In a new BBC documentary titled: Nature's
Weirdest Events, a bleeding tree has been
uncovered.
Presented by Chris Packham, the BBC Two
doc delves into the myths, legends and eye-
witness stories, now caught on camera, of
blood pumping from the trunks of trees.
Interviewing one footage creator, Packham
hears how a scientist and tree surgeon got a
‘shock’ after cutting into a trunk.
He says: “I was chopping down a tree and
got the shock of my life”
Pathologist David Rose says this phenomenon
is on the increase.
“We get quite a few every year,” says
Rose. “They vary from where people have
cut the branch off and they bleed to
where blood appears to come through the
bark… we worry about this bleeding being
either a disease or more supernatural.”
“If we cut across the trunk that would be
a bit like cutting across the limb of an
animal, you would severe the artery and
fluid would come gushing out,” explains
Packham.
Also in the programme Packham investigates
more unusual natural events, with reports on
fish 'walking' out of the water in Florida and
bees in France that are making multicoloured
honey.
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