in Gresham, a suburb of Portland, Oregon, USA,
someone armed with a saw has cut down over 700 trees, which begs the question, "Why?" a special task force put together by Gresham Police and the Parks & Recreations has been scouring thousands of photos of a forest in Gresham, looking for clues that could help them identify and finally catch the 'Gresham Lumberjack', this apparently is not a recent occurrence, the vandal has been operating for over a year now, so far all the authorities know is that the culprit seems to prefer trees along a segment of the trail between the Seventh Street Bridge and Towle Avenue, and cutting them with a hand saw or a bow saw,
in a effort to catch the culprit hidden cameras have been placed along the area the mysterious lumberjack seems to prefer, but here is the thing, no wood has ever been taken, and the trees seem to be cut randomly, apart from the hundreds of destroyed trees, the Gresham Lumberjack is also responsible for destroying an “untold” number of shrubs and bushes, which equates to hundreds of thousands of dollars in damages. And despite the spotlight being on them in the media, the mysterious criminal appears to be getting bolder, cutting bigger and healthier trees, “I think it’s horrible,” one local man said. “People are cutting down live healthy trees and we’re trying to plant trees down here to stop erosion and unfortunately somebody’s just doing it for the fun of it it’s terrible.” I have no idea what must be going on in the criminals mind to make someone behave this way, such a shame for all concerned.
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