By now, most people on the Isle of Wight would have seen the fantastic Dino photo taken by Chris Hollingshead on Saturday morning of a giant Triceratops blocking the road in Godshill.
The photo whizzed around social media in no time at all, but it’s now gone further afield, to whizz around the globe.
National and International news
As well as making the national newspapers, The Telegraph, Independent, Mirror, Daily Mail, Metro and the BBC, the story is now being featured Internationally with KSAT San Antonio; KOKI FOX 23; Buzz Feed, Mashable, Huffington Post covering it.
It’s also being featured in a plethora of blogs around the world, as well as hitting Twitter’s Moments and other Tweets like:-
Another one for my 'late for work' #excuses spreadsheet – BBC News – triceratops in the road https://t.co/oSRlm3MyAh
— Nigel Quin (@hazeltunes) February 16, 2016
It has generated the kind of publicity for the Isle of Wight that you just can’t buy.
That’s heavy
The giant herbivore belongs to ‘the fossil man’ Martin Simpson, who reckoned it would have taken about five men to move ‘Godshilla’ (Great name – One that Sandie Duncan has claimed as her invention) into the road.
After it was reported, the replica dino was moved back into Martin’s garden by three strong men from Island Roads.
Martin says now that the dino is back where it belongs, he’ll be building a fence around the perimeter.
Update 8:25PM – Added Sandy Duncan’s claim to Godshilla invention.
Image: © Chris Hollingshead
