Charmouth beach, along England's Jurassic Coast, has been the site of many fascinating dinosaur-fossil discoveries over the years. So stumbling across some prehistoric bones wouldn't be that out of the ordinary, right?
A 40-foot dragon skull, though? That's a completely different story.
Yet that's exactly what surprised beach bums in Charmouth saw last weekend. How could something so huge simply wash ashore? Are there more where it came from? Is winter coming?
Turns out all those questions are easily answered. The realistic-looking skull was actually a clever marketing stunt by Blinkbox, a United Kingdom-based video-on-demand company trumpeting the arrival of Game of Thrones' scintillating third season to its service.
As you'll notice in the photos above and below, it was a creative little ploy. This short YouTubevideo, meanwhile, gives a behind-the-scenes look at how the skull was created:
Check out these photos (click here for more); then let us know what you think in the comments:
Images: Taylor Herring, Flickr
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