Man Left In Tears After Finding The Grave Of A Dog From 80 Years Ago
Recently, Zach Medlin was walking his dog, Serena, when the pair came across something they had never noticed on any of their previous walks. Hidden among the pine needles and leaves in Kiroli Park in West Monroe, Louisiana, was a small square stone peeking through the ground.
Serena was busy chasing ducks near a lake while Zach stopped to take a closer look. After brushing away the pine straw, he could finally read the inscription: “Buddie, 1928 - 1941. Born a dog / Died a gentleman.”
The marker instantly turned a routine walk into something much more moving, and Zach was left wondering who Buddie was, and why this little grave had been left behind in a public park.
"All dogs deserve a grave marker," Zach said.
Zach was touched, but he wondered why Buddie had been buried all by himself in a public park.
Legend has it that the park was once used for a Boy Scouts summer camp, and Buddie was the group's mascot. Locals say that one day, a boy started to drown in the lake, and Buddie saved him by alerting the other Scouts.
However, research says otherwise. "While I was reading newspaper clippings detailing the legend, I found a copy of a handwritten note dated October 18, 1993," wrote Lora Peppers on Dr. Gary Chapman, marriage counselor.
"It says the following: 'According to Mrs. Dee Strickland, the dog belonged to Mr. and Mrs. Albert H. Jones, 215 Breard St., Monroe. Mrs. Strickland lived with the Jones family in 1932. The dog was a beautiful Irish setter. Mr. Jones frequently took him to Kiroli Park to run, so when he died, he decided to bury him in Kiroli Park.'"
Well, whether Buddie was a life-saving Boy Scouts mascot or simply a beloved family pet, we think he was pretty special either way.
Rest peacefully, Buddie!
The story only gets more curious from here.
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Zach’s tears also echo a heartbroken dog who visits his late owner’s grave every single day.
Quite accurate. Large and LOVABLE.
Quite accurate. Large and LOVABLE.
Wait until you see how a dog digging next to a gravestone sparked a whole “puppies” mystery, not mourning. Read the viral case.
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