I-17 Mystery Christmas Tree
mystery christmas tree living tree median interstate u state arizona decorated christmas people publicly known tree located near milepost approximately mile km north downtown phoenix arizona sunset point cordes junction foottall oneseed juniper juniperus monosperma tree decorated annually year famous around state unlike traditional christmas tree actually shaped like bush nearly wide tall decoration include christmas ornament tinsel garland stuffed animal bow flag topped silver star tree point terrain necessitated wide separation northbound southbound lane median foot wide median jurisdiction arizona department transportation adot said year one able figure responsible tree surrounded four water storage barrel plastic drip tubing supplement sparse natural rainfall area irrigation system also believed installed unknown tree decorator adot spokesman doug nintzel said people told know responsible said decoration placed thanksgiving removed new year day former adot district engineer retired said knew decorates tree honor request remain anonymous due danger stopping highway neither adot arizona department public safety formally condone activity median also patriotic decoration placed tree fourth july median often site brush fire ignited passing vehicle tree survived many fire august close enough melt tree plastic irrigation system tree seriously harmed even though fire burned surrounding vegetation scorched tree lower branch report say fire burned others say tree helped adot employee well citizen firefighter two adot employee say seen tree somehow survive tree saved august firefighter fire however left tree unstable decorate nancy loftis phoenix revealed family decorating tree explained ended tradition fire also expressed hope family would find new tree continue tradition dolan elli arizona official state balladeer since composed song tree named scrubby list individual tree roadsideamericacom scrubby sung dolan elli youtube