# Man found dead inside a dinosaur statue **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [May 24, 2021, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-found-dead-inside-a-dinosaur-statue/942834 "2021-05-24T20:17:26Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2021, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-found-dead-inside-a-dinosaur-statue/942834/41 "2021-05-25T22:24:15Z")
> [@Riemann](#): > > So I’m now thinking the dropping of the phone probably occurred _after_ he climbed in. He saw the trapdoor and climbed in to look around, then got his phone out to take a picture or to use the flashlight, and dropped it. That sounds plausible. ---
**Author:** ![Dr\_Paprika](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr_paprika/32/3042_2.png) [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2021, 10:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-found-dead-inside-a-dinosaur-statue/942834/42 "2021-05-25T22:33:28Z")
No one wants to trivialize tragedy. I’m just saying that at least it was a statue of a meat eater. Imagine the embarrassment of succumbing to a plant eating dinosaur… ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2021, 10:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-found-dead-inside-a-dinosaur-statue/942834/43 "2021-05-25T22:34:01Z")
> [@Cervaise](#): > > This makes a difference. Because if it was the front, this becomes a humerus incident. And if it was the back leg, he could have called FEMA. ---
**Author:** ![Riemann](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/riemann/32/3133_2.png) [@Riemann](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Riemann)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2021, 10:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-found-dead-inside-a-dinosaur-statue/942834/44 "2021-05-25T22:34:15Z")
> [@Dr\_Paprika](#): > > No one wants to trivialize tragedy. I’m just saying that at least it was a statue of a meat eater. Imagine the embarrassment of succumbing to a plant eating dinosaur… > **[Stegosaurus](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stegosaurus)** > > Stegosaurus (/ˌstɛɡəˈsɔːrəs/; lit. 'roof-lizard') is a genus of herbivorous, four-legged, armored dinosaur from the Late Jurassic, characterized by the distinctive kite-shaped upright plates along their backs and spikes on their tails. Fossils of the genus have been found in the western United States and in Portugal, where they are found in Kimmeridgian- to Tithonian-aged strata, dating to between 155 and 145 million years ago. Of the species that have been classified in the upper Morrison For... ---
**Author:** ![Dr\_Paprika](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr_paprika/32/3042_2.png) [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2021, 10:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-found-dead-inside-a-dinosaur-statue/942834/45 "2021-05-25T22:35:35Z")
Well, _now_ I feel particularly bad. Both for the man and his lack of verisimilitude. Still, perhaps a few vegetarians would order salad - but wouldn’t send back the hamburger if it came by mistake. ---
**Author:** ![Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba9def/32.png) [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Asking_Questions)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2021, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-found-dead-inside-a-dinosaur-statue/942834/46 "2021-05-25T22:40:11Z")
> [@running\_coach](#): > > The story is still evolving. It certainly wasn’t intelligently designed. ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2021, 12:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-found-dead-inside-a-dinosaur-statue/942834/47 "2021-05-26T00:11:28Z")
> [@carnivorousplant](#): > > From the video, the frame of the statue is metal, so he could not kick through papier mache. I saw that and had a similar thought. OTOH … But I wondered if that was in fact the armature of the sculpture as you say, or was a crude scab covering the authorities put over the hole to prevent a second tragedy after they cut into the leg to get the dead body out. After all, the whole point of making the hole in the leg was to remove a dead body through it. That could not have happened with the structure of the leg looking as it does in the vid. ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2021, 12:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-found-dead-inside-a-dinosaur-statue/942834/48 "2021-05-26T00:18:01Z")
> [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](#): > > > [@running\_coach](#): > > > > The story is still evolving. > > It certainly wasn’t intelligently designed. I suppose we could say the guy had bad DNA > Dinosaur > iNterior > Activities ---
**Author:** ![ASL\_v2.0](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asl_v2.0/32/3525_2.png) [@ASL\_v2.0](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ASL_v2.0)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2021, 12:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-found-dead-inside-a-dinosaur-statue/942834/49 "2021-05-26T00:49:10Z")
> [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](#): > > > [@running\_coach](#): > > > > The story is still evolving. > > It certainly wasn’t intelligently designed. Of course you’re right. If you’re not, may we all be horribly crushed from above somehow. ---
**Author:** ![ThelmaLou](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thelmalou/32/390_2.png) [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2021, 12:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-found-dead-inside-a-dinosaur-statue/942834/50 "2021-05-26T00:59:19Z")
There are some thread titles you can’t pass by. ---
**Author:** ![ASL\_v2.0](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asl_v2.0/32/3525_2.png) [@ASL\_v2.0](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ASL_v2.0)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2021, 1:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-found-dead-inside-a-dinosaur-statue/942834/51 "2021-05-26T01:00:49Z")
If only the stegosaurs at issue had been able to pass its last meal… ---
**Author:** ![Riemann](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/riemann/32/3133_2.png) [@Riemann](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Riemann)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2021, 1:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-found-dead-inside-a-dinosaur-statue/942834/52 "2021-05-26T01:05:38Z")
> [@carnivorousplant](#): > > From the video, the frame of the statue is metal… > [@LSLGuy](#): > > …or was a crude scab covering the authorities put over the hole to prevent a second tragedy after they cut into the leg… It’s definitely what @LSLGuy said, you can see bolts around the edge of the hole holding the metal patch in in place at 0:15 in the video. ---
**Author:** ![Mundane\_Super\_Hero](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mundane_super_hero/32/6304_2.png) [@Mundane\_Super\_Hero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mundane_Super_Hero)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2021, 1:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-found-dead-inside-a-dinosaur-statue/942834/53 "2021-05-26T01:13:56Z")
Either way, it must have landed in the wrong leg. He must have died thinking, “If only I’d pulled to the other leg; it’s shorter.” ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2021, 1:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-found-dead-inside-a-dinosaur-statue/942834/54 "2021-05-26T01:39:11Z")
Yeah, something like that now seems much more likely. Definitely not through the mouth given the location of the flowers and cut and where he presumably was found, plus the mouth doesn’t seem like an interesting place to take a picture, whether into the body or facing outward. ---
**Author:** ![elfkin477](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a9a28c/32.png) [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2021, 2:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-found-dead-inside-a-dinosaur-statue/942834/55 "2021-05-26T02:14:04Z")
This story makes me want a **Bones** revival even more. ---
**Author:** ![Magiver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/4491bb/32.png) [@Magiver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Magiver)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2021, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-found-dead-inside-a-dinosaur-statue/942834/56 "2021-05-30T18:21:45Z")
[Barcelona authorities find local man dead inside dinosaur .](https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-57226774) What are the odds. Certainly a horrible way to die but… common… How bizarre is that? If a psychic says you’re going to be killed by a Stegosaurus you might want to steer clear of them. ---
**Author:** ![mikecurtis](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mikecurtis/32/3284_2.png) [@mikecurtis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mikecurtis)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2021, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-found-dead-inside-a-dinosaur-statue/942834/57 "2021-05-30T18:23:34Z")
Already a thread > [@Man found dead inside a dinosaur statue](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-found-dead-inside-a-dinosaur-statue/942834): > > A man was found dead inside a statue in Catalonia after he apparently fell in trying to retrieve his cell phone and got trapped. ---
**Author:** ![Magiver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/4491bb/32.png) [@Magiver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Magiver)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2021, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-found-dead-inside-a-dinosaur-statue/942834/58 "2021-05-30T18:24:33Z")
well my search for the word dinosaur was a fail ---
**Author:** ![mikecurtis](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mikecurtis/32/3284_2.png) [@mikecurtis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mikecurtis)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2021, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-found-dead-inside-a-dinosaur-statue/942834/59 "2021-05-30T18:41:01Z")
I’ve found that there’s a drop down menu that has a sort filter. “relevance” seems to be the default option and clearly discourse and I don’t see eye to eye on what constitutes relevance. But another option “most recent” usually gives me good results. ---
**Author:** ![mordecaiB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mordecaib/32/7725_2.png) [@mordecaiB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mordecaiB)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2021, 6:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-found-dead-inside-a-dinosaur-statue/942834/60 "2021-05-31T06:03:29Z")
> [@Magiver](#): > > If a psychic says you’re going to be killed by a Stegosaurus you might want to steer clear of them. I actually started to write about this a couple days ago but was interrupted. Mine was teenager-carnival-psychic says killed by stegosaurus-laugh-fast forward 30 years-last thought is “The psychic was right! Damn!” I wonder if the police interviewed the artist? Maybe he had a long term plan for killing people in his sculpture and this was just his first victim. Did the police look in all the legs for other victims? Enquiring minds want to know. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-found-dead-inside-a-dinosaur-statue/942834.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-found-dead-inside-a-dinosaur-statue/942834.md?page=4)