Man spends £1,600 to surprise wife with 12ft dinosaur replica – but it doesn’t go to plan

Dinosaur in garden
Adrian with Dave (Picture: SWNS)

After a few weeks of warm weather, Deborah Shaw thought her garden looked a little overgrown and asked her husband Adrian to tidy it up.

So he decided to surprise her with a new addition to their outside space – a 12ft-tall replica of a T-rex, costing £1,600.

Adrian, 52, snapped up the 14-stone resin and fiberglass dinosaur – named ‘Dave’ and hired a crane to winch it into position on Thursday.

While Deborah, 53, was out the dinosaur was moved into the back garden of their home in Leamington Spa, Warks.

IT analyst Adrian explained: ‘This project is a result of my wife’s request to make the garden look nice.

‘She suggested I clear away the weeds and maybe put a gnome on the patio which got me thinking.

‘I thought nothing could possibly look nicer in the garden than a 3.5 metre replica of a rampaging T-Rex, so I bought one.

A shocked woman got the fright of her life when she turned on her outside light in the middle of the night - and came face-to-face with a huge T-Rex. See SWNS story SWMDdinosaur. Adrian Shaw got a 3.5 metre dinosaur delivered by crane into his back garden as a surprise for his wife, Deborah. But the surprise did not turn out how he had hoped. The great unveiling was delayed after Deborah went to her fitness class straight after work and it was too dark for her to see the huge T-Rex when she returned. So Adrian hoped to surprise her in the morning by opening the bedroom blinds and revealing the new garden feature. But their dog had other ideas. Adrian said:
Dave the dinosaur Adrian Shaw / SWNS)

‘I guess that it is most people’s dream to own a 3.5 metre replica of a rampaging T-Rex but they don’t have the space or resources to do this.

‘I have been very fortunate to be able to realise the dream.’

He bought the dinosaur from a company in Wales who said they could deliver it but Adrian had to hire the crane to lift it.

A shocked woman got the fright of her life when she turned on her outside light in the middle of the night - and came face-to-face with a huge T-Rex. See SWNS story SWMDdinosaur. Adrian Shaw got a 3.5 metre dinosaur delivered by crane into his back garden as a surprise for his wife, Deborah. But the surprise did not turn out how he had hoped. The great unveiling was delayed after Deborah went to her fitness class straight after work and it was too dark for her to see the huge T-Rex when she returned. So Adrian hoped to surprise her in the morning by opening the bedroom blinds and revealing the new garden feature. But their dog had other ideas. Adrian said:
The dinosaur being winched into the garden (Picture: Adrian Shaw / SWNS)

He added: ‘The neighbours loved it and took lots of pictures and I thought it looked great in the garden.’

But his plan to surprise his wife didn’t quite go to plan and she ended up getting a fright in the middle of the night.

Adrian, who has been together with Deborah for 20 years and married for six, added: ‘I thought my wife would be thrilled to bits but I don’t think she was as enthusiastic as I’d expected her to be.

Adrian Shaw, 52, from Leamington Spa surprised his wife Deborah with a giant 3.5 metre T-Rex after she asked him to make the garden look better. A shocked woman got the fright of her life when she turned on her outside light in the middle of the night - and came face-to-face with a huge T-Rex. See SWNS story SWMDdinosaur. Adrian Shaw got a 3.5 metre dinosaur delivered by crane into his back garden as a surprise for his wife, Deborah. But the surprise did not turn out how he had hoped. The great unveiling was delayed after Deborah went to her fitness class straight after work and it was too dark for her to see the huge T-Rex when she returned. So Adrian hoped to surprise her in the morning by opening the bedroom blinds and revealing the new garden feature. But their dog had other ideas. Adrian said:
Adrian spent £1,600 on the replica (Picture: Tristan Potter / SWNS)

‘She loves the Jurassic Park films and watches all the David Attenborough documentaries, so I thought I couldn’t go wrong with the purchase really.

‘She came home late from work and it was dark so I thought I’d surprise her with Dave the next morning when she opened the curtains.

A shocked woman got the fright of her life when she turned on her outside light in the middle of the night - and came face-to-face with a huge T-Rex. See SWNS story SWMDdinosaur. Adrian Shaw got a 3.5 metre dinosaur delivered by crane into his back garden as a surprise for his wife, Deborah. But the surprise did not turn out how he had hoped. The great unveiling was delayed after Deborah went to her fitness class straight after work and it was too dark for her to see the huge T-Rex when she returned. So Adrian hoped to surprise her in the morning by opening the bedroom blinds and revealing the new garden feature. But their dog had other ideas. Adrian said:
Deborah was surprised by Dave in the middle of the night (Picture: Adrian Shaw / SWNS)

‘I’d even set up my camera to capture her reaction, which I was expecting to be one of sheer delight.’

But Deborah got up in the middle of the night to let the dog out for a wee and she came face to face with the T-Rex, illuminated by the security lights.

Adrian said: ‘I could hear the screams and went running downstairs but even after the initial shock, she continued to scream.

‘I’ve fallen in love with Dave though and he’s not going anywhere. I’m sure Deborah will understand and grow to love him just as much as I do.’

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