There was a tree. Someone was trying to check it's age and his bit got stuck. He cut the tree down to retrieve his bit, finding the tree to be the oldest living (something). I don't have a link. Probably on Atlas Obscura.
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There's additional information on this incident in the link being discussed.
This link has some info on that: http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-40224991