Crooked Forest of Poland: How’d They Get Those Curves?
The Crooked Forest of Poland, or Krzywy Las, is a most curious natural monument that has caught the world’s attention. Near the Western border in the Gryfino Forest of Nowe Czarnowo, south of Szczecin, a stand of pine trees with a mysterious deformity lies in the middle of a healthy forest. At the base of each tree, a sharp bend in the trunk leads into a pronounced curve that snakes upward into mostly-straight upper growth. Although there are a number of theories (a few are actually realistic), nobody knows exactly how the pines got their curves.
