TED NUGENT “IN AWE” OF STEVEN SPIELBERG'S TRICERATOPS KILL

Appearing to fall hook, line and sinker for an internet hoax, aging rock and roller, hunter and gun rights activist Ted Nugent described himself as “in awe” of Steven Spielberg after seeing a picture of the Oscar-winning director next to a triceratops that the he had allegedly shot and killed. “I used to think he was just some hippie Hollywood liberal,” Nugent said. “But after seeing that thing he killed, I realized he's a total badass.” The photograph, showing Spielberg on the set on his 1993 dinosaur thriller Jurassic Park next to a life-sized triceratops prop, has been widely circulated on social media with a satirical story claiming that Spielberg had killed the creature. Most readers who fell for the hoax were outraged, but Nugent described the story as “the coolest thing since I shit my pants to avoid serving in Vietnam.” When informed that the triceratops had been extinct for 66 million years, Nugent replied “I don't give a damn how long it's been on the endangered species list or the extincted species list. I want to kill one of them things. The 2^nd Amendment gives all Americans the right to keep and bare arms to defend ourselves against bears or triceratopses or wolves or . . . walruses.” When reporters went on to explain that the triceratops in the picture was a prop similar to the props used in E.T., Nugent became visibly excited and said, “If he wants to shoot that little green fucker, he can totally use my ranch!”