Realizing what I know about forestry and trees, I understood how unique the circumstances had to be for Stuckie to be preserved. With no taxidermy, limb manipulation, staging, or ornamentation of any kind, he is frozen in situ at the log’s lip, as if in the strained process of emergence-claw and teeth exposure enhanced by approximately 60 years of dehydration.ĭixon, well-versed in all manner of silviculture and forest oddities, easily recalls her first encounter. The 7’ log, resting vertically above the floor with swinging glass protection plates attached to both end openings, contains the preserved body of the bluntly named hound, Stuckie, and draws a visceral response from most visitors. Southern Forest World’s main building, a rotunda structure lined inside and out with Georgia pine, features a chestnut oak log as an unofficial showcase. In 2002, Southern Forest World opened the dog’s naming rights to the public, and “Stuckie” garnered the most votes as the winning moniker.) “England or Europe or Japan-people come all the way here for a look at Stuckie.” (Stuckie, indeed. “You name it, they come from states all over America,” says Bertha Dixon, owner and director.
The museum, Southern Forest World, opened its doors in 1981. Tucked in the southeast corner of Georgia, at the edge of 438,000 acres of Okefenokee Swamp-Waycross serves as the seat of Ware County, as well as the home of a unique museum and a most curious resident-a dog that draws attention from all quarters of the globe.
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