8 Real Places You Won't Believe Aren't Science Fiction

2. The Crooked Forest

The Crooked Forest looks like something straight out of His Dark Materials (or at least how it looks in my head), and has the fairytale name to match.

Located in Poland, the forest is full of weirdly shaped trees that snake out from the ground before straightening up and growing upright again.

The exact cause of these wobbly beginnings remains a mystery as no one knows for sure what causes it. It is generally believed to be the work of humans, perhaps to produce curved wood that is ideal for boat building.

It's a good theory, but no one can figure out how it's done, so there's no reason to rule out an ancient race of wood nymphs just yet.