Video report on cow-eating tree

Last week, I posted the cryptobotanical tale of a tree that's allegedly eating cows in Uppinangady, Mangalor, India. Over at Cryptomundo, Loren Coleman found a TV Daijiworld report from the village, including interviews with witnesses, footage of the tree (now chopped), and an introduction to one of the victims. I especially dig the 70s porn soundtrack that segues into a rip-off of the X-Files theme. Link

Previously on BB:
• Tale of the tree that ate cows Link
• Virtual museum of carnivorous plants Link
• Plant eats mouse Link

[#1 posted by chappai , October 28, 2007 2:09 PM]

The interesting music for the first two cues in the story come from British sci-fi series created by Gerry Andersen.

The first cue is the main title from the series UFO. The second cue is the main title from Space: 1999. Both pieces were originally composed by Barry Grey who scored most of Andersen's work.

No idea who performed these pieces.

[#2 posted by Matt Staggs , October 28, 2007 2:26 PM]

Seems like one Mr. Schulz published some work pertaining to a kite-eating tree...could be related.

The truth is out there - and it keeps moving the damn football.

[#3 posted by Gamma , October 28, 2007 2:28 PM]

Cow gets tail caught in tree. Seven minutes of details at 7.

[#4 posted by David Pescovitz , October 28, 2007 3:04 PM]

@Gamma (#3)... My thought exactly. But I prefer to imagine something like what's depicted here.

[#5 posted by Flying Squid , October 28, 2007 3:25 PM]

Cows don't eat trees, they eat grass.

[#6 posted by I Am Dali , October 28, 2007 3:50 PM]

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[#7 posted by Christovir , October 28, 2007 4:36 PM]

@#5 Cows do eat grass of course, but they will readily eat tree leaves and sometimes tree bark. Not to be pedantic or anything...

[#8 posted by Barbara Doduk , October 28, 2007 5:18 PM]

what don't people report? holy cow.

[#9 posted by Mark Temporis , October 28, 2007 5:20 PM]

I am fairly sure the X-Files like music is from the remixed long version of the X-Files theme from Mark Snow's "The Truth and the Light".

[#10 posted by Gamma , October 28, 2007 5:48 PM]

David, that wiki link reminds me that I need to re-read Stanley G. Weinbaum's science fiction stories. They were so much fun before NASA spoiled everything with their damn probes.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parasite_Planet

[#11 posted by David Pescovitz , October 28, 2007 9:24 PM]

@Gamma (#10), Looks fun!

[#12 posted by Perla , October 29, 2007 2:00 AM]

I see treehugging in a different light.... perhaps I should try it.

[#13 posted by Landowner , October 29, 2007 10:31 AM]

I thought it would at least be a big scary tree like in Wizard of Oz. A sapling tried to eat a cow? I guess you have to have faith.