Strange tree shapes

[CTS]

The mrs found the pic on the web whilst eating her toast. The trees are Poland and the text below the pic said that the shape is unexplained. Any ideas?

[Martyn Amos]

uri geller

[CTS]

Or Blair witch??

 

 

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[Martyn Amos]

seems to me,they have been grown like that for a reason.

[Tony Croft aka hamadryad]

or a squal (wind) went through and flattened them then they became "saber"trees, but i suspect this was for the main timbers of boats (keel)

[Daniël Bos]

my money is on a snow/mud-slide type of event, as its only a particular area of a wood I believe(?) It looks like they're on a bit of a slope with the bends all pointing downhill.

[RobArb]

Agree with hama, they've had a helping hand from man to be formed that way for boat making

 

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[Martyn Amos]

[Beardie]

That's planning for the future, that is. Thing is: a. doesn't seem to have been much aftercare, as the rest of the trunks are going every which way, and b. does pine make good boat keels anyway?

[Graham]

All of the same age group which suggests, to me, that something occured to them as saplings in a relatively small area. As mentioned previously: mud slide or extraction damage, a flood from a burst bank, mans' interference to provide knees for boats or probably none of these:confused1: