The Bambiraptor skeleton was discovered in 1993 by 14-year-old fossil hunter Wes Linster, who was looking for dinosaur bones with his parents near Glacier National Park in Montana, United States.
Kostur Bambiraptora je 1993. godine otkrio 14-godišnji dječak Wes Linster, koji je sa svojim roditeljima tražio fosile u blizini Nacionalnog parka Glacier u Montani.