The Orange Dinosaur Will Rise Again

Whoever knocked down the T-Rex of the Route 1 Miniature Golf and Batting Cages should be feeling the bad karma right about now.

We scanned Internet comments on the dinosaur, and one individual summed it up nicely: "NOOOOOOOOOOO he's the Route 1 mascot!!! People use him as a landmark to give directions by... 'Go two miles past the orange dinosaur.'" This is serious - the dinosaur-toppling has left Saugus disoriented.

The owner of the mini-golf course had a different take on the entire situation. She compared the orange dinosaur to Jesus: "On Easter Sunday Jesus Christ rose from the dead and so will that dinosaur.” (We'll just assume that Jesus couldn't be reached for comment about being compared to an orange mini-golf dinosaur.)

Religious comparisons aside, the plight of the orange dinosaur has brought out the best in people. A crane operator helped set the dinosaur upright, and people have been calling the golf course owners with their sympathies.

Thanks to the community efforts and moral support, the Herald writes, "The massive fiberglass tyrannosaurus rex … is now upright on tippyclaw and anchored with weights in a type of wooden sling." We're not sure what "tippyclaw" means, but we'll take it if it means the dinosaur is upright.

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