Eight Of The World's Creepiest Trees In The World

Others though, have too much negative energy around them that the tree itself reflects it in a not-so-attractive way. With or without spirits, in the end, it could just be our wild imagination. The following 8 trees will show you just how spooky trees can actually be. Bald Cypresses: The bald cypress that commonly grows in the southeast U.S. is spooky not only because it thrives in snake- and gator-infested swamps. It also often grows anthropomorphic roots that protrude from the water and look like twisted, skeletal hands and fingers. This kind of root is called a pneumatophore. It's believed to help send oxygen down to the drowned roots and also possibly to act as an anchor.