Dinosaur statue.Photo: LLUIS GENE/AFP via Getty
A man in Spain was found dead in a papier-mâché dinosaur statue after authorities said he fell in while trying to retrieve his cell phone, according to reports.
A father and son first spotted something amiss on Saturday in the Barcelona suburb of Santa Coloma de Gramenet, theGuardianreported.
After the father and son raised the alarm, police responded and found a 39-year-old man dead inside the leg of the statue, a spokeswoman for regional police force Mossos d’Esquadra told theGuardian.
“It’s an accidental death; there was no violence. This person got inside the statue’s leg and got trapped,” the spokeswoman said. “It looks as though he was trying to retrieve a mobile phone, which he’d dropped. It looks like he entered the statue head first and couldn’t get out.”
She told the outlet that police called firefighters in for help removing the man, whose family had previously reported him missing, according to the BBC.
As autopsy results are still pending, it remains unclear just how long the man was trapped in the statue, though the police spokeswoman told theGuardianit was likely at least several days.
The statue has reportedly since been removed from its spot, and the death is not being treated as suspicious.
source: people.com
