In Green-Wood Cemetery in Brooklyn, New York, lies a very special resting place. It belongs to a dog named Rex, who was the beloved pet of Jon E. Stow, one of the city's leading fruit merchants in the 1800s.
Visitors to Green-Wood Cemetery have noticed that this grave site is unlike any other in the cemetery, and not just because it's for a canine. People have been leaving sticks by the large bronze tombstone where the dog's name is engraved in large letters.
Perhaps it's a way to pay tribute to Rex, or a very one-sided game of fetch, but people have piled up sticks and other treats on top of the statue's paws.
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Rex, who has been now been immortalised by the touching tribute, guards his late-owner's gravesite, which is near the corner of Sycamore and Greenbough Avenues.
Rex has been guarding his owner at this part of the cemetery for over 100 years - well, they do say dogs are man's best friend - and leaving sticks seems to be people's way of treating the dog for his lifelong commitment to his owner.
A Twitter user posted pictures of Rex's tombstone adorned with a bunch of sticks and said: "People have laid sticks on the grave of this good boy."
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Another person also tweeted a picture showing Rex's paws covered by dozens of sticks, with the rather empty cemetery partially seen the background. "In Greenwood Cemetery in Brooklyn there is a gravestone for a dog named Rex," he explains. "People bring him sticks and place them at his feet because he is still a good boy."
Not only is Rex a dedicated pet he also seems to be quite the model. Another person visited the cemetery and took pictures of Rex - doing his signature statuesque pose of course - with the caption: "I took a walk in Greenwood Cemetery today and [look] at all the sticks piled up for the goodest boy Rex" with lots of crying emojis.
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Similarly, another user said: "There's a grave in Green-Wood Cemetery with a sculpture of a dog and the inscription REX and it had a pile of sticks on it when I saw it yesterday and I just thought that was really nice. SORRY FOR MY SINCERITY."
Stacy Locke, who is the communications manager for Green-Wood Cemetery, told The Dodo: "When it comes to Rex, he obviously stands out." She went on to describe how excited visitors are too see him, "People see him from the road - it's sort of a prominent spot, right off of the intersection of two roads here."
Rex might be the world's most dedicated canine!
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