If a tree falls in Benson and there’s no one there to see it, does it make a sound? Yup!

Several people can verify that for you. But what remains a mystery is why the Silver Maple toppled onto a house in the first place. No wind, no nudge, no motive.

Nobody was home. No one hurt.

There was just all that noise when the tree quit.

C.J. Bruckner said, “We came around the corner and saw the tree had fallen and noticed no car that had crashed and we're like, ‘Okay, what happened?'"

Joey Kapasinski said, “There's no wind. You look up here in the trees, there's no wind and it just happened out of nowhere."

The tree was not marked for removal. A city inspector will investigate but we're told Silver Maples are prone to unexpected falls.

The tree stood in the public right of way so cleanup is being handled by a Parks crew.

The homeowner can file a damage claim with the city, but it might be classified as an act of God.