A Velociraptor egg, originally destined for the Field Museum, was inadvertently sent to the Museum of Science and Industry, resulting in complete carnage in the Chick Hatchery exhibit and another instance of Chicago Police shooting an animal dead.

Details are still forthcoming, but it appears that the Post Office delivered a package containing a perfectly preserved Velociraptor egg to the wrong museum.  The egg was unearthed in the American Southwest and sent to the Field for display.  When the package was opened in Hyde Park, employees of MSI naturally assumed the egg was another chicken egg meant for the Hatchery.

Once the egg was placed in the incubator, it wasn’t long before nature ran its course and the baby Velociraptor began to emerge from the shell.

Established in 1956, the Chick Hatchery exhibit has always drawn crowds 2-3 deep to watch chicks emerge from their shells.  One side features an incubator, with unhatched eggs, which allows visitors to watch live births of baby chickens.  The second side, where chicks spend the first few weeks of their lives, is normally filled with cute, fuzzy chicks demonstrating the wonder of life.

On this day, the crowd saw the darker side of Mother Nature.

At first, the Velociraptor looked a lot like the other chicks.  Palientologists have long drawn a connection between dinosaurs and modern birds.  Many have suggested that Velociraptors had feathers like birds do today, so when the odd looking creature was born, few took notice.

It took the Raptor a couple days to get it’s bearings.  During that time, employees and guests just thought it was an “Ugly Duckling”.

“Man, I saw that one, it was kinda nasty looking but, you know, who am I to question God’s creatures right?” Museum employee Doug Graham said.

Within a few days time, the fledgling Raptor was moved to the secondary section of the Hatchery.  This was where evolution reared its primordial head.

Tiring of the Chick Starter Feed it had been eating, the Velociraptor stalked over to an unsuspecting genetic cousin and promptly pounced on the chick.  Using the barely developed foreclaws, the Raptor tore the helpless chick to shreds in seconds.  A surprising amount of blood spilled out into the Hatchery.

“People started screaming.” Graham said. “Little kids were crying, adults were vomiting, it was batshit crazy in here.”

The Raptor feasted on the succulent dark meat for a bit, then turned his attention to the dozens of other appetizers.  The chicks were running around like chickens soon to have their heads cut off.

“I was horrified, I didn’t know what to do.” Naperville mother Sandra Hope, visiting the Museum with her 3 young children, said.  “Blood was everywhere, my daughters were horrified.  I’m gonna sue someone.  This doesn’t happen in the suburbs.”

When an employee was able to make way through the gathering crowd, another misstep occurred.  While opening the Hatchery to subdue the tiny carnivore, the handler was quickly attacked, losing two fingers in the process.

The Raptor then leaped from the cage and began to scurry along the polished floor.  Sightings of the creature throughout the museum began immediately.

Colleen Moore’s Fairy Castle was an early victim of the pint sized predator.  Witnesses reported that the Raptor tore through the miniature dollhouse, knocking over vases, breaking furniture and trying to feast on fake food.

Officials were finally able to corral the creature on the model train exhibit.  The enormous scale replica of Chicago served as a backdrop while the creature stalked the streets of the model city, devouring plastic people.

Police were on the scene and an enterprising young officer used the electric trains to knock the Raptor off its feet, then shot it approximately 41 times.

“Another instance of Police brutality!  Just like that cougar up in Roscoe Village!” said Chicago resident Traci Woodring. “They killed that cougar and now they killed an innocent dinosaur.  When will it end?”

Police Superintendent Jody Weis commented on the controversial shooting.

“A dinosaur, let me repeat that, a DINOSAUR was on the loose in a public place.  My officers acted with proper prejudice and are to be commended for their actions.  It was a dinosaur people.  We have a longstanding rule here in the CPD,”  Weis said.  “When facing a Pre-Historic creature, shoot first and don’t bother with questions.”

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