Dino discovered
DEVIN WEEKS | Hagadone News Network | UPDATED 4 years, 8 months AGO
Jake Ford, 19, of Rathdrum, revealed that he is the ukulele-playing T-Rex seen dancing near Highway 41 on Sunday. He just loves to make people happy. (Courtesy photo)
Devin Weeks is a third-generation North Idaho resident. She holds an associate degree in journalism from North Idaho College and a bachelor's in communication arts from Lewis-Clark State College Coeur d'Alene. Devin embarked on her journalism career at the Coeur d'Alene Press in 2013. She worked weekends for several years, covering a wide variety of events and issues throughout Kootenai County. Devin now mainly covers K-12 education and the city of Post Falls. She enjoys delivering daily chuckles through the Ghastly Groaner and loves highlighting local people in the Fast Five segment that runs in CoeurVoice. Devin lives in Post Falls with her husband and their three eccentric and very needy cats. | April 28, 2020 2:44 PM
The mystery behind the dancing dino has been solved.
Jake Ford, 19, of Rathdrum, contacted The Press to reveal the true identity of the ukulele-playing T-Rex seen dancing and waving to drivers on Sunday. The young man is in his senior year at iSucceed Virtual High School and he really just loves to make people happy.
“My favorite thing in life is to make other people smile and laugh,” he said. “I have a personal goal of making at least one person laugh or smile every day.”
He said he was bored and figured other people are bored too, so why not do something fun to bring joy to others?
“I just wander around being goofy,” he said. “It’s that sense of happiness, it makes me feel happy that I’m able to make other people happy.”
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