Dinos Found Alive & Well

By Cockles and Sid

A shock discovery at the Palaeontology Institute of South Streatham has confirmed that dinosaurs have had the last laugh after all. It appears that the whole idea of them being wiped off the face of the Earth a couple of squillion years ago was in fact a big con cooked up by the reptilian rascals themselves.

Dr. Augustus Reacharound of the Institute said, ‘Our suspicions were aroused a few weeks ago when we received an email from a Mr. Terence Rex claiming that he was planning to sue over the portrayal of his kind in the movie Jurassic Park, which he claimed was tantamount to outright racism’. The movie features a giant lizard getting furious and that chap from The Fly mumbling to himself about coulds, shoulds and soggy digits.

Dr. Reacharound continued, ‘At first my colleagues and I scoffed at this in a scientific fashion and carried on playing with our Bunsen burners, but when we got a second email from a Ms. T. Ceri-Tops detailing specifically how to ‘walk the dinosaur’, we started to get suspicious’.

An investigation was launched and the dinosaurs were found to be living in a rented two-bed flat in Acton, West London. They had been using their Yahoo account to fox the scientists, but their location was uncovered when a junior researcher asked them fairly politely for their address.

Mr Rex and Ms Ceri-Tops were unavailable for comment, but neighbours said they were generally in ‘good spirits’. A Ms. Rochelle Twostrokes added, “They tend to play music quite loudly but are on the whole a nice bunch”.

Dr. Reacharound has since died of nothing.