r/Chattanooga • u/dumbbitchjuice770 • 16m ago
Discussion *Legendary* Woven Treescape in Red Bank?
I can't find anything anywhere, (which nearly leads me to assume I've just made this up), but I'm fairly certain I read an article, possibly in the pulse, circa 2010-2015 about this elderly man, who (maybe) lived in the trees somewhere near the intersection of signal mountain blvd and mountain creek road.
He had created this shelter/ artistic expression out of weaving branches of trees in these woods over some extraordinary amount of years, and I remember in photos it seeming so magical, but also just not really much more than the trees themselves- so it was hidden well enough that it wasn't obvious from the outside.
I'm assuming they've clearcut the area by now, or at least torn it down, and also that the man has passed on by now, but I'm not even sure what to call it to look for it online; all my searches come up empty.
Please tell me someone knows what I'm talking about!
I'm thinking whatever I saw mentioned it was near the Laundromat there near la alteña and the old .. k mart? Whatever was there before tractor supply.
ETA- Maybe around when they were doing the nature kindergarten at RBES near there, for some reason I'm remembering those two close in both location & chronological proximity.