Ok, Buddy, Hand Over The Tree
The California city of Thousand Oaks was the scene of one of the more unusual heists in recent history. Someone stole a fifty foot tree from the yard of a woman who was on vacation. Police are completely baffled.
THOUSAND OAKS, Calif. - The theft of a 50-foot backyard tree has a Conejo Valley homeowner stumped. Kelley Fornatoro left on vacation Aug. 2 and returned a week later to find her 50-foot California pepper tree missing. Police Capt. Randy Pentis said it was felony grand theft.
"It's creepy. I want them to get these guys," Fornatoro said, adding she feels violated.
Oxnard-based Julian's Tree Care said someone called for removal of the nearly 30-year-old tree. It took two days to cut it down at a cost of $3,500.
If you have no idea what a 'California Pepper Tree' is, it apparently actually is originally from Peru, here's a picture. If you see this tree, please call the Nine Hundred And Ninety-Nine Oaks police department.
Weird Stuff | Gaius Friday, 17 August , 2007
By Laurence F. Sheldon, Jr., Friday, 17 August , 2007 @ 8:49 pm
Not to step on your “funny” byt a pepper tree is not an oak.
It is a pretty tree–gets its name I suppose from the the fruit whose core looks a little like a black peppercorn.
I don’t think it is related to the pepper we eat on our eggs.
And if anybody finds the missing tree, it is going to look a lot like wood-chips.
Cutting down a 30-year-old tree is a major crime.
By Gaius, Friday, 17 August , 2007 @ 8:54 pm
I know - the pictures I linked showed the pepper tree is a very pretty tree. And yes, it is a crime and a very twisted one.
By Chris, Saturday, 18 August , 2007 @ 4:48 am
The real crime is that someone charges $3500 to remove a tree, and takes two days to do it. I just had a 35-foot pine tree cut down behind my garage. Cost me $275 and took half a day. And they trimmed a large branch from a boulevard tree that was threatening my flag.