# Doggone! Well, mostly gone. **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [January 19, 2018, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doggone-well-mostly-gone/806982 "2018-01-19T17:35:59Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2018, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doggone-well-mostly-gone/806982/1 "2018-01-19T17:35:59Z")
Dog gets stuck in a tree for 60 years, [becomes a mummy and museum exhibit](http://www.newsweek.com/photos-strange-phenomenon-left-dog-stuck-tree-almost-60-years-without-rotting-784863). ---
**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2018, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doggone-well-mostly-gone/806982/2 "2018-01-19T17:44:21Z")
I like how they named the dog “Stuckie”. ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2018, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doggone-well-mostly-gone/806982/3 "2018-01-19T18:03:54Z")
> [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](#): > > I like how they named the dog “Stuckie”. Well, [I. Havemada Terriblemistake](http://doghumor.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/dog-humor-I-Have-Made-Terrible-Mistake.jpg) was already taken. ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2018, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doggone-well-mostly-gone/806982/4 "2018-01-19T18:05:09Z")
“Hey guys, I’ma need a chainsaw…and a clean pair of shorts.” ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2018, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doggone-well-mostly-gone/806982/5 "2018-01-19T18:15:14Z")
> [@Darren\_Garrison](#): > > Well, [I. Havemada Terriblemistake](http://doghumor.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/dog-humor-I-Have-Made-Terrible-Mistake.jpg) was already taken. “[Hi! My name is Stopthat!](https://www.denherdervet.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/my-name-is.jpg)” ---
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2018, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doggone-well-mostly-gone/806982/6 "2018-01-19T18:53:25Z")
I remember people had much different feelings about dogs 50 years ago. A badly injured one got put down and you got another dog. Vets only treated minor injuries and illnesses. This hunting dog got trapped in a tree. No practical way to get it free. The dog would die anyway if the tree was chopped down. So, it was left entombed and became a mummy. That practical attitude reminds me a lot of older people that I knew growing up. ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2018, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doggone-well-mostly-gone/806982/7 "2018-01-19T18:57:53Z")
There is no reason to assume that the owners knew that the dog was in the tree. ---
**Author:** ![Sunny\_Daze](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunny_daze/32/438_2.png) [@Sunny\_Daze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunny_Daze)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2018, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doggone-well-mostly-gone/806982/8 "2018-01-19T19:33:01Z")
> [@aceplace57](#): > > I remember people had much different feelings about dogs 50 years ago. A badly injured one got put down and you got another dog. Vets only treated minor injuries and illnesses. I think this is an overly simplistic summary of veterinary care 50 years ago. If you read James Herriott, you will find a number of stories that document that people often did a lot more than put down sick or injured animals. Vets did a lot more than treat minor injuries or illnesses. Some people do have the attitude you describe, even today, but I think it’s part of a societal spectrum, and doesn’t represent all of it by any stretch. ---
**Author:** ![Eyebrows\_0f\_Doom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eyebrows_0f_doom/32/3119_2.png) [@Eyebrows\_0f\_Doom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eyebrows_0f_Doom)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2018, 1:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doggone-well-mostly-gone/806982/9 "2018-01-20T01:07:03Z")
Jesus that first photo is terrifying. ---
**Author:** ![excavating\_for\_a\_mind](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/e8c25b/32.png) [@excavating\_for\_a\_mind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/excavating_for_a_mind)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2018, 2:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doggone-well-mostly-gone/806982/10 "2018-01-20T14:00:39Z")
> [@Darren\_Garrison](#): > > Dog gets stuck in a tree for 60 years, [becomes a mummy and museum exhibit](http://www.newsweek.com/photos-strange-phenomenon-left-dog-stuck-tree-almost-60-years-without-rotting-784863). Something doesn’t add up. From the photos, I’d guess the tree itself isn’t 60 years old. I’d bet the dog hasn’t been in it for more than a few years. ---
**Author:** ![Roderick\_Femm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/roderick_femm/32/14875_2.png) [@Roderick\_Femm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roderick_Femm)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2018, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doggone-well-mostly-gone/806982/11 "2018-01-22T18:37:34Z")
The story says that the dog got stuck around 1960 and that his mummy was discovered 20 years later. The tree has been in “Southern Forest World” (some kind of museum?) ever since. It’s not at all clear why it is becoming a story this week.