The tree dead

Two grisly accounts of dead bodies found inside trees is the subject for today's "creepy facts" post. 

Okay the first is the famous "Stuckie", a mummified dog who was found inside a tree. In 1980, Georgia, USA, a chestnut oak was being cut by loggers when they were horrified to meet the remains of a dead dog staring at them from within the hollow of a tree. It's assumed the dog might've chased a squirrel and found itself stuck within the tree, unable to escape. Its sounds of distress would've been muffled by the wood. Tests done on the corpse estimated it died between 50 and 60 years ago. The tree creates a natural fluid called tannin that kept the dog from decomposing. 

The second story is famous and concerns a woman's skeleton inside a tree. In 1943, four boys were out in Hagley Wood, Worcestershire, for hunting (actually foraging or even poaching, whatever they could get during wartime Britain). They came to a wych elm tree and hoped to find a birds nest with eggs or mushrooms, but instead were in for a shock when they discovered a human skeleton. The body was really in pieces, for the skull was separated from the body, with taffeta stuffed in the mouth, and the hand was nearby with finger bones around the tree. What followed was graffiti relating to the skeleton that appeared, which said "Who put Bella in the Wych Elm?" It's still a mystery today.

Blood Strawberry ^^