Unique bent shaped trees on island

[meadefamily]

Does anyone know of the history of the many bent trees on the island? We had never noticed them during the summer. We made a trip around the island this week and enjoyed seeing the forest without all the leaves. One thing we noticed was on West drive there are many bent trees. We started taking pictures of the unique bends. I found many articles about bent trees in correlation to Indian history. I did find articles about curved trees and wind, and odd trunk trees and ice, but these trees have a distinctive bend. If anyone has history of this phenomenon I would love to learn more.

https://www.google.com/amp/s/showmeoz.w ... egend/amp/

[Gillespie]

I think they are random, there are so many on the West Side! They point in many directions! Must have to do with the soils and the sunlight!

[John Bolton]

When I first arrived here in 1975, riding around with some true locals, they told me the area was called the “Rheumatism Forrest”