authority.
:08:14
- What authority?
- Because I shot it myself.
:08:18
(GASPS OF DISBELIEF)
:08:22
The pterosaur, far from being extinct,
:08:25
is alive and well
and living in the Amazon rainforest.
:08:30
This man is an attention-seeking charlatan!
:08:33
Hear, hear!
:08:35
I came here tonight to propose an expedition
:08:40
to discover the lair of the pterosaur.
:08:44
(AUDIENCE REACTS)
:08:47
- This stunt is beneath even you, George.
- It's no stunt, Leo.
:08:50
I should like to express my thanks
to Professor Challenger.
:08:55
I've not been so well amused
since I read Professor Challenger's paper