Makes me incredibly uncomfortable.

k0ua · Mar 23, 2016

I don't believe it is photoshopped. I wish it was.

Aquamoose · Mar 24, 2016

If it was real, I'd like to hope that the tree was already broken/cut off 6 ft above the cut. It's not uncommon for tree companies to bring a tree down in pieces.

Wagtail · Mar 24, 2016

I agree, that cut is way too high... unless 'Bike helmet Dude' is kneeling.

:shocked:

2LaneCruzer · Mar 24, 2016

Makes you wonder what the guy is thinking, or if he is thinking at all. I would much rather see a picture of him teaching the kid to bait a hook.

Luke'sScreenName · Mar 24, 2016

I also do no think it is photoshopped. I do think he is kneeling. I think that is a climbing helmet.

TheSpoon · Mar 24, 2016

I did a little google searching. Appears the picture is of "The Community Arborist" posted to his blog 10/18/2009. There's a few comments on the blog properly flaming him.

The Community Arborist: Big Jobs, Little Jobs, and New Jobs

RSKY · Mar 24, 2016

Is the stump cut off slightly above the top of the picture? If not that guy needs his.......

RSKY

SPYDERLK · Mar 24, 2016

If youve ever felled a tree you know in the short term that is virtually as safe as no cut at all. Also, motion there is very slow in the far fetched case of a fall starting.

dragoneggs · Mar 24, 2016

SPYDERLK said:
If youve ever felled a tree you know in the short term that is virtually as safe as no cut at all. Also, motion there is very slow in the far fetched case of a fall starting.

Still a bit stupid but I'm with you here, spyder... Lighten up a bit guys. Unless you never did stupid things when you were younger. Of course I'm a neutered old man now but thinking back I could've died a few times while I was learning. Not you?

2LaneCruzer · Mar 24, 2016

I had a discussion with a professional a few years back, and he told me that falling trees, limbs, etc. do some really weird things sometimes; things that you wouldn't expect. True we can't see the rest of the tree, so there's no way to tell what the situation really is...but if it is an intact tree, I say the man is an idiot. Sometimes the guy cutting the tree gets himself killed; why put a child at risk, even it it is an improbable one?