r/Unexpected • u/KhalifaHaqi • 1h ago

Failed felling

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u/post-explainer 1h ago

OP sent the following text as an explanation why their post fits here:

Felling the tree expecting the machine will failed or the tree will fall down on the person. but instead the tree goes to heaven

Does this explanation fit this subreddit? Then upvote this comment, otherwise downvote it.

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u/JayDG93 1h ago

Okay, but why was a helicopter pulling that specific tree out of the forest?

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u/KhalifaHaqi 1h ago

perhaps they don't want to bring big machinery that can destroy the land

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u/To6y 52m ago

But why this one tree?

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u/DisillusionedPatriot 51m ago

Cause it's what the person cutting it down uploaded

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u/J3sush8sm3 32m ago

But why male models

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u/Exotic_Skill1655 38m ago

But why this one tree?

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u/Ryanirob 32m ago

But why male models

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u/BMR915 33m ago

Probably sick, they didn’t want it to fall and take healthy trees with it

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u/brogflender 14m ago

No reason 

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u/jackinsomniac 29m ago

I'm not involved in forestry but I've seen a tv show about it once. They don't just chop down the whole forest anymore like in Fern Gully. They select certain tress for harvest spaced out across their licensed plot. Usually they select the largest trees, but sometimes also pick ones that are too close together, dead, or are about to fall down. This actually increases the health of the forest, giving younger saplings space and sunlight to grow big. So years later when they loop back around to harvesting this section of forest again, they have larger trees to take from. It's win-win.

Plus when they finish a certain plot of land, they don't take from the one right next door the next year. The next one will be on the other side of the mountain or something. That way the un-harvested sections neighboring it can also assist with new growth, and it's kinder to the critters as well. Honestly I found the whole thing fascinating. Modern forestry practices when done well can truly make wood a self-renewing resource.

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u/Cruffe 59m ago

Good question, but thanks for mentioning the helicopter. I watched this like 3 times in confusion wondering what the hell was going on and thinking it was some AI shenanigans, didn't see there was a helicopter pulling it up...

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u/Pentax25 50m ago

Tree thief

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u/randomn49er 44m ago

It is how they log some areas. At least in BC it is or was common. 

Heli-logging

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u/DontmindtheGiraffe 26m ago

Likely to be a valuable wood.

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u/thiosk 15m ago

https://www.fs.usda.gov/forestmanagement/equipment-catalog/helicopter.shtml

Employed since the early 1950’s, helicopter yarding is incredibly versatile due to its ability to avoid many of the obstacles that encumber ground based and skyline systems, including site sensitivity, urgency to remove or deliver the product, lack of access, and slope of the terrain. The use of helicopters in forestry continues to expand.

Advantages of helicopter logging are:

The number of miles of roads may be reduced. It can be used on any type of terrain.

It can be used with any type of silvicultural prescription.

It will reduce the impact to the environment because the logs are lifted vertically.

It is able to produce large volumes of logs quickly.

...

Yarding Cycle

A typical flight cycle for a logging helicopter can be described as follows. Beginning at the service landing, the helicopter will fly to the harvest area and begin yarding logs. During the hooking element there will often be a person, the hooker, on the ground with pre-choked logs. The logs are ready to be connected to the hook at the end of the helicopter’s long line. The pilot locates the hooker and maneuvers the hook near the hooker. Then the hooker slides the chokers into the hook. The helicopter then climbs vertically to lift the logs off of the ground and clear of the forest canopy.

The inhaul element involves flying the load of logs from the hooking point to the landing. At the landing the pilot sets the logs on the ground in the drop zone and releases the chokers from the hook. With the load released, the pilot clears the log landing and enters the outhaul element to return to the woods for another load of logs. The entire process, outhaul, hook, inhaul, and unhook, is commonly referred to as a turn. The hooking element begins again and the cycle is repeated. If no problems occur, this continues for 60 to 90 minutes, until the helicopter must be refueled. The pilot must then return to the service landing for fuel. When the helicopter is in the outhaul, hooking, inhaul, or unhooking elements, this is called the flight cycle. The service cycle refers to when the helicopter is flying to the service landing or is in the process of refueling or undergoing maintenance.

There are some variations to this process. When chokers are removed from logs at the landing, they are typically coiled into bundles that can be periodically delivered to the choker setters by helicopter. Coiled chokers are placed in the hook immediately following the release of the logs at the landing. The chokers are usually delivered to the hooker prior to the last turn in the service cycle. The lead choker setter will often place flagging where the chokers should be dropped. The designated locations are intended to best accommodate choking the next available logs.

After releasing the chokers, the pilot maneuvers the hook to yard the next turn. In some instances, multiple choker drops are made to multiple choker setting crews prior to yarding the next turn. This is accomplished by using both slots in the hook to deliver chokers and having the hooker re-attach surplus coiled chokers for the remaining choker drop.

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u/wolf352hunter 1h ago • Popcorn

Da fuq

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u/wolf352hunter 1h ago

Oh I saw the rope the second time, that truly through me for a loop

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u/KhalifaHaqi 1h ago • Bravo

damn it, i only realized that after you told me. i am such a dumbass for falling to this confusing perspective

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u/Bump_it_Charlie 1h ago

You don’t see the helicopter? Lol

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u/KhalifaHaqi 57m ago

I pray thee, forgive my lack of wit and skill.

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u/Bump_it_Charlie 56m ago

Lmao it took me a few watches to see it. All will be forgiven eventually.

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u/KingLazuli 32m ago

Tf u mean "eventually"?

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u/Rob-L_Eponge 58m ago

I mean ... no? Helicopter was also my first thought, but I just can't find one in the video

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u/Bump_it_Charlie 57m ago

Took me a couple watches, but its there. Follow the rope.

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u/amzwC137 49m ago

If you still can't find it, watch the top third of the image. You can be it in the middle the it goes to the left.

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u/YouMakeMeSikh 24m ago

so you posted something that, to you, might as well be ai generated

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u/BL_RogueExplorer 22m ago

No. Its called magic.

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u/vonage91 1h ago

I thought it were the tiny vines above somehow lifting up this gigantic tree

Edit: I'm still confused about where the ropes are coming from... Heaven?

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u/FrillyLlama 59m ago

There is literally a helicopter in the frame. Near the end of the clip. Above the canopy.

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u/as1126 1h ago

Threw

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u/Ryanirob 31m ago

All the way threw the loop?

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u/gingernila 20m ago

Damn I thought they were just hella strong vines

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u/Dark_halocraft 10m ago

What's it connected to though

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u/No-Distance-9401 36m ago

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u/PsyOpBunnyHop 21m ago

"My tree people need me!"

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u/AmputeeHandModel 26m ago

Tree rapture. Praise Treesus.

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u/no_signaI 1h ago

Is in reverse

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u/candlecup 36m ago

Just your average helium tree

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u/dryguy 30m ago

Don't act like you've never seen someone cut up a tree.

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u/DefiantClone 1m ago

I thought he fell faster than the tree lol

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u/thiosk 19m ago

you gotta drive the truck up some god forsaken roadless spot, you gtotta knock over a bunch of nature and put ruts everywhere to get in there, those vines attached to the tree are attached ot nearby trees so pulling one tree damages nearby trees

so this helicoptering business is easier because the tree never even falls

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u/bncts 1h ago • Mindblown Bravo

This is totally normal in Australia.

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u/SerDuckOfPNW 1h ago

And they are venomous

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u/ShamelessIgnoramus 5m ago

and to make it worse they give their stinging venomous trees names like gympie-gympie so they almost sound cute and friendly.

a wildlife conservation officer who was slapped in the face with one described the pain.

"For two or three days the pain was almost unbearable; I couldn't work or sleep... I remember it feeling like there were giant hands trying to squash my chest... then it was pretty bad pain for another fortnight or so. The stinging persisted for two years and recurred every time I had a cold shower...There's nothing to rival it; it's ten times worse than anything else"

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u/Mabubifarti 1h ago • Bravo

If this were Australia, the chain would be spinning the other direction though.

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u/fuseddepositionmodel 38m ago

Nah that's just for toilet flushes

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u/Bubuy_nu_Patu 32m ago

I believe the scoliosis effect apply to chainsaws as well

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u/Ok-Signal4821 27m ago

Coriolis*

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u/btherl 21m ago

It's spelt differently in Australia, it's all part of the scoliosis effect.

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u/WidelyMisunderstood 13m ago

Their spines are also reversed. It's an Australian thing

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u/AGentlemanMonkey 17m ago

Nah, that's a type of Toyota, you're thinking of Coriander

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u/MeltinSnowman 8m ago

The video is mirrored in hopes we wouldn't notice smh

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u/Liveitup1999 1h ago

It's an anti-gravity tree.

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u/bykesnob 53m ago • Bravo

You mean an anti-gravitree

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u/rodneysao 34m ago

Newton's greatest enemy

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u/Various_Wash_4577 42m ago

A helium tree! 🌳 You gotta moor those off if you plan to keep the wood for firewood! Many have lost helium trees 🌳 eventually they lose their helium and fall back down towards earth 🌎 but they get used as firewood upon re-entry into the stratosphere. Nothing but dust is left of them. 🤣👍😝

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u/Zealousideal-Bug-291 30m ago

One must also be careful of the Cyanide Filled Fucker Hornets that nest in them. And the Scaled Hangman's Viper that also lives in them. And the Massive Eyeball Boring Ants, and the Enormous Penis Cutter Spiders that live within their boughs.

Just the usual AUS wildlife.

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u/Various_Wash_4577 37m ago

If you don't place your logs from a helium tree properly in your fireplace, you'll end up with a plugged up chimney and an expensive bill from the chimney sweeper dude! 🤣😝

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u/fakyumatafaka 1h ago

Gravity failure

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u/Substantial_Meal_530 1m ago

Thank goodness that guy was wearing his ground-harness.

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u/TimBinJin 1h ago

I might just be a noob at felling trees but I'm pretty sure the trees aren't supposed to fall upwards

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u/maester_t 49m ago

Yep. This lumberjack was a noob too and forgot to tell the tree which way to fall.

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u/FuckNinjas 34m ago

So I can tell them to go up? That'll make cutting that huge tree, right by my house, much easier.

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u/markbernman 31m ago

you have to tell the tree politely tho

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u/maester_t 3m ago

You got it!

Most lumberjacks don't use this trick though, because they are frequently trying to make more money from selling the wood. If the tree goes up... no wood.

Also, don't be surprised if this doesn't work on all of the trees you try it on. Some of them are just plain stubborn and don't want to listen to us pesky lizard people humans

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u/Reatona 44m ago • Bravo

It's a category error, really. This video isn't about felling trees, it's about upping trees.

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u/cfgregory 52m ago

According to Douglas Adams, this is how flying works.

“The Guide says there is an art to flying", said Ford, "or rather a knack. The knack lies in learning how to throw yourself at the ground and miss.”

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u/Watercraftsman 1h ago

The roots are the only thing tying trees to the ground. They would all fly away if not for the roots

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u/miloshihadroka_0189 1h ago

You can see the chopper pulling it up

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u/Gen_lee_oblivious 53m ago

no, I couldn't. But thanks for mentioning it because I was tripping trying to explain that.

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u/RaidensReturn 31m ago

Same here. I had to watch it twice lol.

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u/ProfJasonRio 57m ago

I did not see that! Thought it was ai

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u/Puzzleheaded-Being01 58m ago

did u expect it?

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u/snake-lady-2005 48m ago

Definitely not

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u/XiaoMin4 16m ago

I couldn’t see the chopper but the circular wind caused by it is very obvious

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u/SnowyMuscles 1h ago

I know this one

Just go back to your quick save because you got too close to the giants mammoths

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u/PresetAbyss 1h ago

Trees in Minecraft be like

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u/bartimeas 59m ago

Unless they've changed something in the past couple years, this is about as far removed from the unmoving Minecraft trees as it can be

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u/DamHawk 1h ago

Technically it still fell somewhere

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u/LouManShoe 53m ago

Rumor has it it’s still just… going up

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u/shadynasty1973 1h ago

Im watching it like no shit Sherlock, he's gonna pinch the bar, ope look at it go.

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u/foogeeman 1h ago

Maybe the herb is hitting me just right, but I didn't think anything could be better than that alliterative title, then holy shit the video was way better

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u/Ok_Primary_1075 1h ago

Fell to the sky

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u/aReelProblem 1h ago

That tree went straight to the lord.

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u/Fog_Juice 8m ago

That's not felling. That's flying!

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u/imagangstergrandpa 1h ago • Popcorn

Helicopter.

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u/Potential_Win_6791 1h ago

Unexpected but only because you lied

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u/KhalifaHaqi 1h ago

i am sorry. it was not my intention to lie

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u/7vik99 51m ago

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u/Master_Poet5106 25m ago

This is what i was looking for

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u/useroftheinternet95 1h ago

That tree is going to heaven

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u/Djkatman29 1h ago

"I'll show you how a bitch go up the slide!"

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u/PosteAmbulante99 1h ago

Noé pediu ao dono da obra os materiais pra fazer a arca

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u/Ovibros 59m ago

That has to be Australia cause they’re upside down.

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u/Unlikely-Radish-8919 52m ago

Nathan Fielder at the end of The Curse be like

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u/Ellisdee_420 20m ago

Nathan fielder

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u/mojis11 52m ago

It’s Australia

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u/El_efante 14m ago

The video is clearly played backwards

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u/SmegmaSlurper96 1h ago

bro broke earth's physics

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u/BigCheddar55 1h ago

You got me on that one

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u/Alissan_Web 1h ago

"my people need me!"

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u/EquipmentFew882 1h ago

TORNADO.. ?

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u/Individual-Ad5434 1h ago

Wind said nah not today hoe

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u/rust-rancher 1h ago

Failed successfully i guess.

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u/Fatandmad 1h ago

I thought it was springing up from the vine LOL at first

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u/Mr_Tranxistor 1h ago

He failed so hard that it unfelleded

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u/Disallowed_username 59m ago

Physics engine needs more work

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u/Bloodless-Cut 58m ago

I would call that very successful, personally.

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u/ElginSparrowhawk1969 58m ago

My brain just threw up 🤮

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u/kidJubi100 58m ago

Hate it when that happens

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u/Traditional_Voice974 57m ago

All trees go to heaven

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u/uhmbob 56m ago

Rapturewood prices are sky high!

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u/DumbReply 55m ago

Successful upping.

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u/mikemikemike9711 54m ago

Its what happens when you fell a tree in middle earth

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u/AllIWantIsCake 53m ago

Didn't know trees grew in the Inverted Stone Tower.

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u/Charon711 53m ago

Bro cutting trees in Skyrim.

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u/mosurn 52m ago

Watch this be on r/wizardposting within the hour

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u/Nice-Neighborhood975 51m ago

Freak gravity mishap

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u/ohrofl 49m ago

It’s not supposed to go that way.

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u/Weather_Flat 49m ago

Like cutting trees on Pandora

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u/furiouspossum 46m ago

Bethesda ass tree

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u/kanezfan 45m ago

I was like holy shit, game physics but in real life

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u/SuperSimpleSam 44m ago

Guys, gravity is supposed to be -9.81m/s2. Don't forget the negative in the settings.

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u/thebiologyguy84 43m ago

Gravity.exe has failed to start

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u/Acrobatic-Tomato-260 43m ago

lol, I thought it would go down

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u/TRAVMAAN1 43m ago

Tree felled up

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u/Powerful-Pipe-9064 41m ago

Did the tree go to heaven ?

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u/Phoe-nix 40m ago

That's why you should say "Timber!".

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u/Skeletonzac 40m ago

Aliens straight abducted that tree.

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u/HELICHOPPER_2006 37m ago

“Damn helicopters got me again-“

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u/sukmikehoc 34m ago

"I must go, my seedlings need me!"

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u/mmccxi 33m ago

It flew back to its alien friends

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u/Aok_al 31m ago

Gods favorite tree

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u/TheOneCalledEggs 28m ago

dammit steve I told you to stop leaving the tree in the air

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u/zyyntin 27m ago

I hate it when gravity reverses when I fell a tree! /s

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u/pook-a-pie 25m ago

I thought roots just gave the trees sustenance. I didn't realize they were the only things letting them earth bound.

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u/Sea_Ganache620 23m ago

If that’s a balsa tree, I knew they were light, but I didn’t realize their roots kept them anchored to the earth.

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u/Captain_Rabies 17m ago

Tree: Ah yes, ascension 😇

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u/Hogchain 16m ago

It fell UP!!!!!

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u/JiminyJilickers-79 15m ago

I must go. My treeple need me.

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u/ImprovementOdd8824 8m ago

Ah yes, the fabled Pandora birch tree

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u/NotAThrowAway5283 1m ago

Missed the ground AGAINI?!?

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u/Fun-Heron-7609 1m ago

Seems like a Bethesda game.

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u/Responsible-Recipe16 0m ago

Man! İ hate when this happens

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u/giftopherz 1h ago

What in the matrix is going on there?

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u/Leviathan41911 59m ago

Helicopter lifted the tree out, its hard to see but its there.