City Pages: I can't stop staring at this forest shaped like Minnesota

[geardaddy]

http://blogs.citypages.com/blotter/2014/03/forest_shaped_minnesota_photo.php



A forest shaped exactly like Minnesota has been discovered in Williams, Minnesota.

An eagle-eyed Redditor spotted the familiar shaped cluster of trees on Google maps and posted a screen shot of his find.

Although at first there was some speculation that it was photoshopped, that was put to rest with the posting of the location, which is near Faunce Forest Rd SW in Williams, six hours to our north near the border.

How did this happen? So far, the best theory is that this was some logger's idea of a practical joke. If you know more, let us know in the comments.

UPDATE: Ask and ye shall receive! A commenter offers more information about the Minnesota-shaped forest:

How it happened at link:

[scarletwoman]

1. Interesting. And I learned a few new things about MN forestry management to boot.

Some really weird comments on that page, though.

[Jenoch]

2. There certainly were many comments made out of ignorance.