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Bock Bock Gravesite

This is the resting place of the meanest rooster in Cleveland, Tennessee.

Cleveland, Tennessee

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I wish I had a better photo but the headstone is old and dirty.   shelbyknox505 / Atlas Obscura User
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Tucked back in a small field beside an elementary school, you’ll find a headstone for Bock Bock.

He was given as an Easter gift to a resident, and terrorized the kids at the school from 1957-1959. He was killed by a food delivery boy sometime in the summer of 1959.

The engraving on the stone reads as follows: The Easter chick of Eddie Baugh who grew up to be a mean Rooster who terrorized the kids of Arnold school from Easter 1957 to Summer 1959. Killed by a Samples Grocery Store delivery boy.

This location is also a PokéStop in Pokémon Go. 

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March 18, 2026

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