BLUFF CITY, Tenn. (AP) – Chris Kastner’s back yard is full of his art, free for the public to enjoy.
It just so happens that art consists of life-size dinosaur replicas.
Kastner has loved dinosaurs since he was a kid, so much that he dedicated his Bluff City backyard to a dinosaur theme park for the public to enjoy. His aunt took him to a dinosaur exhibit when he was a child, sparking his interest in owning his own dinosaurs.
“That was the first time I saw life-size dinosaurs, and I just had to have a life-size dinosaur,” he said.
Krastner soon realized that buying his own dinos wasn’t going to be an option – the cheapest ones he could find were almost $50,000. So then he figured he’d build his own dinosaurs, and in 2012, he had enough handmade dinos to open a park for others to come and enjoy.