In the early 1800’s a man who had so many great childhood memories of this tree wanted to make sure it was protected no matter what. So he deeded the ownership of the tree to itself and everyone in the town went along with it.
An intense windstorm came in 1942 and knocked the tree over but luckily a citizen had saved an acorn from the original tree, so they planted that and now Son of the Tree That Owns Itself is over 50 feet tall.
And since this new tree is technically the offspring of the original tree it’s considered to have legally inherited the plot of land it’s inhabiting.
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