When Loggers Cut Down Old Tree – They Couldn't Believe What They Found Inside

this logger and his team typically get enough logs to get them to their quota on any day however a shocking sight while warming up the saws brought everything to a halt this logger team was from georgia craft co and things were flowing as usual until a saw make contact with a particular tree there was no explanation for what they experienced at the time loggers tend to get a lot of negative press since they're known for cutting down beautiful trees jasper city in georgia is an exception however since almost every family has some link to the logging industry jasper city lays in proximity to a set of mountains that are surrounded by american chestnut trees therefore lockers have a lucrative source of income the trees are unique enough but there was another surprise coming in 1980 a set of georgia craft co-workers got to their work site and they immediately got their hands dirty things seemed familiar enough up to lunchtime when they resumed their typical activities one tree stuck out the team had gotten through most of the trees for the day and only a few were left one was hollow and looked easy enough to take down but it had a secret with the tree trunk on its side the team wanted to cut it up for transportation reasons however they noticed that some light wasn't passing through it therefore out of the pathway was blocked or the tree wasn't hollow from a distance the tree trunk appeared to have a dark hole inside it while it also seemed to be a stem growing in a tree there was a weird look present the loggers had two dilemmas on their hands the first was that they couldn't figure out what the strange blockage was additionally no one was volunteering to go inside to find out one of the loggers volunteered himself as it seemed like no one else would go in he proceeded to start pushing his body inside to observe things better suddenly he shrieked and jumped away the team curiously wondered what could have caused such a reaction everyone wanted to know what he saw as soon as he caught his breath he told them that he saw a beast which no one believed some of the other loggers decided to look too and everyone came out just as puzzled as the first team member nobody could figure out what it was or what it was doing in the tree the loggers realized that they wouldn't be able to use the tree but they knew the find was valuable therefore they called in their manager but he told them to keep working the thing in the tree looked like a monster that was gearing up to jump at someone it was some kind of living animal though it clearly wasn't alive anymore when the team unexpectedly discovered it based on the creature's position it seemed like it was moving forward when it got frozen in its current state everyone guessed what may have happened but the teeth gave the apparent answer away the features which included paws sharp teeth and a long snout told everyone that the creature was a dog of course the team felt slightly uncomfortable to know this was once a live dog the theories came in from every angle and some established that the dog was mummified who would be practicing mummification in georgia another speculation is that the dog died while obeying a freeze command the loggers continued to wonder what led to the dog ending up in the tree however they had a job to do and they had to shift their focus back to it the loggers knew the uncut trunk would negatively affect profits but they decided to bear the cost they figured that the log state made it valuable which was a better choice than they realize once they were finished working for the day they took the log to a place they figured would help them to get all the answers they wanted they couldn't even begin to imagine the mystery story the loggers took the item to scientists who could analyze it effectively but it took over a year for them to get the answers that they desired the reveal was a sad one there's a georgia-based museum known as the southern forest world the exhibits are based on wood production and it's where the tree trunk and the mystery pooch ended up after being donated the museum wasn't yet operational when the exhibit was donated however the operators needed the dog's backstory that's where biological anthropologist christina kilgrove came to the picture she intended to fill in the story's missing pieces after thoroughly examining the dog christina managed to come up with the correct answers though she initially considered the possibility of mummification she soon concluded that the practical likelihood of that occurrence was non-existent christina started her explanation with the basics she went through how tissue decay works and how microbes proceed to eat tissue soon after it dies she explained that they grow reproduce and take over chesma trees have organic substances that are conducive to moisture absorption that property prevented microbes from eating the tissue which meant that the dog's body stuck around for way longer than the expected time the lack of microbes meant that there was no smell to tell scavengers the animal's position even if there were a weaker than usual scent it would go upwards through the trunk one question still remained southern forest world director bertha sioux concluded that the dog was a hunting one apparently it tried to chase a squirrel or raccoon and followed deep into the tree trunk eventually the dog got stuck there the dog seemed intent on getting whatever it was chasing as it went 28 feet high on top of the lack of smell the oak's tannic acid contributed to the dog's skin hardening the mystery dog had no name before 2002 but it was very popular and sat among some of the most highly regarded tree species in an exciting turn of events the dog now appears on promotional materials over the years people referred to the animal as the mummified dog eventually it got the name stucky after the name won a naming contest the name was technically sad but things were still yet to get gloomy southern forest world manager brandi stevenson got numerous queries about how the dog got stuck from interested people the response always pointed to its chasing a raccoon which always made people feel sorry for the animal people feel differently about what the museum should do with the dog while many persons have no apparent issue others are adamant that the dog needs to be buried properly rather than being kept on display stuckey stayed inside the tree for so many years and his body remained in one piece stucky was always the main museum attraction so getting rid of him is not even in the cards regardless of your feelings towards the dog the museum owners won't be letting him go if you want to see the animal feel free to journey to the southern forest world in waycross georgia stuckey isn't the first hunting dog in the world as old as he is based on documented history hunting dogs have been around for somewhere between twelve thousand and twenty thousand years it was very common to breed special dogs if you want to train your hunting dog as best as possible it's advisable to begin the conditioning from the puppy stage you don't want the dog to get past eight weeks old before the training starts if you want your dog to respond well to your commands you have to condition it to know what is acceptable behavior use a reward system to reward it for good behavior positively so it makes the right association not all hunting dogs do the same thing so it's best to choose your partner based on the objectives you have terriers gun dogs and hounds are the main types you can choose from dogs have heightened senses in general but hunting dogs are on another level once you train one of them properly you are likely to feel the difference in your hunting experience