Show i FREAK IN SEQUOIA FOREST tree trunk ahat 1 11 18 stood for sixteen years 4 severed vered from W jis its base out in california there Is a tree trunk which AAS stood tor for the last IG 16 years entirely severed from its base bays the wide world magazine the slump la is 15 I 1 feet cot in diameter and the trunk runk towers 75 not in the air this i e freak la Is located near the sequoia in county california and was sawn oft off hy by lumbermen for umber timber through some ms miscalculation calculation when the cut was aln dished the tree still held its position and dynamite was resorted to to bring it to the ground which accounts for the deep gash on one side after the first charge of the explosive had be been n ignited the tree still remained standing and it atvas vas discovered that the entire trunk had bad been shattered hy by athe alio discharge ami was the useless for or lumber accordingly the work vs stopped and tho the giant has edi agh t w I 1 ing some of the severt ev t wind I 1 nd storms that ti the state ha haa ao kao k hold held in its na natural tur al position by baw W great weight |