Smithsonian.com

A "Brontosaurus" outside a Virginia campground. Photo courtesy Callan Bentley.

Some of my favorite dinosaur sightings are ones in which a dinosaur was put in a certain place just for the heck of it. Photos from abandoned dinosaur sculpture parks are cool, but unexpected roadside dinosaurs are even better, and such was a photo sent to us by Callan Bentley. Just outside Elkton, Virginia on Route 33 there is a campground entrance guarded by this curious looking “Brontosaurus.” While not scientifically up-to-date, it looks like it would have fit right in among the animated cast of a Flintstones cartoon.

Have you stumbled across a dinosaur in an unexpected place? If you have, and have a photo of the encounter, send it to us via dinosaursightings@gmail.com!