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Police hunt living dinosaur
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Police hunt for PNG dinosaur
Reports a live dinosaur had been sighted on a volcanic island of Papua New
Guinea prompted the deployment of heavily-armed police in search of the
mystery creature. Villagers in the superstitious island province of East New
Britain this week said they fled in terror after seeing a three-metre tall,
grey-coloured creature with a head like a dog and a tail like a crocodile. They
said the creature was living among thick green plants in a mosquito-ridden
marsh just outside the provincial capital Kokopo, near the devastated town of
Rabaul which was buried by a volcanic eruption in 1994.
Kokopo's Mayor Albert Buanga said the dinosaur would make a great a
tourist attraction, if it existed. A government official confirmed police carrying
M-16s and shotguns searched the area but found no trace of the creature.
Eyewitness Christine Samei told reporters she ran for her life after seeing a
three-metre tall, grey creature with a head like a dog and a tail like a crocodile
which was as fat as a 900-litre water tank. "It's a very huge and ugly looking
animal," Samei told local media.
A government official said the villagers had identified the creature from books
and movies about dinosaurs. "They told us it was a dinosaur," the official told
AAP.
Although police found no trace of the creature, Senior Sergeant Leuth Nidung
warned villagers to take extra precautions when going about their daily
business, amid reports it had eaten three dogs. Villagers were told to report
any further sightings immediately to police, who were already organising a
more thorough search of the area. Black magic and other superstitions are
common in many parts of PNG's predominantly village-based society.
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