Local forest art and architecture, by SunBôw: During a couple of hikes in the forest behind my new home, I began noticing a significant number of tree structures, marker trees, and arched, bent or broken trees around here. Photos rarely do justice, but I figured a few might be worth sharing. What was particularly interesting was that at least four times while finding structures and taking photos, I heard wood knocks nearby, as a confirmation.
Just days ago, at the gifting area where I offered a spirit plate to connect with the local clan, I noticed two 3-inch thick trunks on a tree that were bent at six and eight feet in height. The trunks are not broken, but bent in a sharp angle.
This next one is a double parallel arches looking like a portal, that I first spotted last summer when visiting the land. A branch on the adjacent small tree pinning them is snapped at about nine feet high. There are also other small structures close to it.
These bent trees are just next to the double arches.
More tepee stacks, broken or bent trees and arches than I can document.
Also a few interesting marker trees were spotted in significant locations.
Plus more wonders than I can cover in this enchanted mixed forest with beaver ponds, sugar maples, golden birches and evergreens, on a ground covered with all kinds of animal tracks. Enough to explore for many years to come. Just sharing glimpses here.
As a bonus, while taking images of deer in my yard through the window, some strange reflections appeared in the car window. It could be pareidolia, but cool, nevertheless.
Anyhow, just some interesting little things that make my days, maybe worth considering. Thanks to all readers for your interest and support. Blessings…
Sasquatch Close Encounter Network for Interspecies Communication 
Hi Sunbôw,
January 2023
While sledding along the bank of a river near Jackson Hole, WY, I noticed a little structure sitting in the snow between us and the river ice. My first thought was “Sasquatch, but too small for the structures I’ve seen before.”
Leaning over to my wife, I whispered, “definitely Sasquatch…I’m pretty sure, but I don’t quite understand what we’re looking at yet.”
We asked the driver if we might stop for a hot drink of cocoa. He and his wife gently pulled the reins of the two massive horses. The name of one of the horses is Bill. I’ve forgotten the other’s.
Immediately, we jumped out, and I started backtracking, excited.
At first I was breathing hard, running at full trot back to the little snow teepee I had seen from the moving sled. Drawing near, it suddenly dawned on me that it was not respectful to just run up to someone’s front doorstep without first announcing intentions. So I took a few deep breaths and slowed way down, finally finding within a sense of politeness while asking The Great Creator for mindfulness.
Carefully, I sent out gentle messages of friendship and peaceful intentions as I walked mindfully up to the little teepee in the snow – the structure that at first glance I thought was a pyramid. And As I drew near, a voice urged me to “go slow, someone might be home.”
So I slowed way down, approaching with a sense of deference, eyes relaxed and gentle, holding a feeling of warmth, without expectation. Standing very still next to the little pyramid, I realized it was a perfect teepee, about ten inches tall,.
A young bull elk stood up, shaking off his white cover, and trotted away, head held high, without fear. I nodded to him, bowing slightly, and apologized for causing him to have to move away from his warm nest under a huge fir tree.
I watched for as long as I could see him, sending best blessings his way as he circled the area, looking at me with what i’m guessing was curiosity.
After returning to the sled, the driver (who I interpreted as a man familiar with the ways of the peaceful, elder brothers and sisters who live in the forest around his cabin) asked me “how did you know the young elk was there?” I replied, “I don’t think I could really tell you, or explain it. I had no idea there was even an elk under that tree.” All he said was “I understand.”
When I looked back over at the young elk, he seemed to be standing very still. I have often seen deer do this when, and now I’m guessing here, Sasquatch is nearby. And as a friend of the clan in Jemez Springs, NM, I could feel the loving, wise, compassionate presence of an elder nearby.
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Thanks for sharing your experience with us. Indeed, they can build structures and make arrangements of all sizes. Animals are very close to the forest keepers and in fact, sometimes, they are even them…
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Love the reflection ❤️
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Nice gift from them. If we look for flesh and blood, we might end up finding it. But honestly, all the other phenomena are much more interesting… 🙂
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I find these structures in the Sierras in CA. No tepee structures though. I also find hoops; saplings that are curved into hoops, not arches. I found many hoops. I couldn’t get to them to see how the hoops were secured to keep from uncurling . All of them were in tough , rough terrain that I couldn’t negotiate due to a bad ankle . Arches had their tips deeply pushed into the ground and impossible to dislodge. What I also find are star , or “ asterisk” structures. They are built of multiple tree trunks that have been broken off or scavenged from lumber company cast-offs. A very interesting feature of asterisks/ stars is that they have at least one tree trunk that is imported and not any of the local trees. I’ve found all these about one quarter of a mile in from trail heads, in CA and WA. They are usually a hundred ft or so into the forest so the average hiker won’t notice them.
A very great post, the pictures are wonderful, especially the reflection on the car windows!
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Thank you for your feedback and for sharing your discoveries. It’s always a fascinating journey to learn with our forest Elders. Blessings on your quest…
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