Guthrie, TN - In an unusual and virtually unexplainable turn of events, this sleepy hamlet was stunned Tuesday afternoon when a heretofore non-descript hand-carved wooden statue came to life and began plucking tunes on what some on-lookers described as a poor man's dulcimer.  "My Indian...I mean Native American, has been sitting out there for about 42 years," described Hiram Choathe, long-time proprietor of Hiram's Tobaccos.  "Carl has . . . that's what I call him you know, Carl . . .has been through rain and snow and twisters and then one day, BAM he just starts plucking away.  It wasn't half bad either!  He didn't say much really.  After a while a crowd started gathering around.  They couldn't explain why but they really seemed to like the sounds in his music, " Hiram intoned.  "It was like it was more in tune than anything I've ever heard before," noted Cathy Chopko, Guthrie High School's Chorus Instructor.  Unfortunately, by the time our journalists arrived on scene the crowd had dispersed and Carl had returned to his lifeless wooden state (see photo at right).