The opening in the tree looked like a mouth that had surrounded its "prey" and was about to swallow it whole! It appears to be a tray of approximately 20 inches (50 centimeters) in diameter and about 3/4 of it has already disappeared into the tree!
The tray has the logo of the Feldscholssen beer company written "Birra" in Italian. I wrote an article about their fabulous factory which I visited in July of 2017
I saw this anomaly last week as I was coming home from work. It would seem that someone placed the tray in an opening in the tree many years ago and that soon the poor tray will be "gone". This phenomena is more common than one might first think. Many have seen photographs that circulate around the internet of a bicycle that appears to have been devoured by a tree!
Photo Credit: This is the famous "Bicycle Eaten by A Tree" which is found on Vashon Island in Washington State. The "real story of how it got there can be found here!
According to my limited research on the subject Metal placed into a tree should not harm it if it is healthy. The metal object will not get higher in the tree as it grows but because the tree grows a new layer of wood just under the bark every year eventually it will "swallow" whatever object is placed in it!
I hope that you enjoyed this article on "When Trees Attack!"
Until next time,
