What is this?

[HungLikeJesus]

How do we know it wasn't just a really big deer?

OK, I was wrong. I've paid the piper.

(P.S. On the paypal site, it says,
Your order is being shipped to

and it lists my home address. So I guess I now own the Cellar. I wonder how they'll ship it.)

[BigV]

Originally Posted by glatt

It seemed to miss a spot. A small stretch of bark is still intact.

I noticed that too. A drier spot? The bark was more tightly adhered there? The conductive path was deeper? A vent / crack in the bark we can't see that relieved the pressure? I don't know.

Originally Posted by HungLikeJesus

How do we know it wasn't just a really big deer?

OK, I was wrong. I've paid the piper.

(P.S. On the paypal site, it says,
Your order is being shipped to

and it lists my home address. So I guess I now own the Cellar. I wonder how they'll ship it.)

You, sir, are the man, and a helluva good sport too. I'll try to find some more pictures with deer strikes in them just for you.