The body of a 39-year-old man was found inside a large dinosaur statue placed in Santa Coloma de Gramenet in Barcelona, Spain. A father and son, who were passing through the area, noticed something unusual in the statue and looked inside, where they uncovered the body that was trapped inside the statue's leg. After summoning the local police, a theory regarding the bizarre death emerged.
"When we arrived, we found the body of a man who was inside the statue's leg. It was an accidental and non-violent death," Mossos d'Esquadra, the regional police force said.
The man allegedly dropped his phone inside the statue, and was then trapped inside the dinosaur after he tried to extract it. His body was found with his head face-down.
The police added that in order to rescue the body they needed a firefighters rescue team, who cut the statue to remove the deceased.
"We are still waiting for the autopsy results, so it is still difficult to know how long he has been there, but it seems that at least a few days," the spokeswoman added.