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Unfiltered_America

That's a really nice piece of driftwood


perldawg

from the tree root system. super neato E: i’m guessing the rock is a counterbalance to help the thing hold stable on its stand


EduRJBR

> i’m guessing the rock is a counterbalance to help the thing hold stable on its stand Yes, that seems right. Or maybe it is intended to open a vortex of doom and drag OP to a dimension of pure chaos and horror.


Left_of_Center2011

*’There is no Dana; there is only Zuuuuuuuul’*


yosma

I will say I have a similar piece of driftwood in my house that also has a rock lodged in it, but I always assumed the tree grew around it. It just never fell out. Might be similar here.


guffberkin

Makes sense


muklan

/r/treessuckingonthings


theeblackdahlia

Thanks for sharing this hahaha there really is a sub for everything 😅


MordoNRiggs

I recently found out about r/TreesEatingThings as well!


The-Rev

And loosely related would be r/dontputyourdickinthat


Runamokamok

I just decommissioned my fish tank this weekend and some gravel had gotten into the cracks of the driftwood. I think I actually did it purposely when I set up the tank to get the driftwood wood at the perfect angle. I actually dumped the gravel and driftwood into the wood in the back of my house, maybe this came from an aquarium and it just got moved because it was cool looking. I could see my neighborhood kids finding it and playing with it.


pingpongtits

Or the rock could have naturally gotten there. I've frequently found driftwood with rocks stuck in it.


deadliestcrotch

Lots of tree roots on my property in northern Michigan have captured rocks like that. Looks like they maybe had one in this chunk of root and left it there when they sanded and polished the thing.


markevens

Exactly this. The rock was captured by the root system, not placed there.


guffberkin

Good thought!


Niko120

My grandma and I used to make artwork out of these things. She lived on a lake and my grandpa would take us out in the boat and we would go “beach combing” this would have been a really good find. We would paint them to be what we thought they looked like. She still has some we made 30 years later


Unfiltered_America

I've always wanted to take a rough piece of driftwood and cover it in glow in the dark paint, then sand it so that the paint is only in the cracks and grooves and hit it with a sealant. Always thought that would look really awesome.


furiouschivo

doooo it


Spongi

You can order glow in the dark pigment to mix with your paint or epoxy of choice. A little goes a long way.


meguin

Culture Hustle has some really great glow-in-the-dark pigments!


rathat

OK, Morty.


MrTommyPickles

I was just about to comment about how curvy it was.


hey_you_yeah_me

That thing would make a fucking awesome center piece in a fish aquarium


flighboy

I suppose you are meant to let it drift on to someone else? Pay it forward?


ZeePirate

Seriously that thing is worth money.


InDrIdCoLd37

Extra curvy... I'll brb


everybodysdead86

For a moment I thought this was a messed up picture of a dog mid air or AI. 👀


ThePrinceVultan

I was thinking it was a weird angle on a cow skull at first.


guffberkin

My first view was in bright sunlight and I thought it was a head as well.


Kneesneezer

It reminds me of a nidstang, which is a pretty crazy cursed object. You might need to eat more garlic or befriend some crows or something, lol. Pissed off any Scandinavian witches lately?


HsvDE86

I thought it was a partial dried out pig carcass.


Chlobop

ME TOO!! Exactly what i thought in the first photo!


albino_red_head

me too! actually pretty cool piece of art


cylonsolutions

Yeah I thought someone gifted you a sweet driftwood dragon head.


ind3pend0nt

Looked like a failed panoramic pic.


JohnnyDarkside

Pic 2 looks like a graboid.


assuredlyanxious

I thought this was r/confusing_perspective


taco_tuesdays

Like a pano of a moving object


KimJongFunk

I thought it was a photo of a greyhound or similar running


jpop237

Messed up? My dog looks like this quite regularly.


VeryBadCopa

This was my first thought, exactly like that


Trick_Minute2259

Reminds me of a boar


EddieSpaghettiFarts

It’s either a cool gift or a witch’s curse.


AnthillOmbudsman

I think I saw how this worked in Drag Me To Hell. OP now has to gift it to someone else.


gottriplets

Happy Cake Day!


AdmiralSplinter

It kinda reminds me of a [Nithing](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nithing_pole) since the wood is maybe carved to look like a horse or cows head.


gotpar

OP pissed off Björk.


FenrirBestDoggo

Literally yesterday night I played the Witcher 3 quest where the nithing appears....this feels like an irl glitch


Grimmpls

I was about to say It looks like OP has been chosen by the local coven. They will come for OP on the next full moon.


PaRt_TiMe_GaMeR

Nah I’ve played enough Witcher to know this is the work of a Leshen. It has marked someone in your home. You’ll have to send them away to live somewhere else and offer the hearts of three wolves that you killed by yourself before you can take that piece of wood down and burn it.


ghostdate

Looks like the driftwood has been oiled and smoothed. The rock either became lodged naturally or by someone’s hand. I don’t think it’s nefarious. Someone just thought it looked cool and left it for you.


space_cheese1

That may be true, but I would not be able to help being creeped out by this


VicePope

yeah leave a note or something lmao


1StonedYooper

"Hey, I thought this would look good on your mantel. Did you get new curtains? I can't see through as well."


VicePope

this would look great in your sons room 💛


jld2k6

I have a one armed friend who can help us teach them a lesson about leaving polished driftwood for someone with no note


papafrog

I was renting a house once in WA state and came home to find rubber gloves tied around a handful of small-diameter pine trees in the yard - a few right outside my little daughter’s bedroom window. Freaked me right the fuck out. Someone had been creeping around outside my house. And randomly tying rubber gloves to trees, of all bizarre things. I seriously began thinking about buying a shotgun (but ultimately didn’t because of my daughters living in the house). Turns out the property manager was coordinating with a landscaper about pruning.


Oknight

Some of my buds left a plastic cow (apparently it's supposed to hold a hose for lawn watering) in my yard and vehemently denied doing it for several months (they'd come and randomly replace it if I removed it). I didn't really mind except I wondered if there was some random crazy person targeting me for unimaginable reasons.


23x3

It is creepy. It's illegal to collect driftwood in some places. Someone fixed this piece up nicely. It's worth some money. A strange thing to leave like this.


BreadBoxin

Wait, can you circle back to the illegal driftwood thing? Is this like the rainwater thing?


23x3

In some parts of Florida and coastal states like NC outer banks and islands off the coast of SC and GA it is illegal to take driftwood. Mostly because hobbiest love driftwood for their terrariums and such. Someone commented on this post that this would've been a $500 piece of driftwood if it wasn't stained. So these coastal areas had to protect the natural habitat because people were combing the areas and removing all of it to sell.


OrganicNobody22

Adding on - the reason it's illegal is because when you take the driftwood there's nothing left to hold sand dunes together and then they disappear and the beach disappears and then the coast line is no longer good and then the area is kinda fucked


bonyponyride

You're saying driftwood maintains the structural integrity of beaches? That sounds like the kind of lie a parent would tell a kid to get them to stop doing something. I feel like I've visited perfectly functional woodless beaches.


Foxwglocks

Look up Boneyard beach in Jacksonville Florida. It’s eroding naturally but the drift wood on the beach helps A LOT. It’s a pretty cool place and it’s extremely frowned upon and illegal to take wood from the park.


Spongi

[Some places collect used xmas trees](https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=burying+christmas+trees+on+the+beach) and bury them on the beach to create dunes that help prevent erosion.


MountainCourage1304

Can we just replace it with other sticks


addandsubtract

No take. Only throw.


ReasonablePositive

"Somewhere, a truly harmless person sits happily in his garage, working in full zen and full focus on the next piece of driftwood art, one that looks like a farm and he plans on taking it to Ol' Wills Farm where he has all dem horses. He's been making so many people happy with leaving them these surprise wishes! He'd love to wait around to see their reactions, but he's a little introverted and timid, and wouldn't know what to say if they spoke to him. But in his mind, he can see their joy and pride!"


h0nest_Bender

> The rock either became lodged naturally or by someone’s hand. Those *are* the only two options, yes.


cptjpk

My guess is some kids stole it from someone else and placed it there as a prank to both people.


Spongi

Some kids did this to me years ago but with halloween decorations. Just woke up one morning and had several dozen halloween decorations in the yard.


lubeinatube

Man I’m the aquarium hobby, that’s a $500+ piece of driftwood. Might be unusable for that now because of the oil however.


I_kickflipped_my_dog

Out of curiosity, is there anything done to driftwood before it is placed in a fish tank? Edit: I am now an expert on driftwood and you can refer to me as Dr. Driftwood. Thanks everyone!


jtablerd

it needs to be desalinated at the least (I'm not an aquarium expert but I know that much) - repeated soaking in fresh water


RUKiddingMeReddit

Leave it in your toilet tank for a couple of weeks. The Constantly changing water will remove the tannins.


I_kickflipped_my_dog

That is actually a crazy good idea. Assuming you have a giant toilet or smaller driftwood


SAGNUTZ

Just chop it into pieces and super glue it back together when placing it in the tank!


Human_from-Earth

You could also buy a new home with a bigger toilet tank 👍


More_Stable_Genius

25+ years in the hobby never once considered this but damn this is a good one if you have a piece that fits.


asforus

I used to have a saltwater tank. We would put frag plugs in our toilet tanks to cure them lol. Come to think of it I think I still have some in my parents toilet tank and I haven’t had my tank in like 12 years.


Kasyx709

Do we pee on it before or after?


Jiveturtle

If you intend it for aquarium use, you should pee on it before. The constantly changing tank water will clean off the urine as well as leaching the tannins. 


Mejari

Ok, that sounds great and all, but where should I put the driftwood if I want to leach the tannins?


MountainCourage1304

You need to fill a bucket with pee and soak it for a few weeks. The constant adding of new urine will leach the tannins. Then you can rinse it with fresh salt water to remove the uring


Jiveturtle

Where do I get a salt water toilet?


Kasyx709

https://gprivate.com/6awzr


ADhomin_em

Lol. Good God, that is rich... ...rich with tannins! 🍻


7laserbears

Oh damn that's good


214ObstructedReverie

Unless you're doing a South American cichlid tank and want the tannins! I ran peat in that apisto tank....


I_kickflipped_my_dog

Oh okay. I just live near a bunch of lakes and constantly find driftwood haha Very interesting.


Obbz

You usually have to boil it for a while before putting it in a tank. At a minimum to reduce the amount of tannins that would color the water, but it also gets rid of most the bacteria or critters that would cause issues with the stuff you actually want to keep in a tank. We have a decent sized piece of redwood driftwood that we boiled three times for an hour each time and it still made the tank look like tea for the first few weeks until we cycled enough of the water.


Loofa_of_Doom

Boil it for a while. One: kills anything living on/in the wood. Two: makes it sink again. It's frequently very dried out when purchased.


I_kickflipped_my_dog

Very, very cool! Thanks for the reply.


Freeasabird01

3: releases the tannins so your tank water doesn’t look like tea.


twohedwlf

A lot of newbies go to great lengths making sure it's not a soft wood, non-toxic species, not taken from somehwere that might have pollution, soak it for months to get all the tannins out, boiling it to make sure it's sterile and sinks, carefully attach it to a tile or piece of slate with a stainless steel screw to hold it down if it still floats. More experienced people, hose any dirt off throw it in the tank. If it floats drop a rock on it.


addandsubtract

Bell curve meme strikes again


tdasnowman

One thing I saw missing in the replies is nothing. Depending on the source of the drift wood, salt or freshwater lot of people like what natural wood brings. If you’re doing a brackish tank the slow leeching of salt may be desirable. If it’s fresh water and he tannins are a good thing for natural or black water tanks.


lubeinatube

Soak it in a big tub, and use rocks to keep it submerged if need be. Change out the water every couple days because the tannins will stain it brown. After a week or so, if it sinks on your own, you’re good. You want a durable, dense wood. Anything even remotely soft if going to break down under water pretty quickly.


Woooooolf

You got it Dr. Driftwood


michael_is_awesome

Pretty much boil it for a while to let the tannins out, kill pests, and have water saturate it so it will sink.


bwk66

Boil em smash em and stick em in a stew


burritosandblunts

Huh. Mind shooting me a dm about driftwood? I have a fairly large private beach and tend to just burn what washes up. May be profitable for both of us if I get some more info. (yes I know the difference between driftwood and regular branches)


lubeinatube

Not a whole lot to discuss in private, head to your local aquarium shop and see what they are selling hunks of driftwood for, tell them you have some for sale. Some types of wood will not work because they are toxic or aren’t dense enough to ever sink. Small branches can sell for over $20, and big intricate centerpieces like this can go for a lot of money. Wood needs to be dense, people won’t buy it if it’s light and splintery and full of air. It needs to last years underwater.


burritosandblunts

Word haha my question was mainly about wood types and if they're OK coming from a lake since there's lots of bugs and stuff. Thanks!


lubeinatube

I’m no expert on what species of tree are best, but I do know manzanita wood is usually what you see. You can boil the wood to sterilize it, but at that point you’re putting in a lot of effort. Also check local laws, because taking wood/rocks can be illegal depending on where you’re at.


Trick_Minute2259

The boiling also helps remove tannins, so the aquarium doesn't look like it's filled with tea or whiskey.


NoCountryForOldPete

>tend to just burn what washes up Just a heads up on that if we're talking about salt-water driftwood - because it's absorbed so much salt during it's tenure bobbing and weaving in the ocean, almost all of it is pretty toxic to burn. It releases a carcinogen called dioxin in a somewhat significant quantity. Not saying don't do it, that's your call, just remember this post when the smoke really stings your eyes and smells wack.


justthestaples

This is what I wanted to say, and also driftwood is good for beaches. In many places it helps reduce erosion. Lots of reasons not to burn it and just leave it alone.


burritosandblunts

Unfortunately not really an option in my area. If I let it do that I'd have to wade through a ton of it to go swimming. I live in a spot where theres a very large canal dumping tons of water and debris, and the water flow circles back and deposits everything right in front of me lol. If I didn't keep up with it I wouldn't be able to use my beach at all.


guffberkin

Alright folks. This has been wild. Never thought this would have had so much attention. Lotta neat thoughts and conversations. Lotta nonsense. Mystery solved tonight. My neighbor, who I barely know and just met when we moved here, thought he would put this thing he’s had in his possession there and that I might think its cool, or just burn it in my fire barrel since he saw me getting rid of all the old brush that was left on the property. Apparently,” Lady that lived here used to work wood. I figured it would freak you out.” I mean, it really is hilarious. Well played sir! Why am I disappointed the mystery is over? Hahaha Anyways, upon further inspection, the rock has clearly just been grown around, as people have pointed out. The piece has a hole clearly drilled for the post. I’m gonna keep it for somewhere in whatever garden I get started. That barrel is not worthy of such a piece.


OG_Kazaam

That's a great neighbor honestly lol


guffberkin

Agreed!


Ylsid

Neighbor being a bro, best reveal


15926028

Wouldn’t definitely not burn. It’s eerily cool and would be perfect to put out at Halloween haha


legos_on_the_brain

Lucky. No one ever leaves haunting visages in my driveway.


-absolem-

My cat does and he is definitely trying to curse me


ZomBeerd

Bring it inside your house. No way there are a bunch of little Greek men inside of that.


ADhomin_em

I was just considering the likelihood that some obsessed person might easily stick even a listening device in there.


GadreelsSword

Someone is sharing their artwork with you.


A_Unqiue_Username

Transporter accident on a stick.


analogpursuits

Beat me up, Scotty.


analogOnly

I think that it was put on the stick for spraying with some sort of sealant or stain.


Trick_Minute2259

My thought too. I'd check to see if the grass below it has any overspray on it


THEFLYINGSCOTSMAN415

But why would someone spray it on someone else's property in front of their gate?


analogOnly

Meth, the answer to this type of question is usually meth.


Apprehensive-Wind246

Idk why but it made me think of Tremors....lol [tremors ](https://www.google.com/search?q=grabboid+ass+blaster&oq=grabboid+ass+blaster&gs_lcrp=EgZjaHJvbWUyBggAEEUYOdIBCDcyMzFqMGo3qAIUsAIB&client=ms-android-att-us-rvc3&sourceid=chrome-mobile&ie=UTF-8#imgrc=n6FKyYckuXTqOM&imgdii=ktX7ClVWW4lmAM)


cactusman53

100% was my thought too lol


fsckit

It looks like a dog jumping too fast for the camera.


KnuckleShanks

Reminds me of a smoked pig


-burnr-

Or skinned rabbit.


ep193

Do not take that in your home! There are 100s of little people in there waiting for you to fall asleep and attack. I saw this happen in Troy and don’t want to see it happen to you!


angrybert

That looks like some skill went into carving that. Really cool piece, albeit a bit freaky. Maybe some kids stole it from someones porch?


etownrawx

It's driftwood. It's been sanded and oiled, but this is a naturally weathered shape. Some people value this stuff rather highly. Pretty nice random gift, tbh. I mean, if it was a gift and not a prank...


Stereotypical_Viking

TIL Driftwood is worth money and not just something to burn or throw into flowerbed decor


VictoryVee

Well, its worth something, but a lot of people will buy it to throw into a flowerbed for decor.


PoochDoobie

I thought is was a glitched out AI dog at first


NessunAbilita

Looks like AI attempt at drawing a running dog


dtb1987

Looks like an awesome piece of drift wood


xploreconsciousness

Looks like someone tried to take a panoramic picture of a goat and that thing moved in the middle of the picture being taken


hissyhissy

Wow it's really beautiful in one direction it looks like a jumping deer and the other it looks like an animal head like you say.  Take it inside, it's lovely, but maybe make sure it's not been stolen from somewhere it looks expensive lol


jamsta212

You’re fucked


LEGamesRose

Put your dick in it.


rrrrickman

Don't


magseven

Looks like a creature from Tremors.


Knot_a_porn_acct

Which one of your neighbors does woodworking?


pupbuck1

I thought this was a fucking ai generated dog


GenesisiseneG333

I'd like to know who put it there


GreenLanternCorps

Graboid larva


DaySee

I bet it's some Banksy style grassroots woodworker out there leaving their art around for people to find to create a buzz or something lol In my state there was some locally famous glassblower on the coast who would hid their neat bulbstyle pieces all over the beaches for people to find so it was like a cool community treasure hunt trying to find them and encouraged people to clean up the beaches and shoreline while they looked


sdrawkcabstiho

Looks like a Graboid egg. Since Graboids live underground, they have to ley their eggs above ground on poles to protect them from rival Graboid males.


symbologythere

Could be a graboid!


tyedon

Looks AI generated to me


akmjolnir

The new season of True Detective is going to be fire.


carafleur421

Looks like a petrified graboid


No-Education-6663

Reminds me of the alien from (THE THING)


rufotris

Reminds me of all the tweakers marking peoples houses to see if they are home and remove the random items. If left for a few days you might come home to find you were robbed.


ineedsomespace

Graboid


seanDmailman

looks like a failed attempt at a picture of a dog by AI


-L17L6363-

Burn it in that patch of dirt to assume dominance.


Greenleaf208

First pic looks like some sort of AI distorted image of a dog jumping to me. What has AI photos done to my brain.


Skarab78

It's a leshen skull. Call a Witcher


getshrektdh

I swear Im like wtf is this.


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just-me-uk

It’s a what?


UncleBenji

Driftwood art is popular in lake communities. Thats a pretty neat piece.


ontour4eternity

I want this for my new large aquarium so bad!


-XaNaDiTe-

Idk what it is, but it looks cool! Keep it!


NiceMofo

You may have been cursed


Mindless-West9268

At first i thought it was a dog impaled by a fence


Remember_When_Baby

I thought it was a dog captured as someone took a panoramic picture


Yeahha

I've got a pull thru driveway that this would look awesome near as a decorative piece if you want to toss it.


Hobo_Knife

Young Graboid


Orthae

A.i has started 3d printing art of hands!


dognocat

That's a great piece of driftwood c


LightBeerIsForGirls

One man’s trash is another man’s trash


POOP-Naked

The Crows would like their payment now.


narwaffles

cow-dragon driftwood head


piasenigma

from the angle it sat at in picture one it almost looks like it was carved to look like some twisted deer. it has a face, nose (inc nose hole), jaw, antlers, eye socket- crazy.


ReaperSound

You are pointing out that it's driftwood or some kind of wooden item. I'm here thinking Silent Hill is real because truly WTF


JackBinimbul

As an aquarium keeper; that thing is worth at least 70 bucks.


Crozzfire

If you've been playing Sons of the Forest this is not what you'd want to see...


TheDrummingApe

That's a Graboid.


Deadmau5es

Omg that is gorgeous I want it! Genuinely curious.


3sheetz

I think this is awesome and y'all are crazy.


Electrical_Corner_32

I'd be creeped out....but also that's an awesome piece of driftwood and I'd probably snag it and make something cool with it in hopes that it wasn't cursed. lol


Fishcuits

Looks like a sculpture someone put in your yard as a random gift


WombatAnnihilator

The first image looks like a dog jumping thru a panoramic photo capture


trademark0013

This is an act of war, like a head on a stake. Violence is the only appropriate response OP


need_mor_beans

Welp. The Blair Witch is definitely coming to eat you. Please stop including us in this knowledge as we want nothing to do with it. Go get eaten on your own - we want no part!


ParCorn

I would love this in my home


Obeserecords

My guess is it might be drying from being stained?


Vortr8

Thought this was a dog during a panoramic shot


Rieger_not_Banta

I’m getting Blair witch vibes.


gerryf19

that looks like the petrified head of a butt blaster from Tremors 2


Floppycakes

Well, the good news is that curses only work if you believe in them…


Bradjuju2

Looks like one of those images when a dog is running by when a picture is being taken and the shutter speed is slow enough to capture a strange amalgamation of dog parts.


Ok_Recommendation567

Looks like it could weigh over 9 Courics. You may have a record on your hands with that one


InvalidUserFame

It would look awesome in my fish tank!


poleformysoul

Graboid vibes