Greyfriars Bobby

Surely you've seen the well-known film starring Richard Gere "Always by your side" in which he dies and his dog, Hachiko, waits for him faithfully in the station for years.This film is based on a true story happened in Japan.However, this is not the first story about the faithfulness of a dog despite the death of its known master.One of the most popular is that of Greyfriars Bobby, a Skye Terrier that even has a statue at the entrance of the Greyfriars Cemetery in Edinburgh .

The case of Greyfriars Bobby , is one of the attractions of that cemetery , but several historians and journalists have investigated the case for decades to discover that things are not what they seem.Join us to discover the truth about the Greyfriars cemetery dog.

Although we know that he could motivate the legend of Greyfriars Bobby , the story that was told It also excites us because it speaks of love and fidelity to the limit.Possibly, if you have had a dog as a pet you can appreciate in it traits of your faithful friend and that is why we believe it is interesting to know her before explaining what really happened in one of the most fascinating cemeteries in the world.

The legend

The legend of Greyfriars Bobby began in Edinburgh in the 19th century and is the story of a dog that He allegedly remained at his master's grave from his death until the beginning of 1872 when he died.14 years had passed.

Greyfriars Bobby | The truth about Greyfriars cemetery dog

Bobby was, according to history, the dog of a night watchman from the local Edinburgh police called John Gray.They lived together for two years until that tuberculosis was brought to the master of Bobby.From that month of February 1858 until January 1872, Bobby remained in the cemetery next to Gray's grave at Greyfriars Cemetery.

Greyfriars Bobby | The truth about Greyfriars cemetery dog

In those years, due to the large number of stray dogs in the Scottish capital and the danger that this entailed, it was forced that all dogs had a license.Those who did not have it were picked up and "eliminated." Greyfriars Bobby had no license, but his story came to the ears of the Lord Provost of Edinburgh who was in turn the president of the Scottish Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals and he paid him the license and placed the sheet that accredited him on his collar.This collar is still preserved in the Edinburgh Museum.At his death, Bobby was buried in the exterior of the churchyard, but very close to the tomb of his master.A while later, a wealthy Scottish aristocrat, Lady Burdett Coutts, paid for the construction of a statue-fountain with the image of Bobby.At the source, which now no longer there are, there were two gray hairs, one superior for humans and one at ground level, pa ra canes.Admas, several books were written and movies based on the life of Greyfriars Bobby have been filmed.

Reality

Since the century XIX were numerous voices that explained in the press that perhaps the history of Greyfriars Bobby was not as explained and even came to discuss its truth in a plenary session of the city hall of Edinburgh.However, the legend triumph since people wanted to believe in it.

Greyfriars Bobby | The truth about Greyfriars cemetery dog

In 2011 a Swedish-British doctor, historian and writer named Jan Bondeson published a biography about the dog entitled:« Greyfriars Bobby: The Most Faithful Dog in the World »in which he recounts his research.I find out that Bobby was possibly a stray dog that lived around the Heriot Hospital in Edinburgh and the gardener picked him up and took him to the cemetery.The existence of the so-called« dogs of cemetery »was a common practice in the 19th century.Gravediggers and gardeners took them with them and fed them to live in the enclosures.It was common for people I thought they were there accompanying their deceased masters and this fact was taken advantage of by the director of the Greyfriars Cemetery that had adopted Bobby.A story was woven around him and this was published in a local newspaper having National repercussion.Soon, the visits to the cemetery to meet Bobby multiplied and people from all over the country arrived, which meant an inflow of money.

Greyfriars Bobby | The truth about Greyfriars cemetery dog

In his book, Bondeson points out that possibly the Original Grayfriars Bobby died in 1867 and was replaced by another younger copy, since there are photographs before and after that year and are clearly of two different dogs.This would clarify the strange longevity of Bobby that apparently lived 16 years, when, generally, the dogs of this breed do not exceed 10-12 years of life.

Whether or not it is true the story of Greyfriars Bobby , it does not stop moving us and surely if you visit Edinburgh and approach your historic cemetery you will look for the statue and the Tomb of Bobby.He has no loss, in the tombstone there is a phrase that reads: "Let his loyalty and devotion be a lesson to us all" that is, "Let his loyalty and devotion be a lesson for all of us." strong> the legend of Greyfriars Bobby ? Would you rather stay with her or do you think historians are right and it was just a commercial claim? We await your comments! If you want to know other famous cemeteries and their legends, we invite you to read the post: 10 Stories of Cemeteries that will freeze your blood.

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