Gary Ross Dahl, who developed the 1970s fad, has died at age 78. — -- Gary Ross Dahl devised the perfect pet. No messes. No allergies. No effort. Just pure, simple solidarity. Dahl’s Pet Rock was ...

Gary Dahl, the advertising copywriter behind the 1975 fad Pet Rock, died March 23 at the age of 78. Dahl’s wife confirmed Tuesday that the inventor of the pop culture craze died of chronic obstructive ...

As children, most of us had a pet rock at one point or another—maybe because our parents wouldn't let us get a real life animal, or just because it was fun to have something to carry around in our ...

Staff at The Strong museum passed around several emails this week noting the passing of Gary Dahl, inventor of the Pet Rock, a wildly popular fad from the mid-1970s. In 1975 Dahl, a California ...

LOS GATOS — If you look up the word “fad” in Wikipedia, the single summarizing illustration of that flash-in-the-pan phenomenon is a picture of the Pet Rock. In the whole history of mankind and ...

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Over beers in a Los Gatos bar, Gary Dahl’s drinking buddies spewed tales about incontinent dogs, destructive cats, overly fecund gerbils and vacations foiled because no one could baby-sit the bird.

LANCASTER — Pet Rock Fest, Inc. is thrilled to announce the 27th annual Pet Rock Festival, scheduled for Sunday, Oct. 5, 2025, from noon to 5 p.m. at the Lancaster Fairgrounds, sponsored by Tito’s ...