Ski Rex: Jeep Pays Homage to Jurassic Park…with a Twist

Detroit residents make the most of the snow and a Jeep by recreating a famous scene in the movie, with a Wrangler Sport, a T. rex, and skis. 

After getting pummeled with snow, you tend to get a little stir crazy. And that cabin fever can be one mother of invention. Such is the case with this video, created when two Michigan residents, Taylor Bowman and pal John Boruta, decided to put their 2013 Jeep Wrangler Sport to good use by recreating a famous scene from Jurassic Park for fun, and they put their own spin on it.

The two hit the snowy roads with Bowman towing Boruta, dressed as a T. rex wearing skis, while they played the theme song from Jurassic Park. Thankfully the neighbors that got treated to the free show picked up their phones and filmed it, including Eric Curry who posted it Facebook.

While most of us can’t help but think of the recent “Jeep Jurassic” ad from the Super Bowl, Bowman and Boruta were actually taking their cue from the original 1993 flick.

“We were just talking about going to a parking lot and pulling a sled behind the Jeep and [Boruta] said he wanted to try skis,” Bowman told USA Today. “I knew he had the costume and thought it’d be funny to do a Michigan Jurassic Park video. We thought the neighbors would get a kick out of it and it looks like they did!”

S.J. Bryan

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