Yep, that's a hat-rack if ever I saw one!
It looks like it was probably a branch years ago that, for whatever reason, each year's growth of bark grew around rather than incorporating. I've seen things like it in white pines around here, but never to that, erm, extent...
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It looks like it was probably a branch years ago that, for whatever reason, each year's growth of bark grew around rather than incorporating. I've seen things like it in white pines around here, but never to that, erm, extent...
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