Vandals will stop at nothing:
http://www.roadsideamerica.com/blog/durham-brontosaurus/
In a similar story, Petrified Creatures, not far from Cooperstown, New York, is falling apart, and I think it has closed. It was the first dinosaur land I visited as a kid, and I was able to take my daughter there and dig for fossils in their pit and buy a copy of The Golden Guide to Fossils in their dust-encrusted gift shop, but the head of the T Rex was supported on a pile of wooden braces, and the rest of the concrete dinos were crumbling.
I hope they can fix him. I love that inaccurate beast. The dinosaur trail is what I looked forward to the most when going to the Museum of Life and Sciences as a kid.
Was it small at one end, much, much bigger in the middle, then small at the other end?
It would confirm my theory.
This morning’s Raleigh News & Observer reported that the head was found in the woods, however it was damaged and they are reviewing whether it can be restored.
I remember going to see that as a kid. I saw a picture of the recovered head in the News & Observer this morning; it didn’t look so great.
I drive by that poor beast a few times a week and was very sad to see this. It’s not in great shape even with a head–I really hope they can restore it. (Though finding the head at least explains the news crew I saw parked in the field in front of the bronto last night.)
That sucks. I’m sure Dippy sends his love and good wishes.