It was meant to be a bit of harmless fun to mark the release of Jurassic World, but someone had to take it too far…
Universal Pictures flooded London’s Waterloo Station with life-size model dinosaurs ahead of the sequel hitting UK cinemas this week.
Welcome to #JurassicWaterloo!
Get face to face with the raptors ahead of the release of Jurassic World on Thursday.https://t.co/GFH1US4qSp
— Universal Pictures UK (@universaluk) June 8, 2015
However an elaborate series of Chinese whispers has led to Welsh scientists misinterpreting the creatures for real dinosaurs, announcing the first ever ‘discovery’ of a carnivorous dinosaur in the country.
New meat eating dinosaur found in Wales on display @AmgueddfaCymru this morning. Only meat eater found in Wales pic.twitter.com/l5IadKW6uf
— Stephen Fairclough (@stephenfairc) June 9, 2015
Now they are in too deep, as those who know the truth are too embarrassed to tell curators at the National Museum Wales in Cardiff, where it is on display.
If only dinosaur supervisor Phil Tippett had been around to let them down gently.
