Sloan says that he flew to Utah in the spring of 1999 to convince Stephen Czerkas to return the fossil to China immediately after publication, or he would not write about it for National Geographic and Currie would not work on it.
Redaktor Sloan však na jar roku 1999 odletel do Utahu, aby Stephena Czerkasa presvedčil, že fosíliu sa musí okamžite po publikácii vrátiť do Číny, inak o nej nebude písať a Currie ju nebude skúmať.