This Exists: ‘Yello Dyno’ Hunts Down Pedophiles

Thanks to our friends at Everything is Terrible, we’ve learned a valuable lesson about keeping children safe from men in cableknit sweaters: Have a dinosaur on your side. They can help combat men who are tricky. And dangerous! And named “Reginald Charming.”

Luckily, Yello Dyno (Who, fortunately for him, just so happens to be a yellow dinosaur) is here to help by using intimidation and theft. You know he’s a good guy because sunglass-wearing males in leather jackets who hang out alone at malls and harbor a strange preoccupation with children are usually always on the side of justice.

Yello Dyno’s website and series of instructional videos are more than just endlessly “edutaining” – they also provide a pretty fascinating glimpse into the massive panic over safety gripping parents and programming in the 80s and early 90s. (Although that’s not to say that the program doesn’t provide its fair share of good advice.)

So take a look at the video. Come on. You’ll like it:

h/t Everything Is Terrible

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