ATLANTA, July 11 (UPI) — An Atlanta-area lumberjack shared video of an unexpected tree split that had him running to safety in mid-cut.
The video, posted to YouTube by user 770-Arborist LLC, shows lumberjack Mark Russell working to fell a thick white pine tree in Georgia.
The tree unexpectedly splits during the cut, causing Russell to run to safety as a large portion of the plant comes crashing to earth.
Russell said the video shows an example of what’s known as a “barber chair split.”
