Stiffy Green - a mysterious and charming ghost dog (8 photos + 1 video)
Whether his story is true or not, Stiffy Green is the most beloved bulldog in all of Indiana. 
There is a dog living in the Vigo County Historical Society Museum in Indiana. He is a cute bulldog, though he has seen better days. His fur is dusty and matted, and he has one sparkling green glass eye and one cloudy, broken eye. 
Terre Haute, Indiana
Lovingly known as Stiffy Green, this dog is made of cement and once graced the porch of philanthropist John Heinle. At least, that's what the director of the Historical Society thinks. In the opinion of almost every resident of Terre Haute, Indiana, Stiffy was once a real, live dog. 
Historical Society
According to Terre Haute legend, Stiffy the bulldog was very upset when his beloved owner died in 1921. Stiffy refused to leave his master's side and would constantly run to Highland Lawn Cemetery to sit by Heinle's grave. He would repeatedly return to his master's grave site, growling and barking at anyone he considered a threat. 
One day, Stiffy was found dead on the steps near the crypt. To honor the memory of the devoted dog, he was stuffed, and his eyes, which were an amazing bright green, were replaced with glass. His body was placed in the tomb with his owner. 
The Mysterious Stiffy
Soon, it became a tradition in Terre Haute to visit Stiffy on dark nights and shine a flashlight in his direction to see his eyes sparkle. 
In the early 1980s, vandals opened fire at the cemetery. The bullets damaged part of Stiffy's head and knocked out one of his eyes. Heinl's descendants removed Stiffy from the mausoleum to protect him and donated him to the Historical Society, where he has been housed since 1989. 
Whether he was made of cement or once alive does not really matter. Stiffy Green has forever become a symbol of Terre Haute. And especially impressionable individuals insist that they see a ghostly figure of a man at John's crypt, accompanied by a faithful four-legged friend, who quietly whines expressing happiness at being reunited with his beloved owner and their eternity together. 
