The Octopus Tree at Cape Meares, Oregon, USA. The Octopus Tree is a massive Sitka spruce with branches growing like giant tentacles from its 50-foot base which may be around 250 years old. It is situated approximately 600 feet from the scenic viewpoint. The tree's odd shape, according to local historians and Tillamook tribal descendants, comes not from the ravages of wind, as some have said, but from its function as a ceremonial site, shaped to hold cedar canoes and other ritual objects.
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