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Title	Stiffy Green, Vigo County, Indiana
Genre	Local legend
Description	Steve Lynn's transcribed account of the legend of Stiffy Green as collected by Jacques Burbank. According to the legend, Stiffy is a dog who was stuffed and placed in his master's mausoleum upon the man's death. The ghost of Stiffy Green is said to still protect the tomb, and his eyes will glow green if someone approaches at night. The mausoleum is located in Highland Lawn Cemetery in Vigo County, Indiana.
Informant	Lynn, Steve
Collector	Burbank, Jacques
Date of Original	1971-05-11
Contextual Information	See Motif-Index of Folk Literature B301.1.3 Faithful animal doesn't allow anybody to come near to master's corpse.
Repository	Indiana State University Folklore Archives, Special Collections, Cunningham Memorial Library, Terre Haute, Indiana 47809
Coverage	United States -- Indiana -- Vigo County -- 1971
Subject	Dogs Tombs & sepulchral monuments Ghosts
WV3 Subject	Folklore
Type	text
Material Type	Interviews
Date Digital	2011-12-07
Technical Metadata	image/tiff 300 dpi; Epson GT-20000; Epson Scan
Copyright	Digital image copyright c 2010 Indiana Folklore Collection.
Item ID	isuf-StiffyGreen009

Stiffy Green, Vigo County, Indiana

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