Faces in the Trees 2

Feel some pity for this poor woodman who stood too close to a tree whose long life he intended to end. Quickly sucked beneath the bark, he remains in torment for as long as the tree shall live. To add to his misery, a wooden plug has been forced into his right eye socket - ughh! There is a moral, here - be kind to trees or you might suffer the same fate!

Iron Eating Trees - A Common Occurence?

Owen Phillips (Magic Lantern Show) has just posted an unusual photograph of a metal sign being subsumed by a tree. It is part of his description of a visit to a really strange wood with contradictory messages abounding. Having seen this great post, I thought I would do some quick research on eating trees!

The above photographs were taken by Sea Turtle who kindly licensed them under Creative Commons. He takes seriously colourful images, so do take a look! Click HERE to visit him.

The bicycle is on Vashon Island near Seattle, Washington. Apparently, a child chained his bike to the tree some thirty years ago and never came back. The tree grew around it. I am given to understand that a children's book by Berkeley Breathed - Red Ranger Came Calling - was inspired by this story.

There is another iron eating tree at Brig O'Turk in Scotland. For more on this remarkable event, click HERE and HERE