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Forest of unusual pine trees in Poland From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Crooked Forest (Polish: Krzywy Las) is a grove of oddly-shaped Scots pine trees located in the village of Nowe Czarnowo near the town of Gryfino, West Pomerania, in north-western Poland. It is a protected natural monument of Poland.[1] A the time of planting this location was part of the German province of Pomerania.[2]
This grove of 400 pines was planted in around 1930. Each pine tree bends sharply to the north, just above ground level, then curves back upright after a sideways excursion of one to three meters (3–9 feet). The curved pines are enclosed by a surrounding forest of straight pine trees.[3] The trees grow to about 50 feet (15 m) in height.[2]
It is generally believed that some form of human tool or technique was used to make the trees grow or bend this way, but the method has never been determined, and remains a mystery to this day. It has been speculated that the trees may have been deformed to create naturally curved timber for use in furniture or boat building.[4][5] Others surmise that a snowstorm could have bent the trunks, but there is little evidence of that.[5][6]
The forest was featured in season 1, episode 4 of The UnXplained on the History channel titled "Unnatural Nature" that first aired on 9 August 2019.[7]
The site is open to the public and is a tourist attraction in the region.[8]
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