X-Raptor... COMING SOON

 X-Raptor is the new B&M roller coaster that is being built at Gardaland, located in Loc. Ronchi, "near" Verona, Italy. We have some news about it, from Screamscape:

"I received some interesting pictures and an announcement of sorts from Gardaland earlier today regarding their new 2011 coaster, which confirmed that it is indeed from B&M. They also promise that a new 

webcam will be online soon to show off the area where the construction is to take place. 

    However, something unusual is taking place as well. An armored container was placed next to the building site along with “special monitoring radar aerial surrounded by very particular watertight containers for scientific scopes and by unusual depressurising valves…” Special technicians, dressed up in containment suits, are now roaming the site, conducting tests, and even taking measurements of some kind to guests passing too close to the site. 

    “Apparently it looks like something anomalous has been spotted in the area: unusual noises coming from under the ground and unexplainable vibrations of the ground, coupled with the strange variations of certain environment parameters which have prompted a strict monitoring plan of the area. The location was armoured, protected from the public and put under the constant surveillance of a group of operators employed for the analysis of all environment data. Air temperature, ground vibrations, magnetism, natural radioactivity, radio propagation and anything else that may be of use for ongoing investigations are being monitored.” "

This project looks interesting, but the coaster being built in Busch Garden will surely blow this one out!