‘Dinosaur claw’ found in front garden sparks fears velociraptors roaming Wales
An apparent dinosaur claw discovered in the front garden of a British woman has left experts completely baffled.
The finding was made by Laura Coorcroft, who lives in Buckley, Flintshire, Wales.
She claims that it is actually the claw of some type of “prehistoric” beast.
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She said: “(I) instantly thought it was from a dinosaur. My husband and I had just come back from a walk and he noticed it on the grass. It looks prehistoric to us – a scaly lizard-like claw.
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“We’re huge fans of Jurassic Park so instantly thought it was from a dinosaur, I mean it looks very lizard-like doesn’t it?”
Sharing her photo online, Laura got locals weighing in with their guesses.
Some said it was from a bird or poultry, but others suspected something reptilian like an alligator, crocodile or tortoise.
More than one person spotted the resemblance to a velociraptor, which led Laura, 36, to reach out to the experts at Chester Zoo as well as a nearby vet.
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Both said it came from a bird, but the species was unknown.
Laura explained: “One said it was like a pheasant and the other a turkey so we’re still none the wiser.
“We have CCTV but it was a bit too far down the garden to pick anything up, so it remains a mystery.
“I like our guess of a velociraptor best – I love that people had the same thinking. I saw someone had thought it was a Gremlin! We didn’t think something like this would grab everyone’s attention.”
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Ironically, Laura’s guess may be closer to the truth than she realises.
Arkhat Abzhanov, a biologist at Harvard University, said: “The first birds were almost identical to the late embryo from velociraptors."
Unlike their movie counterpart, real velociraptors were also feathered and about the same size as turkeys.
The mystery remains unsolved.
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