Elderly man ‘keeps 9ft dinosaur in garden’

An elderly man has kept a nine foot dinosaur in his home, it has been revealed.

Jake Pearson, 72, a pensioner from Dudley is an avid collector of memorabilia and has been hoarding quirky items at his very own 'Private Museum'.

The gigantic dinosaur was snapped up at an auction for £600, according to a report by the Birmingham Mail.

Mr Pearson said that he plans to add two more dinosaurs to add to his collection, which has been dubbed as an 'Aladdin’s Cave of quirky memorabilia' which he has built up over the last five years.

The collection started after his fading eyesight, caused by macular degeneration, forced him out of work.

Speaking with pride about his collectibles, Mr Pearson said in an interview published by the Mirror: "My eyes have stopped me working. And it would do my head in just looking at the four walls.

"I’ve got an old Silver Cross pram from the 1930s. “I’ve got a Sinclair C5; there’s a nice pair of platform shoes from the 1970s, and a 1930s brass till that works like new."

In addition to the gigantic dinosaur, Mr Pearson, he also owns a pair of 10ft bronze leaping dolphins, a three-wheel Reliant Tipper truck on his front drive, a wind-up gramaphone and an old cigarette machine.

However, Mr Pearson added that he has no plans to halt his collections yet. He added: "Everything I’ve set out to collect so far, I’ve got. But I need another thousand items to keep me interested."