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A 16-foot-tall dinosaur, poised for the attack, was waiting on the beach in Biloxi amid the debris on the morning after the storm.
All that was left was a dinosaur
By GEORGE LAMMONS________________
THE SUN HERALD
When the water receded and the skies cleared on Aug. 18, 1969, the day after Hurricane Camille, the only thing still standing at the Magic Golf-Biloxi Beach Park was the 16-foot concrete dinosaur.
“I didn’t know what to think,” said Charles Reeder, who was an employee of the amusement park at the time. “It surprised me. It was the only thing that was there. ”
The amusement park was' destroyed, and the neighboring buildings were gutted or destroyed.
Reeder had helped build the dinosaur about 10 years before
Camille hit. He said the body was made from reinforced steel and wire mesh and covered with concrete. And it was anchored.
“We put some iron and stuff in the ground,” he said.
The dinosaur is still standing today.
Lee Coplan owned the park at the time. Reeder said he worked for Coplan for several years and bought Magic Golf-Biloxi Beach Park about 10 years ago.
Hurricane Camille caused 141 deaths and did about $1 billion worth of damage on the Coast.
Ironically, Reeder didn’t get any damage to his home, located in Biloxi about a mile north of the amusement park.	r
The rides were in shambles at Magic Golf-Biloxi Beach Park.