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Read more: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Senator_(tree)
TIL in 2012 a woman high on crystal meth set fire to a Swamp Cyprus tree estimated to be 3,500 years old. The tree, nicknamed The Senator, formed part of a public park where people could admire the living treasure. It did not survive the fire.
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It meth its destiny. I’m so sorry.
Florida man meet Florida woman 🤦🏻♂️
They planted a sapling of a cloned branch in the park and named it The Phoenix.
Imagine living for over three thousand years, only to be killed by fucking Florida Woman.
I feel like the drug epidemic would be far less widespread if we publically idolized a “Lorax” who carries an ax and chops up people who fuck with nature into compost.
Hey, uhh Jim? You’re really going to do your gender reveal with fireworks? We’re in California, man. *does meth* “Of course bro, fuck that half of the state!” *The distinctive Lorax whistle is heard off in the distance, as is the unmistakable screeching of high carbon steel being dragged on concrete.* Jim’s mouth is agape as his glass pipe falls from his lips and shatters onto the sidewalk below.
*D.A.R.E* To say, **not right now** to drugs, kids.
I remember that my 3rd grade teacher lived close to it and I saw it when it was still up
3500 years of survival, only to be put to death by a drug-using ape.
I learned about this from Lewis Black he ranted about it in Port St. Lucie, Fl.