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Rex, a giant Tyrannosaurus rex statue built from styrofoam and plaster as a prop for the 1993 Disney film 'Father Hood' (starring Patrick Swayze), filmed at Cascade Caverns near Boerne, Texas. The production donated the statue to the park after filming; it stands near the gift shop/ticket office and underwent restoration in 2009 after years of weather exposure. As a life-size depiction of an inherently giant prehistoric animal, it is giant-scale by the same standing as other Tyrannosaurus statues already catalogued in this cohort (e.g. Dinosaur Valley State Park).
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Rex the Dino (Cascade Caverns)
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Site-level location · 29.7011° N, 98.7278° W
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Viewable near the Cascade Caverns gift shop/ticket office during park operating hours.
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Cascade Caverns, 3 miles south of Boerne, TX, Kendall County.
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