Arthropleura model made here on Vancouver Island - local news

[Wrangellian]

A recent item in our local TV news (CHEK in Victoria) caught my eye...

A local guy who makes models of anything and everything, apparently, was commissioned to make a life-sized Arthropleura (the huge myriapod from the coal swamps) for the Burpee Museum in Illinois. Catch it while the video is still posted:

https://www.cheknews.ca/chek-upside-saanichton-artist-recreates-prehistoric-millipede-680876/

Would be nice to see pics of it when it arrives in place, from any of you who live in that area

[deutscheben]

Cool! The Field Museum in Chicago has a fiberglass model of one in their coal swamp exhibit as well. I wonder how many other life-size Arthropleura models are out there?

[marguy]

Have seen Arthropleura models in 'la foret petrifiée de Champlauson '

image from  https://laforetdefossiles.wixsite.com/la-foret-fossile

 

and another one in Musee Pierre Vetter in Decazeville (now closed during 2-3 years for renovation)

 

[Wrangellian]

I'd hazard a guess and say there probably aren't very many of them around the world...