Can anyone tell me what these marks on the trees are? I walked through a forest recently and found many trees with these weird marks on them

11 comments

1. Looks like a protection at the spots where the bark was destroyed.

2. https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harzer_(Beruf)

   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Resin_worker

   https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pecherei

   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Austrian_Resin_Extraction

3. Looking at this is making me feel uneasy for some reason

4. It’s actually part of an ancient human sacrifice ritual performed by ancestors. Be aware when close

5. germanic tribes used those to torture their prisoners!

6. So strange looking.

7. That is so unsettling and makes me angry and queasy at the same time

8. Kind of looks like your momma rubbed her back on them

9. Try asking on r/whatisthisthing

10. it’s for “milking” the trees resin

11. No idea, at all I never came across them, but they look similar to bird feathers.

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