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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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[-] Rawrosaurus@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 10 hours ago

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

[-] Griffus@lemmy.zip 1 points 9 hours ago

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

[-] danekrae@lemmy.world 1 points 9 hours ago* (last edited 9 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?"

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