They’re appearing now. Relatively few people have seen them in the wild, fewer know much about them, and they’re experiencing new problems.
\Mysterious ghost pipes (aka Indian pipes or corpse plants) such as these are the subject of my monthly column in the current edition of the award-winning Ellsworth American newspaper. The myths and Cherokee people’s legend about them also are discussed there. Click on the image to enlarge it. To read the column, use this link: https://www.5backroad.com/montly-column