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In the pines, in the pines
« Thread Started on Sept 29, 2011, 11:00pm »		[Quote]
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http://news.discovery.com/earth/polands-crooked-forest-mystery-110628.html

Located in north west Poland (not far from Szczecin) is a pine forest that looks like it came right out of a Hans Christian Andersen story. Around four hundred trees in the forest have been formed with a 90° horizontal bend in it's trunk before rising vertically again. more
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« Reply #1 on Sept 30, 2011, 5:02am »		[Quote]
Maybe the idea was to build boats?
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« Reply #2 on Sept 30, 2011, 3:11pm »		[Quote]
They look like they're trying to run away!

How very odd.
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« Reply #3 on Sept 30, 2011, 5:31pm »		[Quote]
A herd of sea serpents.

Yeah, I keep looking at it, trying to figure it out. I think Kerouac's suggestion sounds logical.
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« Reply #4 on Oct 5, 2011, 8:18pm »		[Quote]
funny, i have been to poland loads of times, but i have never seen any of the things mentioned in the link...
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« Reply #5 on Oct 6, 2011, 3:37pm »		[Quote]
Well, it does say "seven secret wonders of Poland". ;D

I am fairly certain that the canal boat that gets pulled on rails is an engineering solution that is (or was) used in other parts of the world as well.
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« Reply #6 on Oct 6, 2011, 7:12pm »		[Quote]
You mean like the steamboat rides at all of the Disneylands? Or Pirates of the Caribbean? :)
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« Reply #7 on Oct 6, 2011, 7:25pm »		[Quote]
I was thinking more on the lines of 19th century canal traffic, but thanks for getting me back on the rails of the 21st century.
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« Reply #8 on Oct 7, 2011, 7:33am »		[Quote]
Looks like a practical joke to me. The one in front looks like it was spliced on.
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