Life-sized Bruce the mosasaur replica rolls into Manitoba

A 15-metre long marine reptile sculpture has completed its Prairie-wide journey from Alberta to Manitoba.

The Canadian Fossil Discovery Centre and the city of Morden welcomed the giant blue replica of Bruce the mosasaur into town Friday.

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The museum initially planned to keep the statue a secret until its unveiling later this summer, but the second it hit the roadin Alberta, locals started posting photos online.

People in Morden lined street-sidesFriday as it the creature rolled into town.

Officials with the museum say the prop will be put up somewhere in of-site in Mordenat the end of July.