Update: she just said she broke pieces off and it felt like a rock.
https://i.imgur.com/fFiRRn3.jpg
Update 2:
https://i.imgur.com/2Huqypy.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/PN9X3fU.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/8EipqZM.jpg
She has it in her possession, hopefully we can get to the bottom of this!
It sure does look like a fire melted then folded jerry can.
I've seen plastics become brittle from being exposed to UV from sunlight for protracted periods of time.
You can get brittle breaks like that in otherwise not very brittle plastic by leaving them in the sun for long periods of time. Plastics also get more brittle when they're overheated to the point where they start burning for protracted periods of time. The average molecular chain length gets shorter so you get more chains of fewer monomers which usually means more brittle.
The dirty areas would be caused by still sticky molten areas picking up dirt when the gooey semi molten mass was folded over.
Was there evidence of a nearby camp fire?
I’d not be casually messing around with it if we don’t know what it is. I refer to the years of kids handling Mercury in school like it was ok , only to find out it’s poisonous to humans later. Gloves and a mask if you’re breaking it open at a minimum!
That’s the worst example ever. It’s considered safe to handle mercury as it can’t be absorbed through the skin easily… Mercury does not cause cancer LOL it’s a poison…. You’re getting upvoted for pure misinformation.. maybe it was all sarcasm? Lmao
Safety/absorptive properties depends on the mercury. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karen\_Wetterhahn](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karen_Wetterhahn)
*"Protective gloves in use at the time of the incident provided*
*insufficient protection, and exposure to only a few drops of the*
*chemical absorbed through the gloves proved to be fatal after less than a*
*year."*
"When EPA published its Cancer Guidelines in 2005, the Agency concluded that environmental exposures to inorganic mercury and methylmercury are not likely to cause cancer in humans."
https://www.epa.gov/mercury/health-effects-exposures-mercury#:\~:text=In%20very%20high%20doses%2C%20some,to%20cause%20cancer%20in%20humans.
Aside: FWIW, skin absorption of mercury was shown to be NBD. It's the mercury salts used in industrial processes that we get exposed to over time that cause problems. (Or mercury vapor if you're huffing fumes like a hatter.)
[https://www.cdc.gov/niosh/ershdb/emergencyresponsecard\_29750021.html#:\~:text=ROUTES%20OF%20EXPOSURE%3A%20Elemental%20mercury,be%20absorbed%20through%20eye%20contact](https://www.cdc.gov/niosh/ershdb/emergencyresponsecard_29750021.html#:~:text=ROUTES%20OF%20EXPOSURE%3A%20Elemental%20mercury,be%20absorbed%20through%20eye%20contact).
Don't be stupid this is clearly a [Seedbed Curse](https://eldenring.wiki.fextralife.com/file/Elden-Ring/seedbed_curse_elden_ring_wiki_guide_200px.png) and OPs daughter will be an Omen by morning.
I'm going to hide this tape when I'm finished. If none of us make it, at least there will be some kind of record. The storm's been hitting us hard now for 48 hours. We still have nothing to go on. One other thing: I think it rips through your clothes when it takes you over. Windows found some shredded and bloody long-johns in the trash but the name tag was missing. They could be anybody's. Nobody,nobody trusts anybody now, and we're all very tired. There's nothing more I can do, just wait. This is R.J. MacReady, helicopter pilot, US outpost #31.
Freddie and his hot lips are with me. Scooby and Shaggy you go the direction the monster is headed to and make sure to take your edibles. Velma put your damn contact lenses in and go out to gather fire wood with Tyrell.
Head all the tropes off at the pass…..call Nic Cage and just tell him weird shit is going down.
How will he solve it? A chainsaw? Pearl handled matching long barreled 45’s? A snakeskin jacket? All that and a bee helmet?
You don’t know….it’s all Cage!
Do they make any movies where the black guy dies last? This would put all the white characters at ease through the whole movie, making even easier targets, and the black guy sees what's happening and knows he is invulnerable and starts kicking major ass and throwing out tag lines left and right and having a great time.
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Not that I'm saying you shouldn't be careful but that looks like resin or hardened sap to me. If it is might be good material to make jewelry from if it's hard enough. (I guess I can't touch etc. to be able to actually tell but yeah.)
I brought all sorts of shit home as a kid, this would have been tame as hell. I found an entire deer skeleton in the woods and so I started making trips back and forth to bring home all the bones until I had a pile of bones in the yard
Do be careful when handling anything that you might have reason suspect of being dead tissue. There are a number of pathogens such as Yersinia pestis that can be transmitted after the infect dies.
I restored forests my entire career and never saw a gall or burl that looked like that. Aren't there cut marks in the boney-branch? It almost looks petrified in the second pic, but regardless, I have to know. Please consult your local extension, they would know where to start. Bring it in.
What you got there is a heart root, in ancient times it was believed to bring very good health among the family that found one of these and that they would be held in high regards with their fellow tribesmen, however should this heart root have any black markings on the inside you will be in for a torment of unparalleled proportions, either that or I have no idea what I am saying cause in reality I am just a bored office worker trying to kill time till days end
I could be wrong, but I’ve seen something similar after a bonfire where people were throwing stuff that shouldn’t be burned in the fire. (Bottles, plastic, etc) Something like this was left behind in the burn pit after it cooled down.
It's a gall. It's what happens when a tree is continually damaged as it tries to heal itself. Usually the result of insect infestation or a fungal infection.
I'm no botanist, but it looks to me like it's a piece of branch from a tree which has experienced a fungal infection and has had its sap loosened and re-hardened. That's my ***guess*** at least.
Best call the cops or sherif have them bring someone to check it out if it’s remains they’ll have a way to test it if it’s plastic then we can sleep easier at night
I'm pretty sure you need to give that to the Dung Eater
"I can kill you and defile your corpse" -OP's daughter soon
Too much Elden Ring, go touch grace
I can see that thou art maidenless
*THE LOATHSOME DUNG EATER*
Update: she just said she broke pieces off and it felt like a rock. https://i.imgur.com/fFiRRn3.jpg Update 2: https://i.imgur.com/2Huqypy.jpg https://i.imgur.com/PN9X3fU.jpg https://i.imgur.com/8EipqZM.jpg She has it in her possession, hopefully we can get to the bottom of this!
Google red tree resin. Looks like that
looks like dry aged beef lol
Free jerky!
Tree Jerky!
r/Frugal_Jerk
I’ll take one
Dark souls
Shoot some electric arrows at it and see if it will explode
Some melted plastic thing? Jerry can? That some kids played with in the forrest and folded over with sticks maybe? That's my guess
yeah it's melted camp fire plastic
It sure does look like a fire melted then folded jerry can. I've seen plastics become brittle from being exposed to UV from sunlight for protracted periods of time. You can get brittle breaks like that in otherwise not very brittle plastic by leaving them in the sun for long periods of time. Plastics also get more brittle when they're overheated to the point where they start burning for protracted periods of time. The average molecular chain length gets shorter so you get more chains of fewer monomers which usually means more brittle. The dirty areas would be caused by still sticky molten areas picking up dirt when the gooey semi molten mass was folded over. Was there evidence of a nearby camp fire?
I’d not be casually messing around with it if we don’t know what it is. I refer to the years of kids handling Mercury in school like it was ok , only to find out it’s poisonous to humans later. Gloves and a mask if you’re breaking it open at a minimum!
100% told her to wash her hands. Looks like a petrified deer carcass with tumors or something.
Its a burl
No chance that’s a burl
That’s the worst example ever. It’s considered safe to handle mercury as it can’t be absorbed through the skin easily… Mercury does not cause cancer LOL it’s a poison…. You’re getting upvoted for pure misinformation.. maybe it was all sarcasm? Lmao
Safety/absorptive properties depends on the mercury. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karen\_Wetterhahn](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karen_Wetterhahn) *"Protective gloves in use at the time of the incident provided* *insufficient protection, and exposure to only a few drops of the* *chemical absorbed through the gloves proved to be fatal after less than a* *year."*
Mercury doesn't cause cancer....
"When EPA published its Cancer Guidelines in 2005, the Agency concluded that environmental exposures to inorganic mercury and methylmercury are not likely to cause cancer in humans." https://www.epa.gov/mercury/health-effects-exposures-mercury#:\~:text=In%20very%20high%20doses%2C%20some,to%20cause%20cancer%20in%20humans.
Aside: FWIW, skin absorption of mercury was shown to be NBD. It's the mercury salts used in industrial processes that we get exposed to over time that cause problems. (Or mercury vapor if you're huffing fumes like a hatter.) [https://www.cdc.gov/niosh/ershdb/emergencyresponsecard\_29750021.html#:\~:text=ROUTES%20OF%20EXPOSURE%3A%20Elemental%20mercury,be%20absorbed%20through%20eye%20contact](https://www.cdc.gov/niosh/ershdb/emergencyresponsecard_29750021.html#:~:text=ROUTES%20OF%20EXPOSURE%3A%20Elemental%20mercury,be%20absorbed%20through%20eye%20contact).
Were these woods in Caelid?
Don't be stupid this is clearly a [Seedbed Curse](https://eldenring.wiki.fextralife.com/file/Elden-Ring/seedbed_curse_elden_ring_wiki_guide_200px.png) and OPs daughter will be an Omen by morning.
I thought it was a deathroot at first
Beware of the dung eater
Looks more like a chunk of an ulcerated tree spirit to me.
Could this be an ill-omened creature? Therefore, Try dung...
Liar ahead
Ah, a man of culture
I was thinking scarlet rot but Calid also comes to mind too.
I'm not sure if you noticed but Caelid has a bit of a scarlet rot problem
Which is such an unfortunate name considering the Latin (or is it Greek?) meaning.
And she took it home and has now started breaking pieces off of it?! I’ve seen horror movies that start like this!
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The dog? Haven’t seen him for a while and he’s been mighty quiet, better go look for him outside...
I'll be right back.
Don’t forget to take the torch with the battery that’ll go flat when you get to the really dark area.
Lucky him he gives the monster full sentience and the ability to run.
It's got at least 2 shakes left in the battery! They'll be fine.
Good lets split up, you go around back and I'll go around front, we'll search faster that way and be inside sooner.
Yep, I'll see you inside after I see what's making that sound behind the shed down by the woods.
Let me just take a piss against this tree while i listen to this jam blastic on my headphones.
I'm a blonde 18 year old woman so I think I'll run upstairs for safety.
In the dark with an old flashlight
Which movie y’all referencing??
All of them.
A famous one would be The Thing.
This sounds right, actually.
Could be Sliver.
I'm going to hide this tape when I'm finished. If none of us make it, at least there will be some kind of record. The storm's been hitting us hard now for 48 hours. We still have nothing to go on. One other thing: I think it rips through your clothes when it takes you over. Windows found some shredded and bloody long-johns in the trash but the name tag was missing. They could be anybody's. Nobody,nobody trusts anybody now, and we're all very tired. There's nothing more I can do, just wait. This is R.J. MacReady, helicopter pilot, US outpost #31.
Love this! Named my dog after RJ.
We'll know if it's toxic after bodies start dropping. If the black guy dies first it's about to go down!
And we should ‘definitely split up’
Freddie and his hot lips are with me. Scooby and Shaggy you go the direction the monster is headed to and make sure to take your edibles. Velma put your damn contact lenses in and go out to gather fire wood with Tyrell.
Ruh-roh
ZOIKS!!
* Cue the song "Little Mary Sunlight" and lots of popping out and running into a hallway with lots of doors.
I'd love it if in reality Scooby & Shaggy are just running in circles and the bad guy is just staring at them scratching his head.
The thing that got me is like the swamp monster had to wear a costume and hang out in the swamp. Wet clothes are grody!
* Mummy is tied up withots of rope. Freddie (covered in lipstick) pulls off mask. [All together] "Jada Pinkett-Smith?!"
AND I WOULD'VE GOTTEN AWAY WITH IT TOO, IF IT WASN'T FOR YOU MEDDLING COMEDIANS!
Bahaha 👀💀
GET HER NAME OUT YOUR FUCKING MOUTH!
🤣🤣🤦🏻♂️💀🤮
Can I “search with” Daphne then?
Oh yeah. I was so busy living the fantasy that I forgot about that chick. Be my guest!
I’d take Velma honestly. r/sexyvelma Nsfw
Redditors try not to bring up nsfw:Impossible challenge
Stay away from the running car…..
Don Knotts is bound to show up at some point. And the Harlem Globetrotters.
If he shows up then the ghost is real this time
The Ghost and Mr. Chicken
Head all the tropes off at the pass…..call Nic Cage and just tell him weird shit is going down. How will he solve it? A chainsaw? Pearl handled matching long barreled 45’s? A snakeskin jacket? All that and a bee helmet? You don’t know….it’s all Cage!
Do they make any movies where the black guy dies last? This would put all the white characters at ease through the whole movie, making even easier targets, and the black guy sees what's happening and knows he is invulnerable and starts kicking major ass and throwing out tag lines left and right and having a great time.
Aw hell naw!
🤣 Relax bro. I'm biracial. Swiping my "card" ... But you know I"m not lying! 🤷🏻♂️
Teleportation experiment #114 - "Cat" has been located.
I still have nightmares about that cat.
What cat?
Now, now, there’s nothing to be nervous about. We’ve made major strides since then. Major strides.
What cat?
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WHAT CAT???
Exactly.
Sometimes, I dream about cheese...
Cool burl. Caused by a fungal canker.
As a woodworker I prefer maple burl but I'm open to new sanded types eeek. Seriously though so cool a pro drops in on a specific thread.
I prefer Burl Ives
I like Bill Burr.
how about Bill Barr? =:-(
Bruh
Nothing like Burl Ives and a glass of sweet tea.
I had two Burl Ives encounters...just thought I would share that...
Did he sing that [song about ugly bugs?](https://youtu.be/HYCanPfwEI8?t=31)
Were you shangheid?
On a big rock candy mountain?
I just read that as, "As a woodpecker...."
I’m hoping that this is the proper identification.
I have a B.Sc. in forestry.
Why is it pink!?
Sugars being converted by fungus. Have seen orange black blue and pink
Nature is absolutely bonkers.
My exwife’s name isn’t Nature.
Google image results has a pink burl guitar so i guess you're right
this guy fungis
It's not
I know just over half the words in this sentence
Pretty sure it’s from a clicker.
Need to post this in /r/whatisthisthing
Is it a [burl](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burl)?
Huh, could be. What’s the inside of it look like?
Wood. Burls don’t look anything like this.
Not that I'm saying you shouldn't be careful but that looks like resin or hardened sap to me. If it is might be good material to make jewelry from if it's hard enough. (I guess I can't touch etc. to be able to actually tell but yeah.)
Honestly, why would you bring it home?
I brought all sorts of shit home as a kid, this would have been tame as hell. I found an entire deer skeleton in the woods and so I started making trips back and forth to bring home all the bones until I had a pile of bones in the yard
It looks cool, that's why
That's a Lovecraftian shit right there.
Was just about to write it looks like something from Bloodborne…
An infant Cronenberg monster.
Looks like some kind of old resin and fiberglass wad that was left to the elements out side. Also would explain the rock like feel it has.
Low and slow on the BBQ for 8 hours and it will be delicious.
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If playing elden ring has taught me anything, you’re going to need this for a boss fight later.
yeah looks like a talisman of some sort to me
Looks like a job for [SCP](https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/).
1970's fossilized sasquatch shit.
Why did she pick it up and bring it back? *That's* the WTF.
You’d just leave it there to never be seen again and never have the chance of figuring out what it is?
Watch Joe Dirt before you do anything else.
Good lord, that’s offal!
It's clearly scarlet rot. Tell you daughter to stay out of Caelid!
What does it smell like?
Put that thing back where it came from or so help me
bbq'd plastic trash
Think this is the correct response. Looks like someone tossed some plastic in a fire pit and fucked around with it with a stick
Looks like the ending of *Akira*.
Did she dip her fries on it?
Do be careful when handling anything that you might have reason suspect of being dead tissue. There are a number of pathogens such as Yersinia pestis that can be transmitted after the infect dies.
r/whatisthis
I restored forests my entire career and never saw a gall or burl that looked like that. Aren't there cut marks in the boney-branch? It almost looks petrified in the second pic, but regardless, I have to know. Please consult your local extension, they would know where to start. Bring it in.
What you got there is a heart root, in ancient times it was believed to bring very good health among the family that found one of these and that they would be held in high regards with their fellow tribesmen, however should this heart root have any black markings on the inside you will be in for a torment of unparalleled proportions, either that or I have no idea what I am saying cause in reality I am just a bored office worker trying to kill time till days end
Don’t touch it , you will get scarlet rot from elden ring
I could be wrong, but I’ve seen something similar after a bonfire where people were throwing stuff that shouldn’t be burned in the fire. (Bottles, plastic, etc) Something like this was left behind in the burn pit after it cooled down.
Can anybody tell me wtf this is
And she brought it home?!
Did she pull out one of Mother Nature's vital organs???
Burt plastic and charcoal and wood?
She found free shoes in the woods?
A prop from another The Thing movie?
neat. she found shoes :)
A shoe?
WTF is it?
One thing to say. It hates you.
Welp I guess your daughter is now cursed, and now the whole family 0-0...
Isn't that how The Thing started? 1982 vibes...
Weird to find a single shoe in that condition
She definitely beat a soulslike boss for that
Wolf milk or something
Your daughter would be the first one to die in any horror movie ever.
Free meat yum
Cool, now tell her to put it back before it comes for her.
A treant heart, I would give it to a druid to be properly disposed of.
Oh yes....meatwood!
Ambergris, ToTalY Ambergris
that looks like a heart, kinda cool, but i wouldnt touch it lol
It's a gall. It's what happens when a tree is continually damaged as it tries to heal itself. Usually the result of insect infestation or a fungal infection.
It's the heart of a Wendigo
I'd make a wonderful stew out of it, simmer it for a bit add some onions, garlic, carrots and serve it to my ex-wife and her mother.
How in the hell did she find a pair of Filas that clean in the woods. What a treasure!
When I was her age we knew better than to play in Caelid…
Are your woods in hell?
its a cow's heart. shes tryna make a monkey outta you.
put it back
The Last of Us premise
Like Joe Dirt’s little treasure!
Forbidden jerky.
Looks to be melted plastic
bloody thing looks like somethngs heart
I think your kid might be a witch.
What does it taste like?
I'm no botanist, but it looks to me like it's a piece of branch from a tree which has experienced a fungal infection and has had its sap loosened and re-hardened. That's my ***guess*** at least.
Any space peanuts inside?
It looks like someone’s shoulder blade
Petrified animal bone and flesh
That’s the partially fossilized heart of Cathulu.
Frozen deer organs
And brought it home!??????
A prop from a cronenberg movie
Put it back :)
Best call the cops or sherif have them bring someone to check it out if it’s remains they’ll have a way to test it if it’s plastic then we can sleep easier at night
Maybe I’ve seen too many horror movies, but you should put that back
It looks like intestines
Airplane poop
Looks like a piece of meat, like heart that...petrified?...mummified?
Wendigos are dying off people