Researchers in New York mythology claim that the ghost of Roosewalt the dog continues to descend into the New York subway.
Workers still meet the ghost of the dog of the 32nd President of the United States, Franklin Roosevelt, on a closed metro line in New York, says Phil Schoenberg, a metropolitan history specialist.
Ghost of the White House
To make it more convenient for Roosevelt to travel around New York, a train of five armored cars was designed. He moved along a secret underground line - from Grand Central Station to the Waldorf Astoria. Fala's Scottish Terrier often accompanied the president.
Roosevelt with a dog at the White House
The branch is closed, but lovers of mysticism believe that the ghost of the dog comes to the station in search of the owner. To understand how Americans love Fal, it is worth saying that he was even recognized as an honorary private in the American army - the terrier allegedly donated a dollar for military needs.
The dog was presented to the president for Christmas in 1940, and Roosevelt tried not to part with him. The dog was eventually buried next to him in 1952 - seven years after the death of the head of state.
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But before Fala had time to visit with the owner on numerous trips. Fala followed the president to a conference in Quebec where the Atlantic Charter was signed. And in 1944, Roosevelt mentioned the dog in his campaign speech, which went down in history under the title "Speech about the dog Fahl."
“The republican leaders are not content to attack me, my wife and my sons. This is not enough for them, and now they have chosen a new target, my little dog Fala. I certainly don’t protest against the attacks, like my whole family, but Fala protests. You know that Fala is a Scottish Terrier, and when he found out that GOP writers in Congress - and beyond - made up the story that I forgot my pet in one of the Aleutian Islands and sent a destroyer to find what cost the taxpayers whether two or three, or eight or twenty million dollars, - his Scottish soul was indignant. He still hasn't come to his senses! - said Roosevelt, responding to the claims of competitors.
Where did Fala come from?
The dog was presented to the president: one of Roosevelt's cousins presented him under the name Big Boy (Big Boy). The President used a reference to the dog's Scottish roots and named him Murray, the Falahill Rogue. Fala became the shorter name for the terrier.
In the residence, not only Roosevelt fell in love with the dog, he was fed by everyone, from the cook to the administration staff. Soon Fal began to have stomach problems, and Roosevelt strictly forbade anyone other than himself to give food to the dog. For the care of Fala, he was responsible for loyalty and, in Eleanor Roosevelt's opinion, dog's discernment. If the president himself has not yet decided how to build relationships with a high-ranking guest of the White House, he sent Fala to him - if the dog allows himself to be stroked, the president will show favor.
Roosevelt's dog grave in Hyde Park
The dog spent the rest of his life after the president's death with his wife, but missed the owner. Eyewitnesses say that for every siren howl, which usually accompanied the arrival of the presidential motorcade, he raised his ears. The president never arrived, but New Yorkers have immortalized the memory of the loyal dog in urban legends.