Animatronic dinosaurs stolen from Thurrock hotel car park is the news story Jurassic Park never prepared us for. These lifelike prehistoric props mysteriously vanished overnight, leaving stunned staff and a police force on the hunt for runaway reptiles—clearly, extinction isn’t what it used to be.

Head ranger Tom Pruen, founder of Raptors World, is offering a reward for the safe return of the two missing animatronic dinosaurs—Rexy and Yoshi—valued up to £10,000 each. As social media buzzes with “dinosaur theft Essex,” police continue to hunt for the stolen van.