Tree Man!

[Furtherman]

I thought was this fake. After a little more research.... I believe this is real and unbelievable.

About 20 years ago a teenager in Indonesia cut his leg on a tree.

He became infected and began to grow warts. Which in turn, grew roots.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/graphics/2007/11/12/w3a.jpg

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/graphics/2007/11/12/w2a.jpg

I found a video on Youtube.

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If this guy went untreated, he'd probably end up looking like one of Davey Jones' crew from Pirates Of The Caribbean. Or Treebeard.

Now, if it has happened before... it could have occurred long ago and might be behind some myth of forest creatures. Imagine if a whole tribe was like that?!

I don't know... it's still hard to believe even when seeing.

Tree man 'who grew roots' may be cured (http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml%3Bjsessionid%3DMLYGYKBGOGQ2DQFIQMFSFGGA VCBQ0IV0?xml=/news/2007/11/12/wtree112.xml)

[BoondockSaint]

His bark is bigger than his bite.

[lleeder]

This story is no oak.

[TooLowBrow]

http://www.dailyheights.com/images/jo-jo%20the%20dog-faced%20boy.jpg
if he meets a dog face man then he's gonna get peed on

[lleeder]

Does he have nuts or acorns?

[BoondockSaint]

He gives me wood.

[lleeder]

He said it hurt when he got fired.

[Kevin]

The most disturbing part of that is that he still has gotten laid..

[lleeder]

The most disturbing part of that is that he still has gotten laid..

Why wouldn't he? He can get wood.

[BoondockSaint]

The most disturbing part of that is that he still has gotten laid..

Yeah but the chick wanted to leave when she got board with his lumbering around.

[lleeder]

Yeah but the chick wanted to leave when she got board with his lumbering around.

Well in his defense his leg had a knot in it.

[Marc with a c]

ehh, you're all a bunch of saps.

[Kevin]

They really need to get to the root of his condition...

[BoondockSaint]

ehh, you're all a bunch of saps.

Aren't you chipper.

[lleeder]

He always wanted to branch out...

[BoondockSaint]

I can't think of any more puns. I'm stumped.

[lleeder]

I can't think of any more puns. I'm stumped.

Are you getting board with this, I know he is.

[lleeder]

When it first started he said " I feel pine".

[marky2bucks]

I wood believe this if it came from a more reputable source.

[lleeder]

I wood believe this if it came from a more reputable source.

So you can take it or leaf it?

[King Hippos Bandaid]

:lol:

I gave up after I saw my first 6 puns were already used


:king:

[jauble]

when I first saw him I decided to axe him this question. How'd it happen?

[KC2OSO]

His favorite book/movie? Roots.
His daughters name? Twiggy.

[SatCam]

I heard the doctors prescribed him pot

http://www.thegardensuperstore.co.uk/acatalog/Pegaso_Bell_Pot-Large.gif

[mendyweiss]

http://wwwimage.showbuzz.cbsnews.com/images/2007/11/09/image3478159.jpg
H
Hmmmmmmm !!!!

[torker]

I kick it root down
I put my root down
It's not a put down
I put my foot down
And then I make some love
I put my root down

[Freakshow]

I prefer the plantman

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(watch quick before youtube takes it down)

[BoondockSaint]

I'm going to go out on a limb here and say that when he falls in the woods it makes a sound.

[torker]

http://blogs.commercialappeal.com/beifuss/images/gregg2.web.jpg

[lleeder]

His relationship with his ex-wife is splintered at best.

[mendyweiss]

Why wouldn't he? He can get wood.
I believe he can get redwood

[Furtherman]

I am so proud of all of you. Kindling spirits.

[RAAMONE]

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/graphics/2007/11/12/w2a.jpg


has to be fake...how did he get his hands through the sleeves of that shirt...impossible

[PanterA]

he must drop giant logs.

[Furtherman]

has to be fake...how did he get his hands through the sleeves of that shirt...impossible

He's been wearing the same shirt since he woke up one day and HIS ARMS WERE TREES!

[PanterA]

he got really nervous when his job laid him off because he thought they said that he was termited.... ugh what a long way to go for a bad joke.

i also heard that when he was a kid and was bad, his mom would make him pick a switch off himself to get a whipping with.

[PanterA]

his favorite athlete is Tiger Woods.
his favorite singer is Justin Timberlake.
and his favorite noble prize winner is Al Gore, just for making the world a greener place.

[Furtherman]

He sent his resume to the bank to see if there were any branch openings.
It was written on loose leaf.

[Servo]

I don't arbor any ill feelings toward the guy...

[RAAMONE]

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/graphics/2007/11/12/w3a.jpg




this picture makes me itchy

[FUNKMAN]

hope the doctor who works on him doesn't pull a hatchet job...

[Chigworthy]

So, is he getting any help forest condition?

[cougarjake13]

has to be fake...how did he get his hands through the sleeves of that shirt...impossible

maybe its has zippers or buttons

[Furtherman]

Update!

The 'Tree Man of Java’ is hoping to get married after doctors performed four major operations to hack away the bark-like tissue sprouting from his hands and feet. (http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2008/04/11/wtreeman111.xml&CMP=ILC-mostviewedbox)

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/graphics/2008/04/10/wtreeman3.jpg

[marky2bucks]

He must be releafed

[topless_mike]

am i the only one that wishes i could go there, put on a pair of latex gloves, and touch / pick at those things?
like, i'm having this adreneline rush when i see those pics. i want to touch them badly.

[DolaMight]

Fuck tree man, The elephant man is takin over the heavyweight tumor belt.

I'm only shocked that O&A haven't found it yet. They have google alerts on "massive tumor"

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[Drunky McBetidont]

jabba the hut. holy shit that sucks for him. :(

[furie]

Robot rebellions, zombie holocosts, planet of the apes, and now the trees are trying to infect us.
I tell ya, it's tough being the dominan species on the planet. everyone's tryin to take us down...

[Willmore]

Diiiiiferent!!!

[Furtherman]

An Indonesian fisherman whose life was ruined by tree-like warts that sprouted from his hands and feet has returned from hospital after six kilograms (13 pounds) of warts were surgically removed from his body, a doctor said. (http://news.uk.msn.com/odd-news/Article.aspx?cp-documentid=9338458)

http://estb.msn.com/i/8F/75A728AF80ACE3C57AB571518EF259.jpg

"I think that I shall never see a poem lovely as a..... wait fuck that!!!"

[Furtherman]

Tree Man - Cured! (http://www.news.com.au/dailytelegraph/story/0,22049,24434671-5006003,00.html)

http://www.news.com.au/common/imagedata/0,,6279638,00.jpg

[RAAMONE]

you are really following up with this tree man story

i think you really care

[SatCam]

Tree Man - Cured! (http://www.news.com.au/dailytelegraph/story/0,22049,24434671-5006003,00.html)

http://www.news.com.au/common/imagedata/0,,6279638,00.jpg

probably the worst thing he could've done for his fame

[torker]

Mmmmmmm.....
Maple Cured Tree Man
http://images.funadvice.com/photo/image/old/4521/tiny/homer_drooling.gif

[FUNKMAN]

Treeman, come together with your hands
Save me, on together with your plans
Save me, yeah
Save
Oh

All my friends are Indians
(All my friends are brown and red)
Treeman
And all my friends are skeletons
(They beat the rhythm with their bones)
Treeman

[torker]

I knew this thread would bring FMan out of the woodwork.

[FUNKMAN]

I knew this thread would bring FMan out of the woodwork.

yes i was board...

[Furtherman]

Tree Man! Meet your nemesis, Coral Man!

New tree man: coral man has 'shells' cut from his body (http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/howaboutthat/6214323/New-tree-man-coral-man-has-shells-cut-from-his-body.html)

http://i.telegraph.co.uk/telegraph/multimedia/archive/01485/c1_1485846c.jpg

Horrified Lin became a hermit, hiding at the family home and shunned by friends and neighbours who dubbed him Coral Boy.

His experience closely resembles that of Dede Koswara, the "tree man" of Indonesia whose skin condition was first highlighted by Telegraph.co.uk.

"Gradually my shell became thicker and thicker and I could no longer bend my arms or my legs. It was very frightening," Lin said.

"If I had to go out I wrapped myself up in blankets because people would scream when they saw me," he added.

We gotta get these two to fight!

[topless_mike]

http://i.telegraph.co.uk/telegraph/multimedia/archive/01485/c1_1485846c.jpg



We gotta get these two to fight!

i wonder what would happen if he threw a right hook and connected? would shit break off?

[SatCam]

Tree Man! Meet your nemesis, Coral Man!

New tree man: coral man has 'shells' cut from his body (http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/howaboutthat/6214323/New-tree-man-coral-man-has-shells-cut-from-his-body.html)

http://i.telegraph.co.uk/telegraph/multimedia/archive/01485/c1_1485846c.jpg



We gotta get these two to fight!

Having a tropical reef for fingers is no excuse for those shorts