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Man Fought Tree, and Tree Won

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I must first apologize for the lack of date and media reference. You see, this is one of those stories that is passed down from generation to generation, from father to son, son to half-brother twice removed, and so on. Some details may be changed, but I just want to share with you a perfect example of a stupidity hand-me-down story. Anyways, a distant relative of mine, possibly a cousin's late spouse, had gone through a bad storm. Several trees had been felled and lay scattered around his yard. He had the great idea to tie the trees to the bumper of his car and throw them off of the cliff near his house into the ocean. (Can you see where this is going?) He got through two trees and had one about five yards from the edge of the cliff when his truck began to make sputtering noises. The man got out of the truck and checked under the hood, but nothing seemed to be amis. He got back in the truck and stomped down on the gas pedal. The bumper promptly snapped off of his truck, and he was so surprised at his sudden movement he forgot one key thing; to let up on the gas. He shot off the cliff and plunged over 400 feet into the ocean. But this story did have a happy ending; The tree was replanted and still lives today.

Submitted on 03/10/2009

Submitted by: Karina D.
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Bruce said:
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Well that's certainly a unique twist on tree removal. Thanks for sending it in, Karina!

Candi said:
Definitely Keep: Urban Legend
...!!! What was he thinking???

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