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Scavenging for food in an open dumpster, an unsuspecting hooded crow hops about when suddenly- a monstrous, crack-eyed behemoth pounces from behind, letting out a terrible shriek as its victim tries to flee. It is too late; the poor crow is ripped apart and devoured alive by the horrific, bloodthirsty predator.

last part may not be factually correct

The Earlysville White Oak is majestic and when I told my son that it took root more than 200 years before Jefferson was even born, well I think we were utterly enchanted.

With a 292-foot circumference at breast height, the Earlysville Oak is the second-largest white oak in Virginia. At last count, the mammoth tree stands 75 feet tall and sports an 85-foot crown (the measurement from branch tip to branch tip). That’s large enough to hold a humpback whale in its canopy with room to spare. Virginia’s champion white oak, a 500-year-old tree in Brunswick County, is reportedly 331 feet in circumference with a 120-foot crown.