Dinosaurs among us? Couple's Jurassic yard art may be headed for extinction


Dinosaurs have been spotted in a Texas neighborhood – sort of.

According to Houston's KTRK, Nancy Hentschel and her husband recently revamped their front lawn in Sugar Land's New Territory neighborhood with yard art of Jurassic proportions – huge metal sculptures of a Tyrannosaurus rex and velociraptor. 

"Obviously, it does make a little bit of a statement," Hentschel told KTRK. "And I've met more neighbors in the past 24 hours than I have in the 17 years we've lived here."

But the local homeowners' association seems to have other ideas, asking Hentschel what her future plans are for the display.

"My plans are directly tied to their plans," she told KTRK.

post on the neighborhood's Facebook page points out that the dinos are "in violation of the deed restrictions" but concedes that "they are kind of cool." 

"Kudos to the resident for even thinking of this one," the post reads.

Take a drive down Kendall Creek in Lakewind to take a look at this Jurassic Yard before the NTRCA succeeds in having the...

Posted by New Territory on Monday, August 24, 2015

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