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Originally Posted by oldE

My guess would be a heck of an explosion a few decades ago.

Not a bad guess, but post explosion pictures look very different.

Long term wind has more of a bending affect.

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Or just growing around another tree.

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Any number of crazy effects are possible.

Closest so far:
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