Bent trunks
Like question marks.
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The Crooked Forest, Krzywy Las, is a grove of oddly shaped Scots pines in the village of Nowe Czarnowo near the town of Gryfino in West Pomerania, northwest Poland, about 24 km south of Szczecin in a straight line. It is a protected natural monument of Poland. The grove of about 400 pines was planted around 1930. Each tree bends sharply to the north just above the ground, then curves back upright after a sideways bend of one to three metres. It is generally believed that some human tool or technique was used to bend them, perhaps to grow curved timber for furniture or boats, but the method has never been determined and remains a mystery. The crooked trees stand in close rows, each trunk shaped like a «J» or a question mark, all bending the same way as if bowing together. A forest of ordinary straight pines surrounds them, making their shape look even stranger, with light filtering between the trunks. Visitors walk short paths among the trees in about half an hour to an hour and photograph the bent trunks. The site is open to the public; please don't climb the trees, and it makes a short trip from Szczecin.
Like question marks.
All one way.
Cause unknown.
Nowe Czarnowo, near Gryfino, West Pomerania, Poland
Nobody knows for sure.
Half an hour to an hour.