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More than 1,000 people in dinosaur costumes gathered in Dundurn, Sask., on Saturday in hopes of breaking a world record — and a dino dance party broke out, too.
The crowd dressed in floppy Tyrannosaurus Rex outfits set out to break the Guinness World Record for the most people dressed as dinosaurs.
Gary Grady hosted the event. He also owns Big Mur’s Tavern in Dundurn, about 26 miles north of Saskatoon. Grady said they counted 1,163 dinosaur costume participants, meaning they blew the previous world record out of the water.
The Guinness World Record website cites a 2019 event in Los Angeles, California, with only 253 people dressed as dinosaurs as the previous official record. Grady hopes to claim dino superiority soon once the numbers are verified.
A final tally of 1,163 people in dinosaur costumes in Dundurn, Sask., blew past the previous record of 253. (Submitted by Sarah Benson)
“So we’ll all submit our information to the Guinness Book of World Records and then send everyone a certificate that they participated in the challenge,” Grady said on CBC’s Saskatoon Morning.
Grady said after watching videos of inflatable dinosaur costumes on social media, the idea took off within the community, which has about a population 675 people according to Statistics Canada.
“I think we came up with the idea in November or February,” Grady said. “We thought, let’s try it and we threw it out under our social media stuff and everyone got to grips with it and it blossomed.”
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Leisha Grebinski talks to Gary Grady, who hosted an event in Dundurn over the weekend where hundreds of people dressed up in inflatable dinosaur costumes in an attempt to set a Guinness World Record.
“It was a family event and (they) really enjoyed it and lots of kids, lots of grandparents and dinosaur suits. It was super fun to watch,” Grady said.
The organizer of the dinosaur event, Gary Grady, said he gave each person who showed up a burger and a drink for participating. (Submitted by Sarah Benson)
Anyone who showed up in dinosaur attire was entitled to a burger and a drink, Grady said, as well as a numbered badge and tamper-resistant wristband.
At 5 p.m., they had a dance coordinated by a friend of Grady’s.
“We had a really great cheerleader, a friend of ours who got on stage and got them all dancing to like ‘Achy Breaky Heart’ and line dance and do the Macarena and the chicken dance,” he said.
