THE SIREN TREE

This encounter happen a good 30+ years ago. It was in a state where deforestation or mining was occurring. My mother believes it was somewhere in Michigan. The family stopped at a gas station to get food and gas. One of them noticed a very strange tree behind the station. My grandfather asked the owner, "What kind of tree is it ?" The owner didn't reply but instead got a dead chicken . He threw the yard bird at it and the trunk open up to reveal a very large mouth in the center. It was filled with sharp teeth like thorns. Then the owner said'" It's a meat eating tree!" He told my grandpa that he found it where the vast numbers of trees where pulled from the ground. It was the only thing growing in the area. He pulled it and planted behind the station. It was small at first. Then it suddenly grew pretty fast. One day, he found out why it was growing so fast. He told the family to get so chairs and watch the tree. They watched and watched and suddenly it opened it's mouth. Chirping sounds started coming from within it and several birds landed inside its mouth. It snapped shut and chewed the helpless birds. My grandfather told the owner that the tree could kill somebody! But the owner told him that’s why he has a fence and warnings around it. They all left and return days later. They found the owner upset and told them what happen. One morning, he found his dog missing. The dog was on the opposite side of the station, away from the tree. His chain was pulled into the earth but, no sign of the dog in the ground. He concluded that the tree used its' roots to seek and catch the dog while it sleep. It also appears that the tree is learning new vocal sounds to catch new prey. The owner said two scientist were coming to take some samples of it. But he didn't know if he could wait that long. If the tree starts to make human like sounds, he would destroy it before it could eat anybody. The family left before the fate of the tree was known.