Google, Love, and Parents: St  Rees  9  St  De  wadde  St  Tree That Owns Itself  Directions  Write a review  The Tree That Owns Itself is a white oak tree, widely assumed to have  legal ownership of itself and of all land within eight feet of its base  Wikipedia  Address: South Finley Street, Athens, GA 30605, United States  Reviews  4.36 Google reviews  otteroftheworld  My parents live in this town and the city legally  can't tear the tree down to build or anything  because the tree has its own legal rights and  they can't do anything about it  vnicent  how does. how does this happen. how DID this happen  gíraffepoliceforce  I love this story because this guy in the early 1800's had so  many great childhood memories of this tree and wanted to  make sure it was protected no matter what. So he deeded  the ownership of the tree to itself and everyone just went  with it.  Then in 1942 this intense windstorm came and knocked  the tree over. And people were bummed. But someone 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.  Two generations of trees owning land is amazing and if  you don't think this is the coolest thing get right out of my  face Wholesome tree
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