Anonymous Coward User ID: 16845676 United States 04/23/2013 03:14 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Auburn U. cutting down poisoned oaks This happened in Austin Tx when I lived there the human race is well I have no words right now [ link to www.cnn.com] Revenge for a loss Tide fan Harvey Updyke didn't like losing and did something about it, which he confessed anonymously two months later on a UA sports radio show. He called in as "Al from Dadeville." "Let me tell you what I did the weekend after the Iron Bowl. I went to Auburn, Alabama, because I live 30 miles away," the caller said. "And I poisoned the two Toomer's trees." He ended the call with "Roll Damn Tide," a battle cry for the University of Alabama. The herbicide was highly potent, and tests of soil samples confirmed that he had applied a liberal amount. He had doused the soil around the trees. |
Anonymous Coward (OP) User ID: 16845676 United States 04/23/2013 03:15 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Re: Auburn U. cutting down poisoned oaks to be about 500 years old and, before its vandalism in 1989, the tree's branches had a spread of 127 feet. The tree is located in Treaty Oak Park, on Baylor Street between 5th and 6th Streets, in the West Line Historic District. [ link to en.wikipedia.org (secure)] |