While exploring in the woods, Steven Tanner came across a strangely-bent tree. The mysterious tree is actually a trail marker made by Native Americans over 200 years ago!
Tanner was hiking in the woodlands along the Chattahoochee River in Georgia, when he spotted the abnormally-shaped tree on the hillside and explains that it was possibly made by the Creek Indians over 200 years ago as a trail marker.
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The trail trees are usually hardwood trees that have a horizontal bend several feet off the ground, which makes it visible at greater distances, even in snow.
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In the video, Tanner explains that they would cut the tree and shape it by attaching straps that would pull the tree to the ground and bend it into shape.
What a fascinating discovery! I’ll definitely be on the look-out for a trail tree next time I go for a hike in the woods.
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