- "It's a High Hide. A High Hide. See you go up and you hide, high. It goes up to where the trees are, and keeps the researchers out of harms way."
- —Eddie Carr to Ian Malcolm(src)
The high hide was a hiding compartment that went up into the trees so that the Gatherers could research the dinosaurs from a safe distance. It was used by Eddie Carr on the expedition to Isla Sorna along with Ian Malcom, Sarah Harding and Nick Van Owen.
The Lost World novel[]
High hide concept art
High hide in The Lost World Electric Racing Set
The high hide is a metal tower from which the scientists can observe the dinosaurs in the river valley. The tower can be entered with a ladder. It was designed and build by Jack Thorne. The scientists covered the tower with leaves because the metal reflected the sunlight. Without camouflage the dinosaurs would recognize the tower. The tower also had a predator cage that would serve as a safe-haven for observers if an incident were to occur. It was clipped to the superstructure by a chain; however, this turned out to be a major design flaw, as the Raptors easily bit through the thin chain and proceeded to roll the cage into the jungle.
An image of the novel's version of this observation post appears in The Lost World Electric Racing Set.
The Lost World: Jurassic Park[]
High hide concept art
In the Lost World movie, the high hide isn't a tower but cage that can be lifted into the canopy. In the initial plot there were two high hides:
- one for the gatherers, which resembled the tower from the novel.
- one for the hunters, which was a cage that was lifted from the floor into the canopy by a rope.
But storyline revisions made a hunter high hide unnecessary. The gatherers got the high hide version of the hunters.[1]
The high hide could raise up to thirty to forty feet.[2]
Eddie and Kelly watch the T- rex pair rampage through the jungle in the high hide.
LEGO Jurassic World[]
The High Hide shortly appears in Level 7, InGen Arrival, when Ian Malcolm decides the save Sarah Harding and Nick Van Owen. It also appears in the free roam.
