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Topic started on 28-8-2005 @ 12:58 AM by Sesmo

I have been a lurking member here at ATS for some time, and this is my first post so bare with me.

Also, I honestly did not know where else to start this thread, so please excuse me if it is in the wrong forum. Anyway, onto the post.

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This September I will have lived in my current house for 2 years. When we moved in, I noticed a strange marking on one of the trees that is closer to the street. Until recently, I didn't care much about the marking, but the reports of the flying humanoids and whatnot sparked my interest.

As you can see in the picture above, most of the bark that is visible is not the same colour as the surrounding bark. In the lighter bark, if you look at the top you can see what appears to be a head, and if you look even closer you can see "horns" or something very similar. Although you can not see the entire marking, if you look below the head you can see 2 "arches" on either side. As they go down, they rest at the side of what looks like it could be a robe. Then the robe-looking mark "puffs" out a little bit near the ground as if it was on the ground, but it doesn't meet the base of the trunk.

Now, I understand that the marking may be a litttle difficult to see in this picture, and if you need it, I will provide another picture with it outlined. I do plan on taking better pictures sometime in the very near future.

Now I am not claiming that this is some "stamp" left by the Mothman or some flying humanoid, although it has crossed my mind many times. However, I do think there is something strange about it...the shape it has,why it's lighter than the surrounding bark, etc. etc.

I have shown other people so that I would know I wasn't crazy and that I wasn't seeing things. 2 people saw that it had a human-like shape, and I had to point it out to some others, but they ended up seeing exactly what we saw.

Now, the reason why Mothmen and flying humanoids crossed my mind is not only because of the marking's shape or because the bark is lighter, but also because of it's height. My guess is 8-10 feet. I'm also interested in the fact that it does not meet the base of the tree trunk, but hovers a few inches off of the ground.

So...I am asking everyone who may be interested to respond and tell me what you think this could be, or if you can tell me, what it really is.

Any information at all is greatly appreciated.

[edit on 8/28/2005 by Sesmo]

reply posted on 28-8-2005 @ 05:23 AM by Alexander Tau

Welcome to Paranormal.

I took a look at the full sized picture of what you posted and I sorta see what you are talking about but it is not very clear. All sorts of things can cause trees to have different colors of bark and sometimes they do seem to make patterns.

What you suggest is of course possible too but it is just hard to tell from that picture. If you could post a few others that might make it easier.

One techique I use might be helpful to you. Lock your eyes in the center of the formation and allow them to blur. You have to relax to do this because any attempt to focus your attention will bring you back to normal. When the image blurs out completely allow your mind to create whatever image it wishes. I find that doing this sometimes brings hidden things into sharp relief.

When a person looks at something like this normally mostly what they see is based on logical images, but when you let your eyes blur you give your Intuition a blank slate to work with. Might not yield anything, but you might see a new pattern.

A.T
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reply posted on 28-8-2005 @ 10:53 AM by Yarcofin

Congrats on your first post here on ATS Sesmo.

While I personally think that the image is just mold on a tree or some other form of growth, I still can't explain why it is growing in such a peculiar shape and leaving big blank patches, and some places are drastically more dense/less dense growth than others.

I don't really know what to make of it, and it is hard to judge from the picture, but I will just add a picture that I drew for Sesmo based on his interpretation of the tree formation. If it is caused by a creature like he suggests is possible, it would follow the outline on the tree and look something like this:

To me it just looks like the people that lived in the house previously might have had a rope or something tied to the tree for a long period of time, though.

[edit on 28-8-2005 by Yarcofin]

reply posted on 28-8-2005 @ 09:03 PM by fum

put a black light on the tree at night see what u might find? just a hunch

reply posted on 29-8-2005 @ 04:07 PM by Logical_Psycho

I see a complete side view of a "devil" face, sort of what the thread creator is talking about, and the figure Yarcofin drew.