"The magnificent fallen Dyerville Giant. The giant redwood once stood 362 ft. tall and was considered the tallest tree in the park before its fall in 1991. The redwood’s crash to the ground moved the earth so much that it registered on a nearby seismograph and one local, who heard the impact from half a mile away, thought a train had crashed. Today you can walk the whole length of the tree and stand in awe of its massive root system beautifully on display. Dyerville Giant Facts: 362 ft. in height 17 ft. diameter 52 ft. circumference Possibly 2,000 years old! location is Humboldt Redwood State Park, CA."
I checked and the tallest tree right now in the world (US) is 381 feet (measured in 2019).
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Why did it take a tumble in the first place ?.
And when that tree fell in the forest people DID hear it...
I always mourn for fallen trees, particularly giants like that one.
LJ - I couldn't find anything that told why it fell.
Sue - Yes they did. Some vivid descriptions in the article.
Thats interesting Mike. Its just that the image also reminded me of that superbly suspenseful mo-girl-t in Bill Friedkins ludicrously under-rated 1977 masterwork "SORCERER" (a remake of the absurdly over-rated 1953 French film "THE WAGES OF FEAR") where Roy Scheider and them other geezers have to find a way to move that giant tree thats recently fallen in the jungle and is blocking their only way out by the one makeshift road, so the geezer whos an expert with nitro-glycerin sets up this ingenius (although admittedly laughably primitive) device to hopefully detonate a big enough explosion to blast the tree to smithereens so that they can continue their journey with the valuable cargo they`re carrying, i always liked the mo-girl-ts where they`re running away from the impending explosion, those mo-girl-ts aren`t just marvelously and hauntingly suspenseful they`re also almost surreal with regards to sound and atmosphere, although if i recall rightly that entire sequence does end rather embarrassingly and anti-climactically which was a real shame when you consider how brilliant the build-up was.
A much smaller tree came down in the woods behind our house a few years ago, and it sounded like an atomic bomb ... I can imagine what this sounded like.
That is (was) one big tree!
I guess eventually every tree will die. Sad.
LJ - I know not of these movies. I'll have to look them up.
Bill - Probably loud enough to evacuate the area.
Deb - Yes indeed.
Kathy - Still, it makes you wonder what did it in and why they didn't mention it on the website.
So sad to lose these trees - just imagine what that tree has witnessed in its lifetime!
wow is this a huge tree. something has been rocking our house - wonder if a tree feel nearby? :-)
I am not a person who likes to travel but there are two things I would love to see in person and would travel to do so - and one is a redwood tree (or, preferably more than one). Just FYI, I notice your reply to EC stated that there was information on the tree's fall in your link, but I don't see it. How do I find it?
CC - I plan to see a lot in the 1600 years I plan to live also. So far so good.
Peg - I think your rocking is just Rick trying to dig a basement to get more room.
Jenny - Well, it's not in the link like I thought so I had to go look again. I knew I'd read it somewhere. And I found this story with even more detail. https://treeweaver59.home.blog/2020/11/13/the-fall-of-the-dyerville-giant/
Thank you for that link - great article. Isn't it amazing to think of how old these trees are and how much they've lived through? Mind-blowing.
Jenny - I'm glad you asked the question you did and I went back to look for more info.
I visited the redwoods a few years ago. Magnificent barely approaches describing them!
Allen - I was there as a kid. I need to go back.
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