The story of Greyfriars Bobby is one that every Edinburgh resident holds dear to their heart and this statue is a monument to this story. In 1858 a local man called John Gray died and his little scrap of a dog, Bobby, a Skye terrier, kept vigil at his grave for fourteen years until his own death in 1872. The statue and fountain was erected in memory of his loyalty and devotion in 1873 and has been a tourist attraction ever since. I think it's a really lovely story and the amount of tourists who flock to visit it must think so too.