GALLERY: Glenrock Town Square hosts third Dino Egg Hunt and Meet & Greet

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Puppeted by Chevy Meyer, Blue the Velociraptor bows to the waiting arms of many a spectator during a dino meet & greet prior to the Dino Egg Hunt March 28 in Town Square. Hundreds of children and adults came to the downtown event space and playground for the third annual Dino Egg Hunt.

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A delighted Chera-Mia Stinson reaches up to pet the snout of Blue the velocraptor during the Dino Meet & Greet.

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Using her telescope, Millie Schwindt examines an Easter egg prior to the March 28 egg hunt.

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Prior to the action kicking off Seraphina Watton counts the eggs on the basketball court of the town square.

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An as yet unnamed brontosaurus faux bites the hand of a young child. Chevy Meyer, the dino’s puppeteer, brought the creature to life for the children at the Town Square egg hunt Saturday.

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Axil Evans gets a jump on the competition by “pre-grabbing” some Easter eggs.

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Clayton Cole runs to the next egg, placing one into his basket. Despite the set boundary, Cole and many other children took the chance to cross into the other areas and grab as many eggs as possible.

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Following the Glenrock Dino Egg Hunt at Town Square, Layla Bakhsh counts and examines her bounty as her mother Nada watches. In addition to candies upon candies, the egg prizes up for grabs included 12 Easter baskets and eight chocolate bunnies, both marked with slips of paper inside the eggs denoting the prize they received.

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Truett Riley pours his collected eggs into the egg return box following the Dino Egg Hunt. Children had the choice to return their opened eggs to Town Square or keep them for themselves.

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Jeremy Amack rips open a box containing a sand toy for his daughter Amelia after she received one of the 12 Easter basket prizes.
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