# 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:** 8\ **Page:** 6
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2021, 10:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-found-dead-inside-a-dinosaur-statue/942834/101 "2021-06-09T22:00:08Z")
There are Covingtons in TN and IL. ---
**Author:** ![bobsmom101](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bobsmom101/32/2867_2.png) [@bobsmom101](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobsmom101)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2021, 1:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-found-dead-inside-a-dinosaur-statue/942834/102 "2021-06-10T13:07:22Z")
I’ll see your stegosaurus and raise you a winery fan: > **[Man stuck inside giant fan at California vineyard for two days](https://nypost.com/2021/06/09/man-stuck-inside-giant-fan-at-california-vineyard-for-two-days/)** > > A California man climbed into a large fan at a vineyard — and remained stuck for two days until coos found him there with loads of meth, according to police. ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2021, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-found-dead-inside-a-dinosaur-statue/942834/103 "2021-06-10T15:29:51Z")
[His Facebook profile says he was a cashier at a BP.](https://www.facebook.com/garrett.meyer.581) I wonder if the trailer he was found in delivered to that BP. ---
**Author:** ![TokyoBayer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tokyobayer/32/13989_2.png) [@TokyoBayer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TokyoBayer)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2021, 8:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-found-dead-inside-a-dinosaur-statue/942834/104 "2021-06-16T08:27:29Z")
Someone tried to get some [dinosaur food](https://www.taiwannews.com.tw/en/news/4223551) to feed it. # Man dies after falling into grain silo in southern Taiwan ---
**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:** [June 16, 2021, 9:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-found-dead-inside-a-dinosaur-statue/942834/105 "2021-06-16T09:48:50Z")
I learned recently that grain entrapment deaths are fairly common, with a remarkably detailed (and quite interesting) Wiki account. > **[Grain entrapment](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grain_entrapment)** > > Pages for logged out editors learn more > > Grain entrapment, or grain engulfment, occurs when a person becomes submerged in grain and cannot get out without assistance. It most frequently occurs in grain bins and other storage facilities such as silos or grain elevators, or in grain transportation vehicles, but has also been known to occur around any large quantity of grain, even freestanding piles outdoors. Usually, unstable grain collapses suddenly, wholly or partially burying workers wh... ---
**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:** [June 16, 2021, 2:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-found-dead-inside-a-dinosaur-statue/942834/106 "2021-06-16T14:43:06Z")
I recall reading online somewhere a tale told by an adult of losing their older brother in a grain entrapment event on the family farm when the decedent was then a young teen and the story teller was about 5 or 7. It was not a pretty picture. It _might_ have been here on SDMB. But I can’t say for sure. ---
**Author:** ![Jasmine](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jasmine/32/2964_2.png) [@Jasmine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jasmine)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2021, 2:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-found-dead-inside-a-dinosaur-statue/942834/107 "2021-06-16T14:51:46Z")
Bullshit. It ATE him! I cite the documentary, “Night at the Museum”. ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2021, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-found-dead-inside-a-dinosaur-statue/942834/108 "2021-06-16T16:49:16Z")
> [@Riemann](#): > > I learned recently that grain entrapment deaths are fairly common, with a remarkably detailed (and quite interesting) Wiki account. I don’t know how accurate the claim is but the numerous entrapment deaths due to Buffalo’s antiquated equipment have been credited with inspiring Mr. Dart to create his elevator. > **[Joseph Dart](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dart%27s_Elevator)** > > Joseph Dart (April 30, 1799 – September 28, 1879) was an American businessman and entrepreneur associated with the grain industry. He was well educated and at the age of 17 began an apprenticeship in a hat factory before managing one in 1819. Two years later in 1821, he moved to Buffalo, New York, and in the following year, opened a store trading hats, leather and fur. Among his customers were Native Americans, including Red Jacket. To facilitate communication, he learned the various Iroquoi... [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-found-dead-inside-a-dinosaur-statue/942834.md?page=5)