UNITED KINGDOM - The UK’s iconic Sycamore Gap Tree, best known for being featured in the film "Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves," has been chopped down in what authorities have described as a "deliberate act of vandalism."
Northumberland National Park Authority officials confirmed the news Thursday morning, stating that the famous tree had come down overnight.
""We have reason to believe it has been DELIBERATELY felled," authorities said. "
ReplyDeleteIs Sherlock Holmes sure about this?
It is not a rogue saw that did it?
We need some more sensible saw laws.
That sort of straight CUT is pretty indicative it wasnt nature.
ReplyDeleteCue the benny hill music.
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Breaking: Some Yank name Paul Bunyan is the chief person of interest in this heinous crime
ReplyDeleteClimate change did this.
ReplyDeleteI read about this and I keep thinking there is something else going on here. I know that owning land near a landmark like this tree was can raise all kinds of issues like tresspassing and cars parked in the wrong place. Somebody got sick of this trees bullshit.
ReplyDeleteBring back public flogging.
ReplyDeleteFor a 16 year-old, he did a pretty slick job of laying that tree down.
ReplyDeleteWhere's Robin of Locksley now? The whole movie started with a sixteen-year-old boy in that tree. "This is my land and my tree," he said. Kevin Costner should be busting that kid outta jail. The only part of that movie I believe is the Muslim guy praying on the side while this is all going down
ReplyDeleteWhy do the British NAZIs attack arboreal health care?
ReplyDeleteI have looked at these pictures now for quite a while. Something is off. Living here in E.Tx, I have cut down my fair share of trees. I look at these pictures and I am wondering, where are the saw shavings?
ReplyDeleteYes. The tree was clearly felled with chainsaw cuts , and with just 3 cuts, each going the full width of that tree, and almost geometrical precision. Those cuts would leave cubic yards of shavings. The scene has been cleaned up.
DeleteThose straight across cuts tell me this was done with a professional chainsaw over 6 feet long. I've cut a lot of firewood, but I've only seen a chainsaw that could do these cuts once - not in a store, it was attached to the bumper of a tree removal company truck, and probably cost more than my car. This tree wasn't felled by vandals, but by professionals, who were also equipped to vacuum up the saw dust and leave the scene clean.
Cubic YARDS of chips? No, it's not a giant redwood. It'll leave a nice dusting of chips but not cubic yards. It also doesn't look all that large at the trunk when you compare it to the rock wall, so a 6' bar wasn't necessary. Does anybody make a chainsaw with a 6 foot bar? One that's light enough for those precision cuts you speak of?
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