TIL the oldest known individual tree in the world is 5,067 years old, yet there are no photos of the tree online, and its location is kept secret to protect it

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DrJackert: basically “you wouldn’t know her. she goes to a different school” but with trees instead of middle-schoolers.

drbroshuajergman: Isn’t it annoying as fuck that the inevitability of some piece of shit asshole ruining this wonder of nature is the reason that most others can’t enjoy it?

walkswithwolfies: The location of these trees has to be protected to protect them from vandalism.

https://www.usda.gov/media/blog/2011/04/21/methuselah-bristlecone-pine-thought-be-oldest-living-organism-earth

Kingsolomanhere: Just like the location of the tallest tree in the world, the Hyperion redwood at 379.7 feet, is kept secret.

Callme-Sal: If an old tree exists in a forest and no one is allowed to see it, is it really old?

battleship61: Because people are assholes and guaranteed someone will go out and vandalise it or worse yet kill it just to say they did.

[Case and point](https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/the-most-isolated-tree-in-the-world-was-killed-by-a-probably-drunk-driver-5369329/): The worlds most isloated tree was run over by a suspected drunk driver. Nothing around it for 250 miles, managed to hit it.

Snaker12: It’s obviously North of the wall

SheWitnessedMe: Coming this fall, in a world that wouldn’t accept him. Treebert.

Smoking_Bear: Yeah it’s so some dumb bitch doesn’t burn it down while smoking meth.

[Sad but true.](https://gizmodo.com/5889581/meth-addict-accidentally-burns-down-worlds-fifth-oldest-tree/amp)

kalel1980: Because some a****** would cut it down and sell it for an unimaginable
profit?

Des_Pret: plot twist: it’s just an abnormally large piece of broccoli

jsnforce: Gotta hand it to the guy or gal who can locate a tree from a photo.

Morigyn: Understandable, a woman set fire to an ancient tree a few years back. Not sure why, she was probably just cray cray.

MenuBar: I’m doing the same thing with the yogurt I put in the back of the fridge since 1978.

…oops damn, now everybody knows.

Comrade_Oligvy: So sad we have to hide that… Same thing with redwoods

v8jet: Pic or it didn’t happen! :-p

Raesam: Yggdrasil?

callernumber03: It’s waiting for the next great battle for middle earth, then it will rise from its slumber to throw rocks at orcs and hear pippin yelling one-liners into its ear.

LoveSecretSexGod: That’s good. Didn’t someone poison a famous tree on a college campus a few years back? I’m all about the fun in rivalry but don’t fuck up other peoples shit. Cheer harder

BigDickMcWilly: This is because people suck.

minkatt: In Norway there is a tree that is claimed to be 9500 years old. And photos exist of it.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old_Tjikko

Goaheadownvoteme: Sites just print whatever….oldest tree I know of:
Old Tjikko is estimated to be at least 9,550 years old, making it the world’s oldest known Norway spruce. It stands 5 metres (16 ft) tall and is located on Fulufjället Mountain of Dalarna province in Sweden.

suitcase88: So does the oldest person alive in the world right now have to be kept secret also?

TheLeopardColony: Can we be sure that the tree exists then?

da_doctori: If there’s no photos then what’s that thumbnail

buck9000: Sad that the policy has to consider the absolutely lowest common denominator… I.e., assholes that would go spray paint their fucking name on it.

bob51zhang: Ah, the good ol reddit hug of death.

HateDeathRampage69: How sure can we be that it is exactly that old?

Rob1150: So, how do we know that it actually exists then?

AG9090: The two oldest trees are in Inyo County, California. Thats actually quite interesting.

rondell_jones: Isn’t this the plot to Avatar?

stoneddj420: Yet no one talks about the tree that’s 5,068 years old.

william_fontaine: ACTUALLY there is a tree that is 7,239 years old.

But only I know where it is, and I ain’t tellin’.

souljabri557: I can’t believe some people. This tree most likely does NOT exist. There are no photographs and its location is “secret?” Give me a break and call on Occam’s razor. This is a hoax.

Etherius: And I absolutely understand why they keep the location secret.

People can be horrible, and will likely vandalize the shit out of it.

I’m okay not knowing where it is.

KevlarToeWarmers: The Great Duku Tree

CherrySlurpee: I’m surprised 4chan hasn’t found it.

Acc87: probably a good idea, or else some Chinese guys would chop it down and sell its shavings as aphrodisiac, like they do with anything rare

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