A loyal dog named Capitan has died after 11 years of sleeping next to his master’s grave every night.
According to the Daily Mail of February 21, Mr. Miguel Guzman, of Villa Carlos Paz, near the city of Cordoba – Argentina, bought Capitan as a gift for his son Damian, 13, in 2005.
After Mr. Guzman’s death, the dog also disappeared, and Mr. Guzman’s family thought he had found a new home or had died somewhere.
However, a few months later, during a visit to the cemetery in 2007, the Guzman family unexpectedly met Capitan again. Cemetery staff said they started raising the animal from the time they saw it sleeping next to a grave each night.
La Voz newspaper reported that Capitan was still regularly lying next to his master’s grave every night until his death a few days ago. At that time, Capitan was 15 years old and spent 11 years next to his master’s grave.
Surprisingly, the cemetery was far from Mr. Guzman’s house and Capitan had never accompanied them there.
Six years ago, Mrs. Veronica, Mr. Guzman’s wife, once told the Cordoba newspaper: “We looked for the dog but it was gone … Shortly after, we went to the cemetery and saw him. Capitan approached us barking as he was crying… I don’t think he wanted to leave Miguel at night. “
The director of the cemetery where Mr. Guzman is buried, Hector Baccega, said: “One day the dog came here and started wandering around the cemetery until he found his master’s grave.”
“During the day he sometimes walks around the cemetery but always comes back to the grave. At 6 am, he is found lying on the grave, apparently there all night.”
Damian said he tried to bring Capitan home several times, but the dog kept coming back to the cemetery. “I think he will stay there until his death. He wants to take care of my father,” Damian said.
