August 21, 2009
Dinosaur Sighting: Oregon is Overrun With Dinosaurs
A Tyrannosaurus at Prehistoric Gardens in Oregon. From Flickr user sillydog.
Earlier this month, reader Stephen Sasser sent us a vintage photo of him and his family at Thunderbeast Park in Oregon. Unfortunately, Thunderbeast Park is now closed, but in the comments of the post featuring the picture another reader named Doug gave us a tip about some other dinosaur sculptures somewhere in Oregon.
With a little digging I found out that the snapshots Doug had taken came from Prehistoric Gardens in Port Orford, Oregon. It seems that it is still open to the public, so if you are driving along the Oregon coast why not stop off and see the dinosaurs?
Do you have your own photos of roadside dinosaurs? Have you seen a dinosaur in an unexpected place? Send the photo with a short description to dinosaursightings@gmail.com and you might just see it here!
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We have a dinosaur park nearby that has been in operation since my sons (25 & 23) were little. The dinosaurs have no skin, but the kids love them just the same. They are all the work of one man, who evidently did it because of his love for kids. There is no charge to get in (at least the last time I went, there wasn’t). It’s located on I-25 at the Timnath exit. You pull off tothe road on which Timnath sets, and go East, it’s not even a quarter mile!
This is in Colorado!
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