Eddie (Jurassic Park)

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"That doesn't look very scary! More like a six-foot turkey!"

—Eddie^(src)

Eddie
Appearances	Jurassic Park
Species	Human
Gender	Male
Portrayed by	Whit Hertford
Role	Volunteer Digger
Status	Alive
Game Appearances	See here
Comics Appearances	See here

Eddie was a member of the Dig in the badlands of Montana.

Story

The boy was among the many people who saw the x-ray of a recently excavated Velociraptor in June of 1993.

He derided the appearance of Velociraptor, calling it nothing more than a six-foot turkey and implying it wouldn't have been very scary. Dr. Alan Grant then scared the boy, suggesting a scenario in which he met a raptor in real life. Doctor Grant suggested that the raptor would distract him while other raptors would attack from the sides, then rip him apart using the retractable claw on their foot, spill his intestines, and be left alive when it begins to eat him. The child looks on in stunned silence

Behind the scenes

It has been suggested by many fans that this boy grew up to be Owen Grady, having taken to heart Doctor Grant's words about respecting the raptors. Although Whit Hertford the actor who played the character in the series denies this [1].

Lost scene

In scene 5 of the original film script the first appearance of the boy is after Alan Grant and Ellie Sattler walk to the computer. This scene would have explained what the kid is doing at the digsite.

The Volunteers are from all walks of life, dinosaur buffs. Three or four of them have CHILDREN with them, and the kids run around, like in a giant sandbox.

Grant, Ellie, and a Volunteer walk down the hill. Grant spots a KID kicking dirt onto one of the digs. He notices and frowns.

GRANT
 

"What's that kid doing?"
 

(to the kid)
 

"What are you doing there!? Excuse me! Can you just back off? This is very fragile! Are you out of your mind?"

"Get off that and go find your parents!"
 

(to Ellie)
 

"Did you see what he just did?"

The kid stomps away, pissed off.

KID
 

"Asshole."

GRANT
 

(to Ellie)
 

"Why do they have to bring their kids?!"

ELLIE
 

"You could hire your help. But there's four summers of work here, with the money for one. And you say it's a learning experience, sort of a vacation, and you get volunteers with kids."