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Jeff Rosenblatt
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Breaking News from the Kentucky Creation Museum: Animatronic T-Rex Eats
Adam. (AP).
By A.R. Wallace.
Evolution is derided at this 60,000-square-foot facility, packed with
high-tech exhibits designed by an acclaimed theme-park artist,
animatronic dinos
and a massive ark hewn of wood. In this Old Testament version of
history,
dinosaurs appeared on the same day God created every other land animal.
Even the
Creation Museum staff was surprised by the "evolution" of events today.
The Creation might have taken a different course if prehistoric
dinosaurs
had acted like the animatronic dinosaurs in the Museum. In one exhibit,
next
to a gurgling waterfall, a pair of ancient children were displayed
frolicking
just a few feet away from a group of "friendly dinosaurs." The
dinosaurs
were livelier than the designer attended and took a few unintended
strides so
that it looks as if they are pursuing the children.
An even more dramatic turn of events occurred in the display juxtaposing
the
giant, moving and shrieking T-Rex with humans, where Adam literally
ended up
in the powerful jaws of the ferocious carnivore. Until the Creation
Museum
display, animatronic dinosaurs were largely stationery, moving only the
upper
body. In the redesigned T-Rex, the behemoth not only moved his upper
body,
but took a few strides. This T-Rex took a few strides right towards
Adam,
then tilted and fell, such that Adam's body was forced between his jaws.
For a
few minutes, this macabre scene played out while the animatronic T-Rex
flailed about, sideways, in a circular pattern, with Adam in his jaws.
This unintended display frightened small children, who were horrified
that
the Creation might have been stopped in its tracks by T-Rex. Parents
hurriedly tried to explain to their children that the T-Rex was
initially "nice"
until the Fall and the end of Paradise.
Meanwhile, museum designers were scurrying to check the Great Flood
exhibit,
where animatronic workers are busily building Noah's giant wooden ark,
which
rises two or three stories inside the museum. The museum
administration
assured visitors that they do not have to fear being washed away in a
torrent of
water.
Staff research paleontologists were asked how all of the animals,
including
dinosaurs, could have possibly survived on the same boat. Dr. G. Mendel
explained that Noah invented the original tofu, which carnivorous
animals,
including the T-Rex, found satisfying.
The Creation Museum opened today. Museum officials said they hope to
minimize visitor injuries from animatronic dinosaurs run amuck. The
dinosaurs may
be unplugged until they can be reprogrammed.
Reported by Associated Press.
Bob Russell
Learning Experience Design
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