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The Crooked Forest, known in Polish as Krzywy Las, sits near the town of Gryfino in western Poland. It holds roughly 400 pine trees whose trunks bend sharply at the base before curving back upward. The trees were planted in the 1930s, and the cause of the distinctive curvature remains unexplained.

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[-] bmpvy@piefed.social 18 points 18 hours ago* (last edited 18 hours ago)

that's not what my auntie said in 1999:

✨ there is a powerful earth-energy line going trough and all the trees have to get out of the way of the line and bow down ✨

she actually believed this. I've been major impressed by the power of that invisible energy so that I still think of it when I myself see bended trees

[-] LostCarcosan@lemmy.today 1 points 5 hours ago

All things serve the beam

[-] danekrae@lemmy.world 13 points 17 hours ago

We still tell children ancient myths like that.

"That is the ears of a troll." "A house nisse is making that noise in the attic." Fairy rings, witches snot, elves dancing, all that stuff.

[-] jaybone@lemmy.zip 3 points 17 hours ago

I’ve seen shit like this where they claim some pseudo science explanation like a warp in gravity. Even as a kid, I knew that was bullshit, because the earth it like really massive, so why would one special spot be affected? Tree sickness makes a lot more sense.

[-] Rawrosaurus@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 16 hours ago

This comment reminded me that I used to be terrified of husnissar when I was a kid.

[-] danekrae@lemmy.world 2 points 16 hours ago* (last edited 16 hours ago)

Me too. I remember asking my mom something like "Why TF are we feeding this thing porridge?!". "So it won't mess with us."

"Why doesn't dad just kick it's ass, shoot it or set up a trap?"

[-] Griffus@lemmy.zip 1 points 16 hours ago

Scariest part of going to the outside bathroom at the cabin as a kid.

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