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Photos: Johnson's Park dinosaur escapes extinction

Chad Covert has the 13,000-pound Tyrannosaurus rex that stood at what used to be Johnson's Park. He is going to put the pieces back together and have it on display in his backyard in the Town of Saukville.
Chad Covert has the 13,000-pound Tyrannosaurus rex that stood at what used to be Johnson's Park. He is going to put the pieces back together and have it on display in his backyard in the Town of Saukville.
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Chad Covert's yard will be home to a 13,000-pound Tyrannosaurus rex.
Chad Covert's yard will be home to a 13,000-pound Tyrannosaurus rex.
Michael Sears / Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Chad Covert  paid just $11 at auction for the tired old dinosaur.
Chad Covert paid just $11 at auction for the tired old dinosaur.
Michael Sears / Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Since the early 1970s, this 16-foot-tall Tyrannosaurus rex menaced mini-golfers and then stood guard at Johnson's Park long after the amusement empire went out of business.
Since the early 1970s, this 16-foot-tall Tyrannosaurus rex menaced mini-golfers and then stood guard at Johnson's Park long after the amusement empire went out of business.
Johnson's Park & Mini Golf
Chad Covert had the dinosaur removed from the Johnson's Park location on N. 76th St. on Jan. 4.
Chad Covert had the dinosaur removed from the Johnson's Park location on N. 76th St. on Jan. 4.
Chad Covert
"We had seven guys for seven hours out there with two trucks," Chad Covert said. "It wasn't meant to be moved."
"We had seven guys for seven hours out there with two trucks," Chad Covert said. "It wasn't meant to be moved."
Chad Covert