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The Crooked Forest (Polish: Krzywy Las) is a grove of oddly-shaped 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. This grove of 400 pines was planted in around 1930.
- Natural monument of Poland
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Mar 4, 2020 · To date, it remains a mystery. March 04, 2020. The Crooked Forest is a grove of 400 oddly shaped pine trees located near the town of Gryfino, West Pomerania in Poland. The pine trees were planted around 1930 when its location was still within the German province of Pomerania.
- The Crooked Forest
- The Mystery of Krzywy Las
- The Most Likely Explanation Behind Poland’s Crooked Forest
In the Crooked Forest (known locally as Krzywy Las), about 400 pine trees do indeed grow crookedly with full 90-degree curves at their bases that bend towards the north. Just up from their bases, the trees curve into a “C” shape, bending from three all the way up to nine feetsideways before curving back to grow straight up from there. They grow to ...
The eerie-looking trees of Krzywy Las have sparked many different theories as to how they came to be this way. One of the more outlandish theories is that there is some kind of unique gravitational pull in this particular area that caused the trees to grow outward towards the North instead of straight up. But that theory doesn’t hold up to basic sc...
Ultimately, scientists aren’t sure why the trees in the Crooked Forest are crooked. But what seems to be the most likely explanation is that the trees were intentionally altered by farmers from the nearby town. The trees were likely planted around 1930 and it was not uncommon for farmers of the time to manipulate their young trees into shapes that ...
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Apr 9, 2013 · Discover Crooked Forest in Gryfino, Poland: Countless stories attempt to explain Poland's mysterious J-shaped trees.
Nov 11, 2015 · Poland’s Mysterious “Crooked Forest” Populated with 400 Bent Pine Trees. By Kristine Mitchell on November 11, 2015. Located just outside of Nowe Czarnowo, West Pomerania, Poland, there lies a pine grove known as the “Crooked Forest.” It is one of the most unusual forests in Central Europe.
Mar 31, 2017 · March 31, 2017. In Poland’s Krzywy Las, or Crooked Forest, the pine trees look like potbellied stick figures. On some 400 trees, the trunks buckle out 90 degrees, creating bark-covered...
Apr 25, 2017 · The Crooked Forest - Unique Places Of Poland - WorldAtlas. Twisted pines in the Crooked Forest of Poland. A Bizarre Woodland. Near the town of Gryfino in western Poland, there exists strange woodland. Called the Crooked Forest for good reason, it consists of nearly 400 pine trees whose trunks have more than 90 degrees of curvature near their base.
