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Timmy Yot.he.r s and his mother, Celia Yo the r s , were amongthe thousands of people who flocked in to see the manyattractions at the' New York Museum of Natural History whiler. (.attempting to -as cape the heat. I~ was a hot Auqus t; Sunday inthe year 1984. New York City was suffering from a long heatwave, whi'ch was maki nq 11)11l10n'5 of people mise r abLe, By 12:30P. M., most of the inner' ci ty inhabi tants had gone' indoo r s toescape the heat. Because of this, all ~tores normally closedon Sundays -.e r e opened and wer e malting r aco r d prof its ,Tourist attractions and exhib~ts were in the black as ~eI l .Such was the case with New York's famed Mus~um of NaturalHistory. Here it was cool, and v~ry roomy, and with a lot tos~e, there were more p~ople i~ ~he plac~ than bad been at artyone time in over a decade. " -

Nine year old T,immy Y~thers was crazy about prehistoricaniPlals, so when he ,and his mother entered the museum, Timmyinsis~ed upon going to the wing with the' gigaritlc dihosaurskeletons. Although Timmy, had toured the dinosaur wing ofthe museum .,twice already, he was ~tilf. totally ent,hralledwi~~ the amazirig fossils of prehistoric I l f a . The fir~tskeletal ~estoration they came to, was the 40 footplan~-eating C~mar~saurus.. "Looks like a baby 'Brontosaurus, Momn, said Timmy as hestared at the beast. ,

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f r om behi nd t hem Then t he s ound of s c r eam ng f i l l ed t hewi ng of t he mus eum Mr s . Yot her $ a nd her s on t ur ned a r oundt o s ee t he s kel et on of t he 75 m l l i on- yea r - ol d Tyr a nnos a ur usr a gi ng t hr ough t he cor r i dor , eha s i ng peopl e awa y i n' a l ldi r ec t i ons . The s kel et on wa s ' AL I VE!" Nooooooooool " s hout ed Ti mmy a t t he t op of hi s l ungs , " Idi dn' t mea n i t ! "a y now bot h Ti mmy a nd hi s mot her wer e a l r ea dy r unni ngt owa r d t he nea r es t ex i t . J us t ' bef or e ' t hey r ea ched l ' t , T i t nmyt ur ned a r ound f or one l a s~ l ook , t o pr ove ~o hi ms el f t ha t~ha t he wa s e~per i enc i ng' wa s ' a r ea l i t y. Wha t he s aw wa s mor ef r i ght eni ng t ha~ any ni ~ht ma r e he ha d ever ha d~ The bea s t

wa s s t ompi ng over peopl e a ' s i f t hey wer e a nt s . I t pi c ked upa n el der l y gent l eman wi t h i t s f our - f oot - ~i de j a ws , l i ned wi t hs i x - i nch r a z or - sha r p t eet h, a nd mot i ~ned a s i f t o swa l l ow t heman whol e, but t he man f el l t hr ough t he bot t om of i t ss kel e t a l l ower j a w a nd pl ummet ed 20 f eet t o t he 'fLoo r , a ndwa s t hen c r us hed under t he ma s s i ve wei ght of t he' i mpos s i bl e- t o- be- a l i ve' , but a l i ve, c r ea t ur e. . , , ' ,L i t t l e Ti mmy ha d s een mor e t ha n enouqh , a nd he a nd, hi smot her s cur r i ed f or t he e~i t . J us t a s t hey t ur ned t he cor nert hey wer e conf r ont ed by a not her s kel e t on. Thi s t i me , i t wa sof t he t hr ee- hor ned cer a t ops i a n di nos a ur , Tr i cer a t ops . Mr s .Yot her s s c r eamed s o l oud t ha t a gl a s s di s pl a y c a s e s ha t t er edi nt o a ' miLl Lon pi ec es . AS" s oon a s s he s c r eamed" a7- f oot - ~ong hor n r i pped Mr ~~ ' Yot her s awa~ ~i om her s on' s

ha nd" a nd s he wa s t hr own a c r os s ' t he r oom ' Mr s . , Yot her ss c r eamed a s s he f l ew a c r os s t he, r oom and wa s s i l enceds uddenl y a s s he f l ew, head . f i r s t :" i nt o a conc r et e wa l l . - Ti mmycover ed hi s eyes i n t er r or . Then t he' qua dt ~ped~l behemot h

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m l l i on- year - ol d bonesmat er i al s, and any bul l et ssi mpl y bounced of f t he'm nut es, t he ' 35 skel et onspol i ce of f i cer i n t he ar ea.l i ne of def ense.Af t er ' about 40 m nut es, t he f i r st ar mor ed t r oop car r i er sent er ed t he' bat t l e zone. ' Hundr eds of men j umped ' out of t hei r .t rucks and wer e depl oyed aga- i nst t he mont er s i n' t eams of 'f our . Qui ckl y, t he men f i r ed at t he beast s wi t h t hei r 'f l amet hr ower s' snd bazookas. The f l amet hr ower s had no ef f ect ,but t he bazookas ' bl ew t he monst er s i nt o hundr eds of pi eces.The l ast , of t he beast s, a' 90- f oot - l ong Di pl odocus, f el l af t erj ust 25 m nut ~s, 6f ar t i l l er y f i r e. The war was' over . Theci t y was . saf e . aga i n. . As t he cl ean' up pr oceeded, anannouncement came over ' t he r adi o." The wor l d , i s i n shock af t er t he sudden at t acks by t hedi nosaur skel et ons of t he wor l d' s museums. Repor t s , say t hatt he at t acKs. occur r ed ' si mul t aneousl y i n ever y pl ace on t heear t h wher e t hese skel et ons once st ood. Ci vi l at i on as weonge knew i t has been dest r oyed, and now onl y a f ew bui l di ngsr emai n i n one pi ece. The monst er s ar e now dead. We mustr ebui l d. " ,Af t er a f ew moment s of ~usi c, t he r adi o ar i nouncer washear d - agai n." We agai n i nt er r upt our nor mal pz-o qr am t o make t hi sspeci ~ announcement . . We have f ound t he cause of t hedi sast er whi ch has devast at ed t he wor l d, and we ar e pi easedt o say, t hat Ti mmy yot her s sai d he was sor r y. "

had pet r i f i ed"t hat di dn' t sai li ndest r uct i bl ehad at t ackedThe nat i onal

i nt o' r ock- har dby bet ween , bones,monst er s. W t hi nand ki l l ed ever y'guar d was t he next