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Vermontasaurus is a 25-foot-tall (7.6 m), 122-foot-long (37 m)folk art representation of a dinosaur at the Post Mills Airport in the town of Thetford, Vermont.
The Vermontasaurus is the creation of Brian Boland, a retired teacher and experimental balloon pilot, who with a crew of volunteers used scrap lumber obtained from a collapsed portion of Boland's private museum and hot-air balloon manufacturing facility to build the sculpture, starting in June 2010. Boland adopted the name, "Vermontasaurus," from the comment of an onlooker.[1]
According to the Valley News, the sculpture is part of an eclectic collection of old cars, improvised vehicles connected with hot-air ballooning, and other curiosities that Boland has assembled at the Post Mills Airport.[2]
As of July 2010 the State of Vermont and the town of Thetford had weighed in on whether Vermontasaurus was a work of art or a structure that requires a permit.[3] The state Division of Fire Safety prohibited people from being allowed underneath the sculpture, pending the approval of a structural engineer to attest that it was safe to do so. Subsequently, Vermont District Environmental Commission No. 3 granted a permit for the wooden dinosaur, ruling that it had no negative environmental impact under Vermont's Act 250.[4] Despite an initial assertion that the structure would require a building permit, the town of Thetford waived the requirement, ruling that the structure is a work of art.[5][6] The sculpture received confirmation as a permitted use from Thetford's Development Review Board in an August 2010 meeting attended by more than 50 people. The decision was controversial because such a large sculpture was not a use envisioned in the town's ordinances.[7]
2011年10月、バーモント州が彫刻をそのままにしておくことを決定してから3か月後、構造物の中央部分が地面に崩れ落ちた。[ 2 ] 2012年6月、ボランドはメイン州など遠方からも含め約50人のボランティアを集め、崩れた彫刻部分を恐竜の新たな表現へと作り変えた。さらに、ボランティアたちはその横に「赤ちゃんバーモントサウルス」を作った。[ 8 ]
北緯43度53分09秒、西経72度14分59秒/北緯43.88583度、西経72.24972度/北緯43.88583度、西経72.24972度