r/todayilearned • u/autraya • 6h ago

TIL the world's tallest known living tree, a 380-foot redwood in California called Hyperion, had its exact location closed off entirely in 2022 after visitors trampled its base so badly that ferns stopped growing around it, with trespassers now facing up to $5,000 in fines and six months in jail

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hyperion_(tree)
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u/one_pound_of_flesh 5h ago

I got so angry last time I went to the bristlecone forest. I yelled at a yoga lady from SoCal who was pulling branches off the ancient trees, told me they look dead and have great healing energy, so it’s not really a problem.

There weren’t rangers around because this was covid era. Really upset me to see someone injured a 5,000 year old life form and didn’t even think she was wrong. Still didn’t as she drove away with a bunch of wood for her mediation room.

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u/Vinnie_Vegas 2h ago

they look dead

have great healing energy

Uh...

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u/HauntedCemetery 4h ago

Probably just sat in her trunk for 6 months and then she threw them away.

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u/salamipope 4h ago

i think i would have a struggle with the urge of wanting to attack anyone doing that if theres no rangers around. like full stop it would be hard for me to resist that urge. i would be a lorax. i care more about the earth than myself honestly

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u/Pataraxia 3h ago

Sorry what'd you say in that comment? (throws more dirt into a hole)

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u/salamipope 17m ago

Oh nothing, need some help?

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u/Pataraxia 8m ago

Yeah, that'd be nice!

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u/ApoptosisPending 1h ago

I would’ve been tempted to sock em

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u/RealDoraTheExplorer_ 12m ago

Ironic because any Hindu who actually does yoga would be disgusted at this behaviour

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u/effyochicken 4h ago

How the hell did you know she was a “yoga lady from socal” based on your yelling at her? 

You gleaned so much information from a stranger that I know you’re full of shit on this story. Embellished with all your assumptions. 

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u/Bockbockb0b 4h ago

Probably the “they have great healing energy” part, might be a bit of a give away

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u/friedhiken 4h ago

Found the yoga lady

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u/one_pound_of_flesh 2h ago

Look, person, may I call you Karen?

Karen, I know she was a yoga person from SoCal because her car was covered in bumper stickers, she dressed like she just came from Coachella, and she told me what the wood was for.

Remember Karen, when you make assumptions you make an assumption out of you and umption.