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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I worry about this when I have to check how full our closets are.
That must have scared the poo out of the poor lumberjack.
I’m surprised he wasn’t eaten alive from the bottom up.
LOL. No doubt.
I thought you had Jack Russell’s for some reason. Walkers are good dogs too. They will run til their paws bleed.
I’ll have to ask Beau if he’s visited. He lived in AL for a while. Lousy hunting, so he moved, LOL!
Perfect! (Monthly Donor, Here!)
Maybe we can get Rush to have a Shanklin parody done base on "Betty Davis Eyes".
Evil Raccoon, a notorious villian
For a little historical human balance to this dedicated pooch’s demise there is this:
Prior to 1770, Daniel and his brother in law John Stewart were captured twice by Indians, being set free the first time, and escaping the second time. Daniel and John Stewart went on a hunt along what would become the Wilderness Road in 1770: John Stewart disappeared while hunting. Five years later, as the road was being blazed, in 1775- his body was found in a hollow tree where he had hid after begin shot by Indians and apparently died while hiding inside the huge tree.
-— From a history of Daniel Boone, excellent read “Boone”
Walker dogs for raccoon and Plot Hounds for black bear; a dozen the last time I counted. ;)
One lazy Beagle, two older, rescued lady Basset Hounds we adopted last summer after their owner passed away unexpectedly. Two inside cats, ‘Larry’ cat runs the barn.
One hay-burning Mule. :)
A quick search reveals a lot of ‘missing’ people later found in chimney’s and such.
There’s one in Madison, WI and I’m not sure it’s been solved yet?
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Please don’t embarrass me - I am the least worthy FReeper to earn/accept P.O.D. nominations: and it isn’t that remarkable or difficult - try a limerick (or haiku?) and you may surprise yourself, how easy it really is.
(Thanks for the FR help Diana!!)
I've got a Redbone asleep on my couch right now. She much prefers that to coon hunting.
Kind of like nesting dolls, only different.
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