Some people have reported feeling an oppressive, evil
presence near the tree, hearing screams and seeing dark, hooded figures
skulking about. Others claim to have been pursued by a black phantom car that disappears
without a trace as you approach a major road.
Damaging or disrespecting the tree in any way is said to
have severe consequences. Those who so much as make mocking remarks within
hearing range will soon come to harm, possibly by getting into a car accident
or by experiencing a major breakdown.
Strangely enough, when the city ordered the tree cut down to
make way for a public park, the workers’ chainsaws refused to function near it –
but were perfectly fine later. Not about to give up so easily, they brought in
an old-fashioned pull saw made of tempered steel. The attempt failed again; the
teeth broke right off the saw, and the city had no choice but to leave the tree
where it was.
Why is this innocuous oak such a hub for strange happenings? Some people believe the tree is the property of the Devil
himself and serves as a gateway to hell. It supposedly remains warm to the touch
no matter how cold it is outside, and no snow will fall near it even in the
middle of winter.
Others still say that the malevolence around the tree is
caused by the lingering pain and despair of all those who have met their
untimely ends in its vicinity. During colonial times, rebellious slaves may
have been hanged from its branches, and in the Ku Klux Klan’s height of power, the
organization supposedly held meetings and lynchings under it. Yet another
legend states that a man killed his entire family, then walked to the tree and
hanged himself.
Despite the warnings, the Devil’s Tree is scarred by
apparently unsuccessful attempts to cut it down with saws and axes, and it has
at some point been stained by graffiti. What became of those who vandalized
this cursed tree is not known.
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