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https://www.nhregister.com/metro/article/Historic-Door-Tree-in-Hamden-destroyed-14106420.php
HAMDEN Vandals have destroyed a natural phenomenon in Hamdens woods that had become an iconic landmark.
The Door Tree, named because one tree growing into another had made a doorway-like arch, was found Wednesday cut up and destroyed, according to the executive board of the Hamden Historical Society.
A supporter of the society contacted a board member Wednesday because they were concerned they couldnt find the tree, the release said. When the board member went to visit the tree hours later, they found the 150-year-old tree had been knocked down and cut into pieces with a chainsaw, according to the release.
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tree had been knocked down and cut into pieces with a chainsaw, according to the release.
The societys board doesnt know exactly when the damage occurred.
For many years it has been feared the tree would be the target of vandalism due to its remote location, in a small valley about fifty feet off New Road near Clarks Pond, the board said.
The Police Department and Regional Water Authority, which owns the land where the tree stood, have been notified and Mayor Curt B. Leng expressed shock and anger when notified earlier today of the trees destruction, the board said.
Ted Norris, vice president of RWA Asset Management, has assured the historical society that RWA police, who work hand in hand with Hamden police, will investigate the destruction of the landmark and will aggressively seek to identify and prosecute those responsible, the release said.
The tree was featured several times in Ripleys Believe it or Not, and in Rachel Hartleys The History of Hamden Connecticut -1786-1959.
Control-Z
(15,682 posts)and disgusted. No other words right now.
sinkingfeeling
(51,469 posts)Roy Rolling
(6,925 posts)Strange things are afoot at the Circle-K.
miyazaki
(2,248 posts)nmgaucho
(527 posts)nm...
Karadeniz
(22,557 posts)GP6971
(31,196 posts)and saw it a couple of times. We live in sick times.
Demonaut
(8,924 posts)elocs
(22,594 posts)Does anyone believe that no member of the Left has ever committed heinous acts?
Baitball Blogger
(46,753 posts)Within walking distance where the same thing happened. Only the trees are too close together to form much of a door.
bdamomma
(63,913 posts)150 yr old tree getting chain sawed for no apparent reason, fucking assholes who did it.
Sickening absolutely sickening.
defacto7
(13,485 posts)to the most successful lifeforms on the planet. What a special talent we have. We are a virus not an animal.
chowder66
(9,074 posts)Duppers
(28,125 posts)Just viewed a suggested youtube of a poor young dog who'd had his 4 legs and tail cut off and was left to die. People who found him took him to a vet but they were unable to save him.
Beneath the video was this: "People are Evil."
I agree with a poster above, these evil, sick people are MAGAts types.
Phoenix61
(17,009 posts)hole and theyll be there bragging about it.
Capt. America
(2,478 posts)bullwinkle428
(20,629 posts)djg21
(1,803 posts)Was that it was some drunken fraternity brothers or college kids from Quinnipiac University.
I grew up a few miles away and as a kid used to go fishing in Clarks pond.
misanthrope
(7,420 posts)Talk to a vet tech who has done work for animal shelters to get a good idea.
First Speaker
(4,858 posts)...they've been cutting down trees all over southern CT like Vandals the past few years, in the name of preventing power outages. I can't tell you how many lovely yards I've seen denuded of beautiful trees because of these people. On a slightly more serious note, I've walked past--and under--that tree many, many times. This is a damned shame. Hope they catch the assholes...
UpInArms
(51,284 posts)Assholes ...
I do also hope that the fine people of Hamden are just as upset about children in cages as they are about their tree.
lpbk2713
(42,766 posts)Perverse minded mofos.
Demovictory9
(32,468 posts)George II
(67,782 posts)maxsolomon
(33,360 posts)Fines, probation.
Utterly senseless actions.
Ilsa
(61,695 posts)Ford_Prefect
(7,917 posts)KT2000
(20,585 posts)the tree trunk tell the story.
Duppers
(28,125 posts)They'll be found.
pansypoo53219
(20,986 posts)hope this twerp gets caught.
MFM008
(19,818 posts)They try to hide the locations of the worlds oldest trees.
People are assholes.
Nay
(12,051 posts)is to destroy stuff and laugh their yuk-yuk-yuk laughs.
And as someone else has said, it's why we can't have nice things.
JDC
(10,130 posts)We had some trees in our community cut down slowly over time recently. While not proven, the owner's of the house that now has a much better view of the lake is likely responsible.
Submariner
(12,506 posts)who poisoned the Auburn University trees with herbicide in 2013.
Makes me wonder if the tree cutter was inspired by that story. Jerk.
Demovictory9
(32,468 posts)Alabama Fan Explains Why He Poisoned Auburn Oak Trees
An Alabama fan who poisoned Toomers Oak Trees at Auburn University opened up about why he did it, saying he just doesn't like the Crimson Tide's biggest rival.
Harvey Updyke, Jr. poisoned the 80-year-old trees in 2011 and was eventually busted after he called into the Paul Finebaum radio show admitting the crime. He also left a phone message to an Auburn professor saying he knew who poisoned the tree.
Updyke Jr. pleaded guilty to a Class C felony of criminal damage of an agricultural facility, was ordered to serve at least six months in jail, spend five years on supervised probation and ordered to pay $800,000 in restitution.
Updyke's probation recently ended allowing him to speak to t
Hermit-The-Prog
(33,389 posts)These vandals probably learned from bad youtube videos. That's a botched job. Too bad it didn't barberchair enough to take their heads off.
Dave Starsky
(5,914 posts)That was a huge deal. The whole state rallied around that one.
WTF is the matter with people?