A resident physician of Palm Coast , Florida , has shared a video which she is convinced show a “ baby dinosaur ” cross her yard in the wee hours of the cockcrow . conquer on a home protection camera in April of this class , the footage has prompted aflurry of debateon social media as to the true identity of this mysterious nocturnal intruder .

Cristina Ryan , whose dimension was visited by the strange creature , toldFOX 35 Newsthat " any creature we can come up with that would be ' walking ' at 3:40 in the morning , would n’t walk this way .

" Maybe I ’ve watched ' Jurassic Park ' too many time , but I see a raptorial bird or other small dinosaur ! "

To be fair , it ’s reasonable to assume that any resurrecteddinosaurswould likely escape from their enclosure at some stage and initiate invading other habitats , and anyone who has see the latest instalment of the noted motion picture franchise will understand just howdramatic such a scenariois likely to be . At the same time , there ’s plenty to be said for the old adage that the simplest explanation is usually the best one , which is why it ’s deserving looking into more prosaic solutions before jumping flat to baby dinosaur .

As one social media commenter pointed out , the beast in the video does sort of look like a frankfurter , peradventure with a bucketful or some other item mystify on its head . Someone else suggested a sandhill crane , a turgid coinage of Stephen Crane that exist in North America . Other TV audience have suggest that the puppet may be a reptilian of some kind , with bearded dragon and chocolate-brown basilisk lizards – the latter of which is often found in Florida – being identify as potential culprits .

In spitefulness of these suggestions , Ryan importune that “ there has never been an reply to what it was . Even despite require neighbors . We are all still convince it ’s a dinosaur ! "

More specifically , she says the yard invader look to be a raptor , yet it ’s deserving bear in mind that these prehistoric predators most in all likelihood did n’t resemble the scaly monsters depicted inJurassic Park . For one thing , they would have beencovered in feather , and throw that the Floridian creature does n’t appear to gasconade much plumage , it ’s not looking too unspoiled for the raptor theory . Also , dinosaurs are idle .

Having sound out that , enquiry has suggested that velociraptor were most likelysolitary huntersrather than pack brute . The fact that the specimen caught on the video appears alone , therefore , counts as a detail for squad bird of prey .

Then again , it ’s probably a dog .

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