Video: Why for over 100 years people have been bringing wooden sticks to the dog's grave in a cemetery in Brooklyn
2024 Author: Richard Flannagan | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-15 23:55
Green Wood Cemetery in Brooklyn is famous for the resting place of many famous artists and musicians. But there is one more, special burial here - a hundred-year-old grave of a dog. As indicated on the tombstone under the sculpture of the dog, the name of Rex rests here. And for many years now, the owners, whose dogs have died, bring sticks to the unknown dog. Why?
People visiting the cemetery do not know what kind of dog it was, but they invariably leave sticks-"aport" at the feet of this figure, laying them on the dog's paws to pay tribute to all the dogs for their loyalty and kindness. dog lovers, now "on the rainbow." And not only for dogs. Anyone who has a pet, be it a cat, rat or bird, knows how special the bond between man and animal can be and how much to lose a beloved devotee.
It is believed that the dog was the pet of the fruit merchant John E. Stowe, who lived in the second half of the 19th century and is buried nearby. Now, more than a hundred years later, it is already difficult to say exactly who the man who erected the monument to his dog was, what his character was and what his Rex was famous for. However, the feeling that he experienced when he lost his four-legged friend is also close to modern dog breeders.
This unusual grave stands at the intersection of two cemetery paths, so it is very noticeable, and even if a person has never heard of the monument to Rex, he will involuntarily come closer to see what kind of tombstone it is, read the inscription and will probably be moved.
During the COVID-19 pandemic, visitors to the cemetery increased, and the collection of sticks at Rex's grave has grown significantly.
- In fact, we do not have one hundred percent proof that a dog is buried in this place, however, I think people like to believe it, - admits Stacy Locke, communications manager at Green Wood cemetery, - however, evidence that dogs in there is no grave, we do not have either.
In addition to sticks, visitors to the cemetery leave photographs of their departed pets on Rex's grave - as if they say: “Rex, look after my baby there, in Heaven” …
Dogs are so touching and charming creatures that not only after a hundred, but even after 4500 years, these four-legged friends of man evoke tenderness and tenderness. That's why when scientists have recreated the head of a dog from the Neolithic, this event aroused great interest all over the world. And, I must say, the head turned out to be very cute.
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