A Curious Fossil - Doug Rauschenberger

Doug Rauschenberger  

spoke to us about a very curious fossil, our own dinosaur Haddy.

While the bones were discovered in Haddonfield, The fossil was not named after Haddonfield.

The bones were discovered near Hopkins pond in the mid 1800's and sparked the search for and study of dinosaurs by palentologists.

The statue we have in town in a smaller version of the actual dinosaur. It was resized to fit in the space available.
 You can see one of the leg bones to the left:

The current site has a marker that was part of an Eagle Scout project to let people know the location of the discovery.
 And Today, visitors bring their own dinosaurs ...

The discovery did start a lot of discussion on the actual existance of dinosaurs and searched for more. There was also some growth in competion fo rthe collection of the bones of dinosaurs.