


Some of the trees which have fallen victim to the attacks include those planted in memory of deceased loved ones. The destruction has seen heavy branches strewn over the road, obstructing traffic, and dumped in the water. Officers are stumped in their hunt for the culprit, who has struck up to 30 times over the past ten days in leafy Walton-on-Thames in Surrey.Įxtra police patrols have now been set up to get to the root of the problem, and stop whoever is felling the trees with a chainsaw under cover of darkness along a two-mile stretch between the market town and neighbouring Weybridge. Police are investigating a mysterious chainsaw massacre - after a phantom lumberjack cut down dozens of trees along a picturesque stretch of the River Thames.
