One of the dinosaur sculptures in the abandoned 'Prehistoric Forest,' a dinosaur-themed amusement park in Irish Hills, Michigan. (Seph Lawless)
A real-life Jurassic World? In Irish Hills, Michigan, dinosaurs still roam through a thick forest of shrubs and trees, which even hide recently hatched "dinosaur eggs." But although they may look eerily realistic, the "dinosaurs" are actually fiberglass sculptures by artistJames Q. Sidwell and the forest is "Prehistoric Forest," an abandoned dinosaur-themed park, now reclaimed by nature.
, who has captured images of , visited the abandoned Michigan attraction and found the life-sized dinosaurs sculptures, now dilapidated and covered in moss after years of being left to the elements.
Built in 1963, Pehistoric Forest was an eight-acre property, where visitors could could "ride the safari train on an exciting tour of a lost world that existed millions of years ago" and , according to MLive.com.
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The amusement park, which was closed in 1999, once , says io9.com.
Hidden by trees and bathed in sunlight, the dinosaurs look like they're ready to pounce any minute. They have, however, been victim to vandalism in recent years. Surveillance cameras have even been installed in the property after an , MLive.com reported.
Lawless captured the images above for his project titled "Where Dinosaurs Still Roam." Aside from the life-size dinosaurs sculptures dotting the abandoned park, he also found crumbling cabins and sheds, cave-like structures and even a wooly mammoth sculpture.
For more on Seph Lawless' work, visit his or follow him on , and on His book "Bizarro: The World's Most Beautifully Abandoned Theme Parks" is also from his website.