Ten-Foot-Long 'Dinosaur' Shows Up At Student's Backyard

If a ten-foot-long dinosaur-looking creature showed up at your house one day, what would you do? Knowing ourselves, we would probably do exactly what this university student did honestly - pick up our phone and film the whole thing. It is not every day, of course, that one gets to encounter a 'dinosaur'.

Of course, the video of the incident that was posted on TikTok that went viral terrified some people while being very amusing to others, specifically, to Australians. As Daily Mail reports, Isabell Ryan who is 18 and lives near Warrigal, was studying when she noticed the enormous reptile - which is either a lace monitor or a tree goanna - come to her glass door. The video, which you can watch below, went viral, and the response was hilarious.

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The reptile pushed itself against the glass door, seemingly trying to get closer and closer. "Tell me you live in Australia, without telling me you live in Australia," says Isabell in the video. Isabell's dogs, a staffie named Goose and a miniature schnauzer called Frankie, noticing the reptile too, begin freaking out. It seems that they don't know whether they should be combative or scared as they study this weird dinosaur.
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Isabell, too, is freaking out, unsure of whether the reptile is strong enough to break the glass and get inside. "I don't think it can do that, but what if it does?" she asks. Finally, the reptile, having given up, retreats back from the house into the wilderness while Isabell sits there, absolutely shocked.
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Talking to Daily Mail Australia, Isabell said that she is used to seeing wildlife up close and personal near her home, but she's never seen a goanna that big. "Usually I see them along the fence line, but this one was very curious," she explained. Out of the 2 million people who have watched her video, many were just as freaked out as her if not more.
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"Why are dinosaurs just casually still around in Australia," one commented. Another saying: "Are you in Jurassic Park or what." Others were less harsh though. "He's low key cute though," one said, and Isabelle replied: "I know, I kinda wanted to keep it after awhile." Regardless, we hope this curious large being found its way back home and is retelling this story from its perspective to its reptile friends.
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For more stories about adventurous animals, read about this seal who was rescued 4 different times in 3 different countries.
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