I side stepped many a hung up trees in my day. The worst hung up tree I ever had was a tall tree that grew straight up surrounded by many other trees. Of course it fell the wrong direction. In the forest it didn’t matter. It hung up perfectly vertical. About 20” in diameter but straight up. I started cutting four foot sections one to the right, one to the left, I was punching them out like in a cartoon. I didn’t pay attention on what’s coming down. I was blinded by the branches from the other surrounding trees plus the branches from this tree. Through the corner of my eye I seen the top were the vee started, with no were to run I stepped back, shut the saw off and started praying. As the opening in the vee started falling towards me. I said god don’t let it hit me when it bounces. I hope it didn’t twist. I got lucky it fell perfectly flat in a horizontal position. I’m thinking one of my dead relatives was with me on that day.
I was like a gorilla in the woods, unleashed.