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[[Image:DinoAdventureLand.jpg|thumb|right|350px|Dinosaur Adventure Land entrance with Creation Museum (left) and Science Center, both closed since 2006.]]
'''Dinosaur Adventure Land''' (DAL) is a [[Wikipedia:Young Earth creationism|Young Earth Creationist]] theme park located at 5800 [[Old N. Palafox Road]]Street. It was created in [[2001]] by evangelist [[Kent Hovind]], in whose back yard the park sits, as part of his [[Creation Science Evangelism]] ministry. Hailing itself as "the place where dinosaurs and the Bible meet," the park presents a number of science exhibits and activities that depict dinosaurs and men living together according to a literal interpretation of the Bible.
The park's [[#Legal troubles|legal troubles]] have been tied to those of Hovind himself, who failed to obtain proper permits during construction and was convicted of tax fraud for deliberately circumventing the law regarding the reporting of revenue and payment of employees. Dinosaur Adventure Land park has been closed since 2009. The property has since been seized and auctioned by the U.S. federal government.
==Creationism & beyond==
Dinosaur Adventure Land promotes a specific version of [[Wikipedia:Young Earth Creationism|Young Earth Creationism]] (YEC) developed by [[Kent Hovind]] and known as "the Hovind Theory."<ref>{{cite news|url=http://shopping.drdino.com/view_item.php?id=445|date=2002|publisher=CSE Ministry|last=Hovind|first=Kent|title=Part 6, The Hovind Theory}}</ref> The theory includes a literal reading of the Biblical account of [[Wikipedia:Noah|Noah]]: Noah's family and two of every "[[Wikipedia:Created kind|kind]]" of animal (including dinosaurs<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.chick.com/information/authors/hovind.asp#testimony|accessdate=2006-10-06|title=Kent Hovind's testimony on Chick.com|publisher=Chick.com}}</ref>) safely boarded the [[Wikipedia:Noah's ark|Ark]] before the planet was bombarded by icy meterorites. The resulting "super-cold snow" fell near the poles, burying the mammoths standing up. Ice on the North and South pole cracked the crust of the earth releasing the [[Wikipedia:Flood geology|fountains of the deep]], which in turn caused certain ice age effects, namely the glacier effects. Also this made "the earth wobble around" and collapsed the [[Wikipedia:Vapor canopy|canopy]] that Hovind believes previously surrounded the earth, causing a [[Wikipedia:Hyperbaric oxygen therapy|hyperbaric chamber]] effect that enabled the long lifespans of men described in Genesis.
===Scientific inaccuraciesProficiency===
Like other forms of Young Earth Creationism, the "Hovind Theory" is rejected by the vast majority of the scientific community.<ref>[http://www.religioustolerance.org/ev_publi.htm poll] by the Gallup organization</ref><ref>[http://www.discovery.org/scripts/viewDB/index.php?command=view&id=1393 Project Steve - Establishing the Obvious] William Dembski, Discovery Institute.</ref> It has also been condemned by fellow Young Earth Creationists.<ref>[http://www.talkorigins.org/faqs/hovind/howgood.html TalkOrigins] on Kent Hovind</ref><ref name="Hovindtheory">{{cite web|url=http://www.kent-hovind.com/theory.htm|title=The Hovind Theory|date=2002|publisher=Kent Hovind.com}}</ref><ref>[http://www.creationontheweb.com/content/view/2571/ Creation Ministries International criticism of Hovind]</ref>
The exhibits and tour guides at Dinosaur Adventure Land employ various techniques to advance teach the Hovind Theory. The phrase "evolution" is used as a catch-all phrase for any scientific knowledge many theories that conflicts conflict with a literal six-day creation, including theories of [[Wikipedia:abiogenesis|abiogenesis]] and disciplines such as geology, chemistry and cosmology. Scientific viewpoints are misrepresented, often by citing a variety of debunked hoaxes and obsolete theories (like [[Wikipedia:Piltdown Man|Piltdown Man]] and Haeckel's [[Wikipedia:recapitulation theory|recapitulation theory]]) as currently accepted by the scientific community.
===Cryptozoology===