Friday, October 23rd, 2020
Cody Spencer, left, and Paul Jackson, right, pick up a piece of the Missouri state champion bur oak that that was sent into a field after the tree was struck by lightning this morning, Friday, Oct. 23, 2020, outside Columbia, Mo. Spencer, who lives on Route K, called 911. Jackson, a local artist, said his brother in Arizona called him after seeing a post on Facebook. Paul said he was going to make a piece of art from the fragment. (Brian W. Kratzer/Missourian via AP)