Posted on 02/06/2018 12:45:50 PM PST by Diana in Wisconsin
This is the mummified dog who was found by loggers inside a tree trunk 20 years after he got stuck while chasing a 'raccoon' and starved to death in Georgia.
The dog, known as Stuckie, was discovered in 1980 when loggers for the Kraft Corporation cut the oak into logs.
They found the mummified hunting dog lodged in a hollow stretch near the top of the tree - and he is now the main attraction at Forest World, a tree museum in Waycross, Georgia.
Stuckie's body was mummified instead of decomposing because the updraft of air in the hollow tree trunk carried his scent away from insects.
Rather than send the section of the tree on to the sawmill, the loggers donated it to Forest World. The dog was named Stuckie following a 2002 naming contest.
It is estimated that he had been in the tree for approximately 20 years before the loggers discovered him.
Experts believe that he had probably chased after some small game, wedging himself into the hollow tree and climbing a whopping 28 feet up before becoming trapped.
How the hound became mummified inside the tree instead of rotting is a much more interesting question, though.
According to a press release from the museum, a chimney effect occurred in the hollow tree, resulting in an upward draft of air.
This caused the scent of the dead animal to be carried away, which otherwise would have attracted insects and other organisms that feed on dead animals.
In addition the hollow tree would also have provided relatively dry conditions, while the tannic acid of the oak would have helped to harden the animal's skin.
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Jeez....looks a little like Adam Schiff! It’s got Adam Schiff eyes.
Ditto, that. Sad story.
You bet!
SpaceX heavy unbelievably successful launch AND Stuckie both on the same day?
Better than any superbowl ever!
Around 1960 we were hunting on my parents land. My Brother-in-Law’s dog named Smokey, was chasing something then just disappeared.
After maybe 15 minutes we heard him barking way underground. He came out after we called him but I always wondered just how far that cave system went. Never tried to find out tho.
Sad story...I hope that Stuckie (really, what a name given how he ended his days) has plenty of raccoons to chase in Heaven.
Very good! :)
Gives a whole new meaning to “aged 20 years in oak cask”.
Oh, Booooo! LOL!
Eeeek! That had to be someone’s first try, LOL!
Beau hunts raccoon - a LOT. At least once a week the dogs get a coon in a culvert or in a hollow den tree or something...and someone needs help getting unstuck!
I can easily see this happening; this is just one of the few unique situations where the dogs was preserved in place.
Thanks for the picture -- judging from that, I'd say he got stuck around the lumbar region.
“Loggers find perfectly preserved canine 20 years after it got stuck while ‘chasing a racoon’”
I guess they don’t have the past tense in England. In America, the proper headline for this article would be:
“[38 years ago in 1980] Loggers _found_ perfectly preserved canine 20 years after it got stuck while ‘chasing a racoon’”
I’m waiting for the Daily Mail to print “MEN WALK ON MOON” (which is only 11 years older than the story about the preserved canine, by the way) so I can say “No way. That’s great. We’ve landed on the moon!”
See my Post #33. I think this is a unique situation in that the dog was preserved in the tree.
I agree. Poorly written article, but interesting subject.
To me, anyway. :)
Double Eeeek!
That was my first thought too.
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