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[-] GrantUsEyes@lemmy.zip 35 points 1 month ago

Beautiful, I feel the primal urge to climb it.

[-] StarvingMartist@sh.itjust.works 21 points 1 month ago

I've been to this tree, my dad lives near it, a bunch of locals will immediately get very angry with you

[-] GrantUsEyes@lemmy.zip 10 points 1 month ago

I figured it might be a no no...

[-] qarbone@lemmy.world 8 points 1 month ago

How long would it take to make my own?

To achieve a living oak tree? A summer.

To get as massive as you see here? Four or five generations.

[-] qarbone@lemmy.world 1 points 3 weeks ago

Eh, best I can do is...three generations. Take it or leave it.

[-] satanmat@lemmy.world 28 points 1 month ago

There’s a witch somewhere looking for her tree.

[-] Gerblat@lemmy.world 9 points 1 month ago

Or an ancient troll buried beneath it, waiting to awaken

[-] aeronmelon@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago

“Wood carver!”

[-] Davel23@fedia.io 20 points 1 month ago

Biblically-accurrate Angel Oak.

[-] hansolo@lemmy.today 13 points 1 month ago

Oh, is the tree doing some painting? It's got that nice little easel there.

[-] Zerlyna@lemmy.world 9 points 1 month ago

I was there a few years ago ago! It’s huge! The picture is great but in person is still so much better.

[-] Dotdashdot@feddit.uk 9 points 1 month ago

Gotta wonder how many people were lynched on it. Is that how it got its name?

[-] thesohoriots@lemmy.world 23 points 1 month ago

[Author] Denise Roffe interviewed an old African American woman, a descendant of slaves who once labored on the land near Angel Oak. She recounted a legend that the tree was home to giant vultures who feasted on the bodies of slaves who were hung from the branches.

source for the downvoters

[-] LibertyLizard@slrpnk.net 6 points 1 month ago

Amazing that this tree is 10 quadrillion years old.

[-] Elilol@fedinsfw.app 1 points 1 month ago

and 3 months

[-] Elilol@fedinsfw.app 3 points 1 month ago

Speaking as a tree hugger, WAY TO GO, NATURE!

[-] Etterra@discuss.online 2 points 4 weeks ago

I don't know it looks more like an eldritch octopus to me.

[-] hey@reddthat.com 1 points 4 weeks ago
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