For Sale: World's Largest Hollow Log

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Registered with Ripley's Believe It Or Not!, the Malarkey Log is estimated to be over 2,000 years old, weighs 121,000 pounds, and is nearly 21 feet in diameter. A horse and rider can easily pass through the interior.

Known to locals as the last of the Malarkey Forest giants, this one-of-a-kind log required an immensely powerful and continuous combination of lightning, fire and rain through the centuries to work and shape it into one of the most unique wonders on earth.

Even rarer is that the 150-tall failing snag remained intact when it was felled by loggers in 1978 just north of Crescent City. For a snag to fall without disintegrating into thousands of pieces would require near super-human measures be taken, or in the case of the World's Largest Hollow Log, according to Randy, "a miraculous combination of luck and circumstance, and that's no malarkey."

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[sa17ma18ra]

who knocked that beauty down? theres no road its blocking ? that should have be heritage listed!

[jyvonne351]

The World's Largest Hollow Log was a leaning snag and was taken down before it could fall down in 1978. To everyone's amazement it didn't splinter. What do you mean by "heritage listed?"

[sa17ma18ra]

In australia where I live we "heritage list" trees that are rare so no developer can knock them down. It adds to the tourism anyway thats probably why they do it. Its just a shame they knocked down sucha splendid tree should be in a musuem its just soo rare. Hope you understand where I'm coming from?

[jyvonne351]

Oh - I see - we have heritage lists here for living trees. I definitely know where you're coming from and would not have supported taking this relic down if it wasn't about to fall on its own. It was dead, that's why we call it a snag. The fact that it didn't fall apart when it hit the ground, kept it from becoming lumber or firewood. And yes, it does belong some place special...just not sure where that is. It will cost a lot to just move it and set it up.

[jyvonne351]

It is a shame the log had to sectioned, but it was on private property and had to be moved. It was too large to move in one piece. With appropriate hardware, it can be reassembled.

[jyvonne351]

Good points! We are hoping to relocate the log to a forest environment more accessible to the public, as well. The forest that once surrounded it had been gone for decades... another testament to the log's resilience. Thanks for sharing your thoughts.

[pegasus0]

Good job! keep knocking down trees! human bloody settlements spread like an oil stain and everything on the way has to be eliminated, so that we can invade more and more! wow! impressive! Trees should be left in the place where they grow to recycle nutrients! Business business business!! damn business...

[frizzybob]

i want to say, why not show the log a bit more? i dont want to listen to them talk about it, i want to see the shit,

[DrkRonin03]

I couldn't possibly find this any harder to care about.

[sweeneysister]

This log story is about as interesting as the log I let go in my shitter an hour ago. BORRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRING!

[maxhole2]

@brettmtl LMFAO ! No thanks guru ! They already know how to run big Stihl chainsaws!

[brettmtl]

maxhole2: you could only hope that I would educate your children

[maxhole2]

@brettmtl The ignorance and lack of common sense in liberals is unfortunate and laughable!

I hope you are NOT one of my kids teachers !

[JGormo11811]

Cool like d shamrock

[TheSighthound]

lucki it didnt splinter when it fell,or else you would have had nothing to cut up........you cant call it the worlds largest any thing now ..worlds largest jigsaw maybe shame on ye for cutting it up into fire wood.

[acetreemaster]

wow thats pretty good ! i got some big hollow trees in the Australia Bushfires in my videos ! i think you will enjoy