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    Exploding alder

    Mountain beavers [but not like The Sound of Music] Terry, a gentleman with some expertise has further investigated and I have attached his photos depicting rodent burrows and a close-up of the stump. The Predators here are mountain beavers but there is an issue as to how they felled the tree...
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    Exploding alder

    Talked with a Park Ranger and he was confidant of his theory. We had a dry hot spell of 50 days with a light morning rain two days before the tree came down. He said there was another felled nearby. His theory wasn't logical but has the weight of experience and observation. He said the...
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    Exploding alder

    Thank you sir! Your observation and mine sustain the existence of the clear sky lightning phenomenon. My secondary theory of invisible space alien big game hunters with energy weapons but poor accuracy only relied upon the old Schwartzeneger movie, Predator. (Although it was spooky enough that...
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    Exploding alder

    I saw and heard the alder fall. The explosion I heard could well have been lightning but there was no flash reflected off the ground I was facing. The steep slope has an elevation gain of 450' from the Lake and this alder was only 50' or so up. I inspected the following day but the portions...
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    Exploding alder

    Hiking up the S. Canyon trail at St. Edwards outside of Seattle, I heard a gunshot or a firework but saw a tree coming down abruptly and near vertically. Weather was clear and about 75 F. The 18" Alder did fall across the trail. The Park personnel are at a loss to explain why a tree would...
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