Man Wakes Up To Ring Of Withered Trees Around Cabin, Then He Learns Why

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Feeling slightly confused, he set his mug aside, staring through the kitchen window. Only yesterday, the trees around his cabin were healthy and full of green leaves.

But now, a circle of bare, withered trunks stood around him, leaves were gone, and bark had faded into a sad, colourless hue. “What the hell happened here?”