Post-lockdown dinosaur surprise for grandparents

Sam wanted to surprise his grandparents after not seeing them for a year

Published 16th Jul 2021

A man's dressed up as a dinosaur as a post-lockdown surprise for his grandparents in Southampton.

Samuel Hutchinson even took his Nan shopping still wearing it.

He hadn't seen them in more than a year because of the pandemic.

In a statement on Southampton Cops Facebook page, PCSO Huber said: "Spotted this T-Rex in Sainsbury’s doing his weekly shop - he was buying lots of meat because he's a carnivore!

"We stopped him for a chat and inside the suit was Sam with a lovely story.

"Sam hasn’t seen his Grandparents in over a year, due to Covid 19 restrictions.

"So Sam went to meet them for the first time in his T-Rex suit.

"They didn’t know it was him, and were over the moon when he revealed himself!

"It was like having The Masked Singer on Shirley High Street!

"What a lovely idea and such a sweet story that I wanted to share with you all."