Fertile ground

This one strains credulity in a way that goes above and beyond our normal cryptozoology posts. Let's call it cryptobotany. Doctors in Russia claim to have removed a two-inch fir tree from a man's lungs. The video shows a two-inch fir tree nestled inside a surgical incision.

Mostly likely it's hoaxier than that last Loch Ness Monster sighting, but who knows? Maybe his lungs were moist and fertile. Maybe enough light penetrated his chest to nurture a baby evergreen.

Maybe the hospital was short on funds and really, really needed some free viral publicity.