A driver discovered something very unusual was blocking traffic on a British road over the weekend: a 25-ft. model triceratops.
Only on the Isle of Wight can a road be shut because there's a dinosaur blocking it... #IsleOfWight #IOW #Dinosaur … pic.twitter.com/pNl33RCcXx
— Piers (@P1ers) February 13, 2016
The fake dino turned up on the Isle of Wright off the Southern coast of the United Kingdom, the BBC reports. It was taken from The Jurassic Garden, a shop selling prehistoric gems and fossils.
Owner Martin Simpson says he was shocked when he saw a picture of the dinosaur model on social media.
Martin said, "It takes about five blokes to move the dinosaur a couple of inches, so it was definetly a concerted effort and drink was probably involved."
He says he will secure the dinosaur to make sure the incident does not happen again.
Chris Hollinghead posted a photo of the triceratops on social media , after he spotted it on his drive home from work Saturday morning.
A maintenance crew pulled the dino off the street and placed it back into the garden before reopening the road.