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Godshilla makes a run for it and blocks Isle of Wight road

It was a heart-stopping moment late one night as a car approached an 8m tall animal that was blocking the road. Most people, seeing what should have been an extinct dinosaur – a triceratops – in their path would have turned and run in the opposite direction. But for people in the English village of Godsill, on the Isle of Wight, the dinosaur was a well-known resident, albeit not a living animal. Chris Hollingshead snapped the photo and put it on his Facebook, which can be seen by clicking here.
February 23, 2016 Read time: 2 mins
It was a heart-stopping moment late one night as a car approached an 8m tall animal that was blocking the road.

Most people, seeing what should have been an extinct dinosaur – a triceratops – in their path would have turned and run in the opposite direction.

But for people in the English village of Godsill, on the Isle of Wight, the dinosaur was a well-known resident, albeit not a living animal.

Chris Hollingshead snapped the photo and put it on his Facebook, which can be seen by %$Linker: 2 External <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-16"?><dictionary /> 0 0 0 oLinkExternal clicking here Visit facebook page false https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=904716539576905&amp;set=a.421420157906548.97881.100001157027006&amp;type=3&amp;theater false false%>.

It was a priceless moment, he told local media. But he knew that animal, called Godshilla, was a statue prop for a nearby retailer.

Martin Simpson, who owns Island Gems, a shop that sells gems and fossils, told local media that his Godshilla was stolen as a prank from outside his shop and it probably took five people to move the creature onto the road.

To prevent the dinosaur going walk-about again, he said Godshilla will be painted soon, and put into a fenced-in garden.
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