A mysterious tree is decorated in the USA every year - ForumDaily
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In the USA every year decorate a mysterious tree

One day a lonely little tree appeared along the side of the highway.

Photo: video frame usatoday.com

Across the road between two rows of paths are hundreds of tall trees, close to each other. But there is a lone fir tree nearby.

She always looks so sad on the I-75 section of the Arenac district between West Branch and Standish, right on the 199 mile mark, that a woman who lives nearby stopped a few years ago and hung a red toy on it.

She drove past a tree many times, watched how it fought for survival, loved it, admired his perseverance. She even affectionately called him Lady Three.

“It inspired me because, despite its loneliness, it stood gracefully and beautifully,” said Deanna Bennett, 63.

This red ornament was supposed to be an amazing surprise for drivers on this monotonous way to the north.

“Like a random act of kindness,” she said. “And maybe someone will be inspired by the trip, maybe someone is struggling with an illness.” Or a child. I just wanted to share a smile."

Soon after, someone added another toy to the tree. Then another man did the same. And soon the tree turned into a fully decorated Christmas tree.

The decoration of the tree became a mystery, and the neighbors began to argue how it happened.

Travelers posted photos of the tree on the Internet, wondering how it got there and what it means. Was it a homage? Memorial? A fancy holiday? Everyone had a theory.

But no one knew the real story.

Two decades ago, 20-year-old Jason Porter from St. Clair Shores drove north at night with his uncle to meet his father in a family hut on Father's Day. The drunk driver, who was driving along the freeway at that moment, crashed into them right at the 199 miles mark.

Jason died instantly, like the driver of another car. As a result of a head-on collision, he got off with a broken ankle.

Soon Jason's mom, Katie Porter from Roseville, put a small wooden cross in the grass along that part of the highway to mark the last place her son was. But the local road commission removed it.

She put another one in there, but the construction team removed it when they were repairing the road.

She contacted the brigade and asked if she could just take the cross home with her, but someone had already thrown it away. One of the workers was very upset about what had happened, and he suggested planting a tree at the scene of the accident in memory of her son.

The tree fought for its existence. The spruce suffered from winds poisoned by road salt and was choked by exhaust fumes from all passing vehicles. At some point the top broke. It seemed that the tree would not survive. But suddenly the top grew again - and very quickly.

Then this tree began to attract many.

Photo: video frame usatoday.com

“I was driving by one day and stopped because all of a sudden this ornament appeared on the tree,” Katie said. — I liked: “I wonder who did this?” I thought it was someone who knew Jason because he had a lot of friends. The next time I went there, another ornament appeared on the tree, and then another, and I had no idea who was doing it. It was overwhelming that someone put love into my tree and I don’t even know who it was.”

Someone added flashlights on batteries. Someone else added a flagpole with an American flag on top. But all these things just attracted more attention, and Katie was worried that it would become so prominent that the Michigan Department of Transportation would remove the tree.

“I’ve already been through that with the cross,” she said of her disappearing memorials. “They rip my heart out every time I do something like that.” I can't imagine them cutting down this tree. God, I hope not."

Jeff Cranson, MDOT spokesman, said his department was aware of the tree, so they left it alone, although it could be classified as something that distracts drivers from the road, and therefore the danger of driving.

But no one knew anything about the history of the tree. All they saw was a Christmas tree on a dreary highway. And people were just fascinated by this, which is why for several years now they have been decorating the tree with their toys.

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