In a Thursday, March 22, 2018 photo provided by the Royal Gorge Dinosaur ...
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In a Thursday, March 22, 2018 photo provided by the Royal
Gorge Dinosaur Experience, a life-sized animatronic Tyrannosaurus Rex at
the Royal Gorge Dinosaur Experience in Canon City, Colo., is ablaze
after an electrical issue, according to Royal Gorge Dinosaur Experience
personnel. T-Rex was a total loss, but Zach Reynolds, co-owner of Royal
Gorge Dinosaur Experience, hopes to have a replacement T-Rex before
summer. (Royal Gorge Dinosaur Experience via AP)
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Associated Press
CANON CITY, Colo.
The co-owner of a dinosaur-themed park in southern Colorado thinks an electrical malfunction caused a life-size animatronic Tyrannosaurus Rex to burst into flames.
Zach Reynolds says the T-Rex at the Royal Gorge Dinosaur Experience smoldered for about 10 minutes before it caught fire Thursday morning. Visitors watched as the inferno spread through the dinosaur, which appeared at times to be breathing flames.
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The co-owner of a dinosaur-themed park in southern
Colorado thinks an electrical malfunction caused a life-size animatronic
Tyrannosaurus Rex to burst into flames. The dinosaur at the Royal Gorge
Dinosaur Experience burned up Thursday morning. (March 23)
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Reynolds joked, “We knew he had a temper, but today he blew his top.”
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The 24-foot-tall (7-meter-tall) T-Rex, which moved and made sounds, was one of 16 dinosaurs that line the park’s Wild Walk exhibit. Reynolds says it was a total loss but at least “it made for some spectacular imagery along the way.”
He hopes to have a replacement T-Rex installed by the summer.
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The 24-foot-tall (7-meter-tall) T-Rex, which moved and made sounds, was one of 16 dinosaurs that line the park’s Wild Walk exhibit. Reynolds says it was a total loss but at least “it made for some spectacular imagery along the way.”
He hopes to have a replacement T-Rex installed by the summer.
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