[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.
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GrantUsEyes@lemmy.zip · 35 pts · 121d
Beautiful, I feel the primal urge to climb it.
StarvingMartist@sh.itjust.works · 21 pts · 121d
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 pts · 121d
I figured it might be a no no...
qarbone@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 121d
How long would it take to make my own?
captain_aggravated@sh.itjust.works · 3 pts · 121d
To achieve a living oak tree? A summer.
To get as massive as you see here? Four or five generations.
qarbone@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 118d
Eh, best I can do is...three generations. Take it or leave it.
satanmat@lemmy.world · 28 pts · 121d
There’s a witch somewhere looking for her tree.
Gerblat@lemmy.world · 9 pts · 121d
Or an ancient troll buried beneath it, waiting to awaken
aeronmelon@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 121d
“Wood carver!”
Davel23@fedia.io · 20 pts · 121d
Biblically-accurrate Angel Oak.
hansolo@lemmy.today · 13 pts · 121d
Oh, is the tree doing some painting? It's got that nice little easel there.
Zerlyna@lemmy.world · 9 pts · 121d
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 pts · 121d
Gotta wonder how many people were lynched on it. Is that how it got its name?
thesohoriots@lemmy.world · 23 pts · 121d
source for the downvoters
LibertyLizard@slrpnk.net · 6 pts · 121d
Amazing that this tree is 10 quadrillion years old.
Elilol@fedinsfw.app · 1 pts · 121d
Elilol@fedinsfw.app · 3 pts · 121d
Etterra@discuss.online · 2 pts · 120d
I don't know it looks more like an eldritch octopus to me.
hey@reddthat.com · 1 pts · 119d
True lol
Agent641@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 121d