Stiffy Green, Vigo County, Indiana

Description: Jeanne Hills transcribed account of the legend of Stiffy Green as collected by James Hill. According to the legend, Stiffy was a dog who was placed in his masters mausoleum upon the mans death in order to protect the mans fortune. This variant states that you can see the dogs eyes glowing if you approach the mausoleum at night.
Origin: 1971-04-08
Source: http://indstate.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/folklore/id/3011
Collection: Indiana State University Folklore Archives
Subjects: Dogs
Tombs & sepulchral monuments
Ghosts
Folklore

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