The Man-Eating Tree Of Madgascar Sounds Terrifying

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We've all seen man-eating plants in cartoons and movies. Who could forget "Little Shop of Horrors"? But what if those stories were based on something more than a venus fly trap? What if those stories were real?


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  1. AnonymousMonday, March 9, 2015 at 6:01:00 PM PDT

    BOOM

    Chick

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    1. AnonymousMonday, March 9, 2015 at 8:01:00 PM PDT

      Hi chick

      Here's a carnivorous plant for your garden

      http://www.naturephoto-cz.com/west-australian-pitcher-plant-photo-6802.html

      MMC

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    2. AnonymousMonday, March 9, 2015 at 8:15:00 PM PDT

      Mouse eating plant

      http://amazingnotes.com/2012/12/01/this-carnivorous-plant-eats-a-mouse/

      MMC

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    3. AnonymousMonday, March 9, 2015 at 8:35:00 PM PDT

      Sheep killing plant

      http://m.bbc.com/news/uk-england-surrey-22967160

      MMC

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    4. AnonymousMonday, March 9, 2015 at 11:11:00 PM PDT

      Hi MMC! I have to confess I skipped straight to sheep killing plant and looked that one up first. Thats a really evil
      plant. I wonder what would happen if I planted that in the front yard. What would be stuck to it in the morning?
      The first one was pretty. But if you keep looking you realize its in a body snatcher sort of way.

      You find some really good stuff on your web searches, thanks for sharing ;) Hope you are well!

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  2. TamikaMonday, March 9, 2015 at 6:30:00 PM PDT

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    1. AnonymousMonday, March 9, 2015 at 7:09:00 PM PDT

      make sure you stick to the path when walking through the woods..ya` hear ?

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      Tamika is just a low life spamming people. Tamika's link above is spam to sell something, don't go there.

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  4. JimJaniMonday, March 9, 2015 at 7:49:00 PM PDT

    I expect there will be a few morons that will believe this ludicrous tale...however

    Though the story is colorful, research has shown the Liche's recitation was completely fabricated. There was no killer tree that grew in Madagascar, no Mkodo tribe, and apparently Carl Liche himself never really existed.

    http://www.unmuseum.org/maneatp.htm

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  5. DoverMonday, March 9, 2015 at 9:08:00 PM PDT

    @JimJani. I have doubts the story is true, it seems a bit incredible and there are no known examples of it, but going to your link and others I looked at, it doesn't provide evidence it was faked beyond saying it was fabricated. The original story occurred in 1881. The source claiming it was fake comes from a man who wrote a book in 1955.

    The following is copied from an article:

    "The story was backed up 43 years later by Chase Osborn, the former governor of Michigan. In a book he authored called Madagascar, Land of the Man-eating Tree, he stated that all the tribes on Madagascar and missionaries that visited the island knew about the Madagascar Tree and hid information about the location of it. However, in 1955, German-American science author Willy Ley determined in his book, Salamanders and other Wonders, that the Mkodo tribe, the Madagascar tree and even Carl Liche were either hoaxes or fabrications."

    http://monster.wikia.com/wiki/Man-Eating_Tree

    Now, maybe he lays out good reasons to say its false in his book, but I can't find anything regarding those reasons. Then you have a former governor of the state of Michigan who vouches for their existence. Did he also make it up? Maybe he did, but saying it was fabricated, as far as I'm able to find, is based on one person saying it was without any explanation other than his word. I'd like to see how he arrived at that.


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    1. DoverMonday, March 9, 2015 at 10:15:00 PM PDT

      Here's a link to an article that explains how Willy Ley reached his conclusion that the article was a hoax in his 1955 book.

      http://hoaxes.org/archive/permalink/man_eating_tree_of_madagascar

      The article notes that Willy Ley made a few erroneous conclusions in his assessments. He never went to Madagascar either. But the article notes several others who went there searching for the man eating tree and found that all the tribes knew about the trees but their location was guarded by those who knew the location because they were objects of worship.

      Of course this could still all be a myth, but it's definitely was part of their culture. It's best to look into unsubstantiated statements.

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    2. AnonymousMonday, March 9, 2015 at 11:17:00 PM PDT

      Thanks for the article D Dover! I enjoyed reading it.

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    3. DoverMonday, March 9, 2015 at 11:50:00 PM PDT

      You're welcome CHICK.

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