Missing Man Found Dead Inside Dinosaur Statue

[Hoss569]

Things that make you go hmm..

Missing man found dead inside dinosaur statue

A 40-year-old man was found dead inside the leg of a decorative papier-mâché dinosaur statue in Spain after being reported missing by his family just a few hours earlier.

The man, who has not yet been named, was found dead by a father and son in Santa Coloma de Gramenet, a Barcelona suburb, at around 12:00 p.m. local time on Saturday, according to local news site El Mirall.

After being informed by the father that a man appeared to be dead inside the dinosaur statue, three units of the Generalitat Fire Brigade arrived at the scene.

Several members of the firefighters' special rescue team were also deployed, as they had to saw off multiple parts of the dinosaur in order to extract the body from the decorative statue.

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[Catmommy]

They think, perhaps, he accidentally dropped his cell phone in the Stegosaurus' leg and fell upside down trying to retrieve it. I'm imagining a grisly, horrible death and hope that he didn't suffer long.

 

[TootsieFootsie]

Poor man, I hope it was quick and he wasn't there suffering for hours trying to call out for help.

 

[Skigh]

Mystery as man's body found in dinosaur statue after passerby reported smell

 

[Filly]

What???? Just what????

Poor man.

This thread could get me in trouble. Taking responsibility for my higher self.

 

[TootsieFootsie]

Man found dead inside dinosaur statue days after going missing

That poor man "may have" been in there for days

Conflicting reports.

I wonder if he dropped his phone in the Dinosaurs mouth ?

I was just thinking that maybe he didn't drop the phone. Maybe he was taking a photo of himself in the Dinosaurs mouth and fell backwards, phone and all into the insides of the Dinosaur.

Would the mouth be big enough to fall in. If not, where is another opening where he could have fallen into or climbed into.

The rest of the Dinosaur seems pretty sealed up to me.

 

[scandinavian girl]

is it a natural sized dinosaur and how did he get in? the mouth looks very small. I am not even going to try to figure this one out.

 

[Hoss569]

is it a natural sized dinosaur and how did he get in? the mouth looks very small. I am not even going to try to figure this one out.

I tried to figure it out too, and thought may not want to know...

 

[Lilibet]

A couple of theories (no mention in any link of it being the result of violence.):

The dinosaur statue has previously sometimes been used by homeless people as a place to sleep.

There is a removable slab in the dinosaur’s stomach which the man is believed to have used to climb inside.

https://www.thelocal.es/20210526/missing-man-dies-trapped-inside-dinosaur-statue-in-spain/

With citizens invigorated by the ending of lockdown restrictions and eager to get outside, the man decided to visit the Cubic Building and check out the deteriorating stegosaurus that had stood on the public road for years.

Parts of the statue had opened up to reveal the metal frame inside, and he took out his phone to snap some photos of the unusual sight. But he accidentally dropped it through the opening.

When he tried to retrieve it, he toppled in upside-down and hit his head, leaving him trapped and unable to call for help.

Man Missing For Two Days Was Just Found Dead Inside A Giant Dinosaur Statue In Barcelona

 

[Filly]

The dinosaur statue has previously sometimes been used by homeless people as a place to sleep.

That's street genius.