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There is something mysterious and whimsical about the forest. The dense trees cluster to hide a whole separate world of odd and interesting discoveries you won't find anywhere else. Bored Panda has rounded up photos of the stranges, coolest and curious finds people have documented from their walks in the forest.
From forgotten objects transformed into moss-covered relics to visual wonders created by mother nature herself to logs and trees accessorized by dedicated visitors (or fairies). Scroll down to check out these delightful photographs that might inspire you to go wandering off the beaten path and explore the woods. And don't forget to upvote your favs!
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#1
I Found This In My Local Woods
This is a memorial for loyal companions that crossed the Rainbow Bridge. So many good boys and girls. So much unconditional love.
One of the reasons your lungs feel refreshed when walking through a pine forest is because of an anti-inflammatory compound called a-Pinene, found in conifers. It is used as a bronchodilator in the treatment of asthma and abundantly present in marijuana.
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#2
I Was Out For A Walk In The Woods Today And Almost Stepped On This Beauty
#3
Found This In The Woods Today
There is a 2400 year old giant “honey mushroom” in Oregon, covering 2200 acres, slowly killing off the trees in the forest. It is the largest living organism on the planet.
#4
Found This In The Woods While Trail Riding
#5
Abandoned Russian House Found In The Woods
In the Battle of Hurtgen Forest during WW2, the forest was so dense and dark and hard to navigate that the German and Allied medics shared an aid station in the only building either could easily find.
#6
Me And My Girlfriend Were Walking In The Woods The Other Week And Saw A Rainbow Pool For The First Time
#7
Buddy Of Mine Came Across This Dinosaur In The Woods The Other Day
The Redwood Forest in northern California is famous for its towering redwood trees which can grow more than 350 feet tall. This is the height on an average skyscraper. Some redwood trees are so big that miniature forests grow on their upper branches.
#8
Standing In A Huge Pond That Sinks Every Dry Season
#9
This Tree I Found Hiking Looks Like A Forest Monster Watching Over You
A man called Jadav Payeng single-handedly planted a forest bigger than Central Park to save Majuli Island in Northern India from erosion. The forest is now home to large amounts of stray wildlife.
#10
I Went For A Walk In The Forest And Came Upon This Ponderosa Pine Tree That Had Been Struck By Lightning
#11
Found Old Dog Tags In A Metal Pile In Our Woods. Reunited Them With His Wife, Who Lost Her Husband Of 60 Years In 2010
#12
Stairs To Nowhere In New Hampshire
#13
Found This Sword In Epping Forest, England
#14
This Stick I Found Looks Like A Burning Torch, Flame Included!
#15
Found This Mushroom While Hiking In The Woods, There’s Gotta Be A Rabbit Hole Nearby
#16
This Moss Covered Boot Found In The Woods
#17
*shhh* It's A Flock Of Wild Toilets Roosting
#18
I Found A Memorial For A Fallen Tree While Hiking
#19
I Was Driving Through The Back Roads Of Pennsylvania On The Way To A Camping Spot And Found A Mountain Of Ceramic Dishes And Tea Cups In The Middle Of The Woods
Hello it Smee 6 years ago
I would like to know the back story as to why there is a mountain of dishes. That is a very random road find.
Mich 6 years ago
As far as things dumped, ceramics is pretty inert. The majority of components is hardened clay and silica (sand). Ceramic glaze is basically glass. It's hard to recycle (breaking back into usable, raw components) and the energy needed to heat it until the glaze becomes fluid again is not ecologically sound. Left on its own, it will eventually break down into sand and earth again. As far as up-cycling or reuse (using again without breaking down), I doubt anyone who wanted material would be turned away from taking it.
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Cassie 6 years ago
Some of that still looks intact. If I was a college kid around there, I would totally dig through for the unbroken pieces to use or sell.
Sonya Walker 6 years ago
They look like they are unglazed. If you used unglazed pottery you will probably get food poisoning.
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Cindy Snow 6 years ago
Well we don't like to wash dishes in PA...we just drive them into the woods never to be seen again. Like the mafia...
Allison Davis 6 years ago
Folks that may be around the abandoned Shenago China factory near New Castle. PA. It made dinnerware for over 100 years. It’s abandoned since about 2011.
KCN 6 years ago
It would be stress relief if they could set them up so people could smash them with a baseball, or let someone with a hammer at them. I would love to do that!
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Claire 6 years ago
It's on Sunset Ln near Tanglewood Camping. Near Blakes, Covington, Blossburg. Does that help? Look up awesome_clips on Reddit, he is the one who found it and is in the picture.
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it's me again 6 years ago
They grow naturally in the Pennsylvania highlands. Where did you think they came from?
Balázs Schermann 6 years ago
Nothing extra really, forest giants have to do dishes too... an hour of work for their mom i think.
Momo Skarsgård 6 years ago
You find a lot of weird things in the woods of PA! Gotta love living here, hiking is always an adventure!!
Char Char 6 years ago
Googles my fingers off and could find no other reference of this phenom. I'd like to know more!
Claire 6 years ago
Start looking here https://www.reddit.com/r/WTF/comments/av975o/i_was_driving_through_the_back_roads_of/?ref_source=email&ref=share This is the guy who took the original picture. It won't have all the answers, but it might help.
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Gustav Gansted 6 years ago
Nicely sorted though - ready for recycling in mineral wool production:-)
Abbella DiNoto 6 years ago
Wow! Free. Ceramic tile. Broken plates make great mosaic tiles! Grout it with a colored grout on your sidewalks or walls!
marmitejim 6 years ago
Greeks...... It looks like you've got an infestation of Greeks somewhere quite local.
David Herz 6 years ago
Probably secret Alice in Wonderland tea party conventions...or is this where that ghastly movement got started?
Tiffany Marie 6 years ago
Wtf? No wonder our Earth environment is poor. Some person use them to shoot in the air? That's where they land?
Jace 6 years ago
Hopefully it’s just ceramic. Glass and such, so long as they don’t have impurities for decoration, aren’t environmentally harmful. It’s still an offensive manner in which to deal with this stuff. Stupid tax codes can make it “more cost effective” to destroy business materials rather than to sell or donate.
hakan arık 6 years ago
porcelain is not reusable like glass. so you need to pay to dispose them off. there must be big hotels around that area.
Kevin Williams 6 years ago
Probably the discard pile from an old ceramics factory. Back in the day they would find a spot out of sight(didn't matter who owned the land) and get rid of whatever they wanted.
Erik Granqvist 6 years ago (edited)
That is not - aqtually - an enviromental problem in terms of poison or local fauna and flora. But it is butt ugly.
miten sasmita 6 years ago
Ahh what a waste! Many of them look fine and intact. Why didn't they arrange a cheap garage sale or donate them away.
Kare Smith 6 years ago
Alice and her friends keep forgetting to clean the dishes after their tea parties
Lynna Thompson 6 years ago
I had a friend who lived near a fine china factory, they threw out any pieces that had flaws. She would go pick through the pile and find the ones that had unnoticeable flaws and her family of 18 would eat off fine china. That was long ago in Pennsylvania.
Misterscooter 6 years ago
Ready for a tea party with the Mad Hatter and White Rabbit. A very merry unbirthday, to you!
Ana Miranda @ Lisbon, Portugal 6 years ago
Here's why Grandma never cares about getting birthday and Christmas gifts
#20
Abandoned Train Tunnel We Found In The Woods
#21
Moved To Wisconsin. Found This In The Woods
#22
Found This Purple Lil Guy Hiking In PA
Luis Milian 6 years ago
this is that one purple mushroom in Mario. unless you want to shrink size, don't eat it...lol
#23
What My Parents Found On Their Hike
#24
This Log Accessorized With Pennies I Found While Hiking
#25
Found This Bottle With Moss While Walking In The Woods
#26
So I Was Walking In A Forrest Near My City And Found This
#27
Sign I Found In The Woods That Depicts A Man Jumping Over Some Scary Looking Hands
#28
I Was Out Fossil Hunting In A Wash After A Thunderstorm. I Figured It Had To Uncover A Bit Of Stuff Down In The Streambed. I Found This
#29
Found This Fireplace In The Woods While Adventuring
#30
Came Across An Overgrown Cemetery In The Woods
#31
My Brother Found This (Missile?) In The Woods In Tennessee
#32
Found This Phone Booth In The Middle Of The Woods
Dave van Es 6 years ago
Have you tried dialing 62442? Maybe it's an unused entrance to the ministry of magic
#33
Found 43 Bucks In A Pair Of Jeans In The Woods
#34
Hiking Through The Woods On A Hot Day, Came Across This Oasis
#35
Found This Bicycle In The Woods. Someone Had Big Plans?
#36
I Found A Dead Robot In The Woods Behind My House
#37
Found An Old Helicopter In The Woods
#38
I Found An Old Crematorium In The Woods Of An Uninhabited Island
#39
My Dog Found A Large Pile Of Carrots In The Woods
#40
Friend Found This While Hiking The Connecticut Wilderness
#41
Found Old Soviet Bunkers In The Woods
#42
Found This While Walking In The Woods
#43
Found Something That Looked Like A Coffin In The Woods Today
Ani Archeron 6 years ago
A coffin that's collapsed. Under the leaves there's probably the remains of the lid and under that quite possibly a skeleton. You can see similar things at old cemeteries.
#44
A Caravan Lost In The Woods
#45
Imagine Walking In The Woods And Finding This. Well, That's What Happened To Me
#46
Found These Caterpillars Performing Some Special Ritual In The Woods Today
#47
I Came Across A Tank Tread In The Woods
#48
You Find A Freezer In The Woods, Duct Taped Shut. Do You Open It?
#49
Found A Note On A Hike
As people pointed out, this is upside-down and in farsi: she's asking for forgiveness and for the forces to give these people: American Airline's CEO in 1990 and a driver she spat on, stealing wine from an Armenian guy in Pasadena, little girl that liven in number 9 Saadi alleyway in Javadieh neighborhood (it's in Tehran) which she spat on, to be given dignity, wealth, complete physical and mental health in this world and the next.
#50
Found Something Creepy In The Woods
#51
Saw This Along A Trail In The Woods
#52
Found In The Middle Of The Woods
#53
I Found A Secret Subway Entrance In The Wood
#54
Ms. Piggy
#55
I Found An Apparent Iron-Nickel Meteorite In The Woods
#56
This Super Mario Themed Pipe And Cement I Found In The Woods
#57
This Old Graveyard I Found In The Woods Behind My New House
Aunt Messy 6 years ago
The house I grew up in was across the alley from a huge cemetery. VERY quiet neighbours.
#58
Crashed Military Jet From 1962 Found In The Woods Of New Jersey
#59
Random Keyboard In The Middle Of Woods
#60
Found All These Old Records Hidden Deep In The Woods
#61
I Was Walking Around The Woods In My Backyard When I Saw Something That Made Me Jump. I Don't Have Any Neighbors
#62
Class Dismissed
#63
I Found A Staircase In The Woods
#64
My Aunt Found This Warhead In The Woods Behind Her House
#65
An Old Piano Found In The Woods Under A Tree Trunk
Daria B 6 years ago (edited)
Legend says you can hear it playing when the sun sets down, and the sky turns rose. 'Twas described as a melancholic yet beautiful sound. However, nobody managed to reproduce that mellody yet. Countless musicians have tried, from professors and prodigies, to enthusiasts and students, but none could manage to capture those notes. As they'd write them down or touch the keys, like a dream, it would just fade away.
#66
Found In The Woods At My Work, Nearby Is A Pile Of Other Toys
#67
I Found A Fire Hydrant In The Middle Of Nowhere. 30 Minutes From Any Civilization
#68
Found An Old Fuselage While Hiking In The Forest In Hawaii
#69
This Ancient Mountain Dew Can I Found In The Woods
#70
A Giant Pile Of Zested Lemons Found In The Woods
#71
Found A Old Lightsaber In The Woods
#72
Found These Bathtubs While Hiking
#73
So I Found A Baseball In The Woods
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Alusair Alustriel 6 years ago
Some finds are super creepy or interesting, but it makes me cringe how many people find the woods as a personal trashing space :/
Zoe's Mom 6 years ago
I would like to think that the folks that find the items that could be taken out and either sold or trashed did so. It pisses me off when humans dump their s**t in our forest.
sharron lynn parsons 6 years ago
Yes I agree, too bad we are unable to find the idiots who ruin our forests !!!
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Momo Skarsgård 6 years ago
I can make a threat with a whole bunch of pics of the weird and cool things we find when we go hiking in the woods of Pennsylvania.
Leo Domitrix 6 years ago
Heartbroken at this level of littering/pollution/disregard... I've seen crazy things in the woods, no doubt, but when it's obvs just trash? *argh*
Mary Miller 6 years ago
Some of these need to be brought to the attention of the authorities, some are too cute to remove, and some need to be explained! (Like the pile of carrots, dishes, and toilets.)
sunnyrei82 6 years ago
Most of these things make me wonder how they got there. And I don't mean the trash, but the other ones. There must be a story behind them, and I wonder about the people who put them there. That's why I also like to see photos of abandoned places.
Stijn Dero 6 years ago
I live close to a former motorcross track in Belgium that's been closed for a few years now. Passing by one day I noticed this tree. Looks like they threw used tyres over it when it was still a very young tree and now they're part of it. Knipsel-5d...ec4d3f.jpg 
CamboNZ1 6 years ago
Inexplicably, I found a kayak graveyard in the middle of a forest in Wellington, New Zealand. At least 100 old kayaks, many kilometres from the nearest body of water. High and dry, growing moss and mould. kayaks-5d1...2d80f1.jpg 
Doc Thissen 6 years ago
I live in a fairly mountainous region... I'm getting some seriously sinister ideas!
ClaudiaRanford 6 years ago
https://.boredpanda.com/interesting-forest-finds/#post-comments-area
Alusair Alustriel 6 years ago
Some finds are super creepy or interesting, but it makes me cringe how many people find the woods as a personal trashing space :/
Zoe's Mom 6 years ago
I would like to think that the folks that find the items that could be taken out and either sold or trashed did so. It pisses me off when humans dump their s**t in our forest.
sharron lynn parsons 6 years ago
Yes I agree, too bad we are unable to find the idiots who ruin our forests !!!
Load More Replies... Momo Skarsgård 6 years ago
I can make a threat with a whole bunch of pics of the weird and cool things we find when we go hiking in the woods of Pennsylvania.
Leo Domitrix 6 years ago
Heartbroken at this level of littering/pollution/disregard... I've seen crazy things in the woods, no doubt, but when it's obvs just trash? *argh*
Mary Miller 6 years ago
Some of these need to be brought to the attention of the authorities, some are too cute to remove, and some need to be explained! (Like the pile of carrots, dishes, and toilets.)
sunnyrei82 6 years ago
Most of these things make me wonder how they got there. And I don't mean the trash, but the other ones. There must be a story behind them, and I wonder about the people who put them there. That's why I also like to see photos of abandoned places.
Stijn Dero 6 years ago
I live close to a former motorcross track in Belgium that's been closed for a few years now. Passing by one day I noticed this tree. Looks like they threw used tyres over it when it was still a very young tree and now they're part of it. Knipsel-5d...ec4d3f.jpg
CamboNZ1 6 years ago
Inexplicably, I found a kayak graveyard in the middle of a forest in Wellington, New Zealand. At least 100 old kayaks, many kilometres from the nearest body of water. High and dry, growing moss and mould. kayaks-5d1...2d80f1.jpg
Doc Thissen 6 years ago
I live in a fairly mountainous region... I'm getting some seriously sinister ideas!
ClaudiaRanford 6 years ago
https://.boredpanda.com/interesting-forest-finds/#post-comments-area
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