Tuesday, August 21, 2007

Legend and Lore (part 1a)

a bit more on Greyfriar's Bobby...

my buddy Atticus went on a late night ghost tour to a spooky graveyard. they scared the crap out of him by leading the entire group into a mausoleum and having some guy in a ski mask jump out. quite lame. but the tour guide did offer some interesting tidbits about haunted places in Edinburgh and some frightening takes on Edinburgh myth. according to the crazy tour lady, Greyfriar's Bobby is not as precious a story as most believe. she claims that John Gray was a local loon and that while Bobby the dog did hang out in the kirkyard after his death, it was quite likely that the dog had no idea which plot was his masters and that he only stuck around to dig up the shallow bones and eat the last bits of human meat that may be clinging to them. here i am thinking that Bobby was an adorable and loyal companion when in fact he was a man-eating hellhound.

whatever. i choose to believe the cute story as opposed to the utterly disturbing one.

surrounding the statue of Bobby (see the picture in my last post) are several businesses that sprung up in homage to the fallen pup. there is a nick-knack shop and a few restaurant/pub type places. this one is definitely the coolest:


established 50 years before America
Bobby's gravestone. people leave twigs and doggie treats.
and to correct last post, it actually reads:
"May his loyalty and devotion be a lesson to us all"

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