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Detroit-area residents lift spirits with costumed parades

The members’ suits run the gamut from dancing hippos and bears to a cheerful Pikachu. And, of course, there’s a T-Rex.

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In this Monday, May 11, 2020 photo, members of the T-Rex Walking Club walk through a neighborhood in Ferndale, Mich. While the club members get a kick out of their strolls through town, the idea is to bring a little bit of cheer to their fellow residents who remain under quarantine as part of Gov. Gretchen Whitmer’s stay-at-home order due to the COVID-19 pandemic. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio)

FERNDALE, Mich. — Sarah Ignash spends her days looking after dogs in normal times. With her business temporarily shuttered because of the coronavirus, though, she’s taken to walks on the wild side through her Detroit suburb with dancing bears, bipedal zebras and the like.

Ignash's business in nearby Roseville specializes in boarding, grooming and day care for dogs.

She is one of the roughly two dozen members of the Ferndale T-Rex Walking Club who have been donning inflatable costumes for feel-good jaunts during these stressful times.

The members’ suits run the gamut from dancing hippos and bears to a cheerful Pikachu. And, of course, there’s a T-Rex.

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In this Monday, May 11, 2020 photo, members of the T-Rex Walking Club walk through a neighborhood in Ferndale, Mich. The group takes its unannounced strolls through neighborhoods on a quest to bring smiles to the faces of kids, and a few adults, while under Michigan's stay-at-home order due to the COVID-19 pandemic. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio)

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