The Crooked Forest in Polish "Krzywy Las" located near the town Gryfino, in the Polish region of Pomerania, Poland is the scene of one of these mysterious events that astonish all who see it. Around 400 Scots pines in this Krzywy forest area have a strange curve at the base of their trunks or crooked bush. These bent trees are almost 90 degrees to the north a few centimetres from the ground, taking a characteristic "J" shape. For this reason, the crooked forest trees that suffer this curious phenomenon have been nicknamed by the locals "Crooked Forest".
J shaped trees
Crooked forest in Poland
Poland crooked forest, The causes of these strange j-shaped trees are not at all clear, which has given rise to all kinds of theories about its origin. The wildest ones point to gravitational anomalies, evil energies, or a relationship with the famous circles that appear in cornfields.
Bent trees in the eerie forest of Gryfino, Poland has several stories of weird trees
Other theories seek a more scientific explanation and suggest that these weird trees could have been deformed by a strong wind or a large accumulation of snow that occurred during their youth. However, the fact that all these pines are surrounded by many trees of the same species and age that do not present the curve makes this explanation less credible.
Something similar happens with another possible explanation that has great popular roots. According to its defenders, the strange shape of the trunks is because the shaped trees were crushed by the tanks that circulated through the area during World War II when the pines were between seven and ten years old.
Curved tree forest - Others claim that the curve is the direct result of the action of man, who planted the trees in the 1930s and gave them that shape on purpose to produce curved wood, used mainly in shipbuilding. The invasion of Poland by Nazi Germany would have paralyzed the project, so the crooked trees would have continued to grow vertically or trees that grows sideways until they acquired the curious shape they have today.
Poland forest — The use of techniques to deform logs is widely documented in many areas of Europe, which lends some credence to this theory. However, the people of Gryfino reject this possibility, as pinewood has never been used to build ships.
Gryfino forest - A final theory points to the possibility that the deformation was caused by the Melampsora pinitorqua fungus, which causes deformations in the shoots of young pines, although they are usually not as pronounced as those of the Gryfino eerie forest. Whatever the origin of this curious phenomenon, the truth is that these strange curved trees and their mysterious origin have already become a real tourist attraction in the area.
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