Dogs dug up their owner’s fresh grave and got to the coffin: the cemetery guard thought the dogs were just bored until he leaned over the coffin and smelled a sweet smell 😱😱
The owner of four dogs, whom the neighbors knew as a dog lover, passed away suddenly. He had no relatives, and after the funeral, the animals ended up on the street. The first few days they did not leave the fresh grave where their owner was buried.
People passing by saw how the dogs dug the ground with their paws, pushed the wet soil with their noses, behaved very strangely. It seemed that they were desperately trying to get to him. That they simply missed their beloved owner.
One early morning, the cemetery caretaker noticed that the ground was almost completely dug up. And it was the dogs who did it. The varnished surface of the coffin was clearly visible in the hole, on which there were traces of claws and wet stripes from tongues.
Four dogs stood around, breathing heavily, and again and again reached for the lid. At first, the caretaker thought that this was a manifestation of canine loyalty and grief. But, going down closer, he felt a sweetish, cloying smell, and at that moment everything became clear. 😱😱 He suddenly realized why the dogs were behaving so strangely. Continued 👇👇
The dogs dug up their owner’s fresh grave and got to the coffin: the cemetery caretaker thought that the dogs were just bored, until he leaned over the coffin and smelled a sweet smell
The man was buried in the same trousers that he always wore. In his life, he often carried treats for dogs in the pockets of these trousers.
After his death, dog treats remained in his pockets – pieces of liver, dried treats that he fed his pets on walks. Since he had no relatives, they buried him in whatever they could find.
Summer, heat and fresh earth did their job: the smell broke through to the outside, and the hungry dogs, who had not eaten anything for several days, smelled the familiar aroma. They were not trying to resurrect their owner – they were looking for food. Animal instinct kicked in.
The caretaker drove them away from the grave and brought food. The dogs rushed to the bowls, forgetting about the dug-up coffin.
The dogs dug up the fresh grave of their owner and got to the coffin: the cemetery guard thought that the dogs were just bored, until he leaned over the coffin and smelled a sweet smell
Later, volunteers took three of them to shelters and families, and the guard kept one dog for himself. He quickly got used to following him along the morning alley and lying down in the shade near the kennel.
The story, which seemed like a tragic legend about devotion, turned out to have a much more prosaic explanation: the dogs were not looking for a person – they were looking for food. But they still remained near the place where their only owner once was.
