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The Sunday event started in 2017 as a pest control company's team-building activity.
The actual dinosaur roamed the planet between 65 million and 67 million years ago. A study published four years ago in the journal Science estimated about 2.5 billion of the dinosaurs roamed Earth over the course of a couple million years.
Hollywood movies such as the 'Jurassic Park' franchise have added to the public fascination with the carnivorous creature.
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