[Clara Lou]

People sometimes take themselves and their opinions far too seriously. What an idiot this guy is/was.

[Cicero]

Terrible and fascinating.

[Free the USA]

fyi

[dts32041]

So how many houses where made out of this tree?

[Carry_Okie]

A facet.

[Arkie2]

That's a helluva story.

[texas booster]

One year later, while it hasn't grown very much, our little tree survived its first winter outdoors and is thriving. Its golden foliage has now become quite prominent.

Latest from the Port Charlotte website.

[Freeper john]

Does anyone have a picture of the golden spruce before it was felled? I was unable to find anything but the new seedlings through a google search.

[IronJack]

Grant Hadwin reminds me of a Robert Service poem:

"There's a race of men who don't fit in,
Men who can't stay still.
So they break the hearts of kith and kin
And they roam the world at will."

[Prodigal Son]

Scary guy. Reminds somehow of that McCandless fellow the book "Into the Wild" was about. Intense loner. Finally went to the Alaska bush with a .22 rifle and his body was found some time later- starved to death. It's an interesting read. By John Krakauer. There's some real nutters out there.

[eddie willers]

He may be crazy....but, whew... talk about an Alpha male.

[fire_eye]

...in 1997, eighty cuttings were taken from the tree as it lay dying by the Yakoun River

They waited until then to attempt to propagate this supposed genetically unique biological miracle?
hmmmmm????

[Ouachita]

bttt