Dinosaurs in the Woods - Elberta, Alabama - Dinosaur Statues on Waymarking.com

In 1991 Mark Cline was building dinosaurs outside his Enchanted Castle Studios in Natural Bridge, Virginia. A man driving a beat-up pickup truck, wearing ratty clothes, stopped and said that his brother-in-law might be interested in buying dinosaurs as "lawn ornaments." How much would that cost? Mark figured he was crazy and gave him a ridiculously high price -- $25,000 -- to make him go away. Two weeks later the man called back. He said that his brother-in-law, who was billionaire George Barber, wanted seven Mark Cline dinosaurs.

Mark supervised their installation in Alabama on a "lawn" that he estimated at 10,000 acres. After returning to Virginia, he received another phone call. "Mr. Barber," said the man, "saw you on TV and you said that you put glass eyes in some of your dinosaurs. He wants you to put glass eyes in his dinosaurs." So Mark was flown back to Alabama (for another sizable fee) and did what his client requested.

It would be over a decade before Mark actually met the reclusive George Barber. When he did, the two struck up a friendship, which eventually led to Barber commissioning Mark to build the Lady in the Bay and Bamahenge. Both artworks are now featured at the Barber Marina, along with four of the dinosaurs, which were moved onto the property in 2011: a Brontosaurus, T. Rex, Stegosaurus, and Triceratops. They hang out in the trees along the marina entrance road, and are surprisingly difficult to spot.

Location: Barber Pkwy Elberta, AL USA 36530 Type of Dinosaur: Tyrannosaurus Rex Web Address or URL: Not listed

Visit Instructions:
Have someone take your picture with your GPS in front of the Dinosaur.

If your by yourself try to get yourself if you can. If not take a picture of your GPS and the Dinosaur.

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Date Logged Log User Rating   04/04/2023 Artthur visited it