Octopus tree

One of the many sites at the Cape Meares State Scenic Viewpoint is the unique "Octopus Tree." This is a huge Sitka spruce, with no central trunk, but several outstretched, low-lying branches from 3 to 5 feet in diameter. The tree measures more than 46 feet in circumference. Limbs extend horizontally from the base is much is 16 feet before turning up would as much as 125 feet in the year. The tree is estimated to be 250 to 300 years old. According to legend, in the in shape. The branches. When the spruce was young to create a sacred burial tree that could hold up in those of their deceased cheats.