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There isn’t much visual interest along the southern stretch of Vancouver’s Knight Street, but two houses south of East 53rd Avenue, a giant animatronic Triceratops is doing what it does best: making people smile.

That’s exactly what homeowner Andy Vu was hoping for when he installed the life-sized robotic charmer in his front yard three months ago. Vu came across the beast when he was browsing Facebook Marketplace and knew he had to have it.

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“They wanted $10,000 for it, but I got it for $3,500,” said Vu, 60, a swimming pool builder with a penchant for yard art: his backyard fence is lined in decorative shower curtains and, in the front yard, facing the Triceratops, a fake buck is posed before a…