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'There's a T-Rex in Walmart!' People are now wearing dinosaur suits to go grocery shopping, and people on Twitter are thanking them for it

Irene Jiang   

'There's a T-Rex in Walmart!' People are now wearing dinosaur suits to go grocery shopping, and people on Twitter are thanking them for it
Sebastian Dominguez in a t-rex costume at Target
  • Now that face coverings are recommending in public, people have come up with creative ways to protect themselves.
  • One of the most creative solutions that's becoming a widespread trend is wearing a T-Rex costume to go grocery shopping.
  • In addition to three reported costume sightings in the news, countless Twitter users have been posting photos and videos of their own Jurassic encounters.
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On April 1, Sebastian Dominguez swaggered into a Target wearing an inflatable T-Rex costume.

The Davies, Florida man was recorded by his wife, Aurora Dominguez, as he waddled about in the store and struggled to reach products with his tiny dino arms. His friendly rampage was chronicled in the Miami Herald, and his costume was described by Aurora as "part joke, part safety measure."

Surprisingly, this isn't the first, or even second or third time someone has worn this exact T-Rex costume to go grocery shopping. On March 17, two children accompanied by their mother dressed as dinos for their H-E-B shopping trip in Leon Springs, Texas. The girls, eight and 10, had obtained permission from the H-E-B store to shop in costume.

The same day, Washington, DC blog Popville posted a picture obtained by a reader of a shopper dressed as a T-Rex in a grocery market.

Those are just the incidents that made the news. However, wearing a T-Rex suit to go grocery shopping has apparently become fairly common across the country. Now that face coverings are recommended in public, it's just one of the many creative ways people have come up with to protect themselves - and entertain others.

Countless Twitter users have been posting pictures and videos of their own Jurassic sightings.

With ongoing shortages and dangerous crowds plaguing stores that are still open, going grocery shopping can be especially stressful. Thanks to these masked citizens, people have something to look forward to when going to the grocery store - glimpsing a tiny-armed dinosaur struggling to reach a carton of eggs.

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