3 Facts & Fiction about the Cabazon Dinosaurs

Today was my day-off. So I went exploring...

I heard there were dinosaurs in the Inland Empire.

So here's what I found out..3 Facts & Fiction about the Cabazon Dinosaurs.

The Velociraptor grows to 6.8 feet long and 1.6 feet high,

 one of the dinosaurs featured in Steven Spielberg's Jurassic Park

1. They do exist and dwell in the Inland Empire. Known as the Cabazon Dinosaurs. If you've been to the  Morongo Casino, you could see a glimpse of two giant dinosaurs along the I-10 fwy. Popular way back in the 80's when it was featured in a Coke commercial, MTV and the movie "Pee Wee's Adventure".  



2. They're neither carnivore, nor vegetarian but sculptures by Claude Bell. A sculptor for Knott's Berry Farm Amusement Park, "took him two decades and $300,000" to create these giant sculptures seen by travelers near Palm Springs. Bell died in 1989, he was 91 years old.  

The  long neck, long tailed giant Brachiosaurus , also featured in the Spielberg movie

3. It's a cool place to check out in the Inland Empire.

A roadside attraction when passing by Palm Springs or when you coming back from the music festival in the Coachella Valley, this is a must-stop that you need to check out...and it's near a gas station and restaurant. 

The T-Rex or Trynnosaurus Rex, became an overnight celebrity, thanks to Steven Spielberg's Jurassic Park.

"God creates dinosaurs, God destroys dinosaurs. God creates man, Man destroys God, Man creates dinosaurs...Dinosaurs eat Man, Woman inherits the earth" -

Michael Crichton, Jurassic Park