Low spot on the trail. When it rains, mud pit.
Good point actually, that makes a lot of sense.
Oh, that’s a good notion. My thought had been that it’s a place where people often stop so it formed a bypass of sorts.
Found the hiker.
The main path has a puddle there after rain. Source: British.
As another British person, that was the first thing I thought of when I saw the picture and I came here specially to make the same comment you did.
Australian here, same thought.
Uk too my thoughts were this is a regular horse riding route. Horses hate these paths and will move to the side making more
it looks like there could have been metal posts at these spots, maybe a fence to only let pedestrians through, and cyclists started going around
This was my hypothesis as well, but I didn’t detect any position where a gate might have been. I’m quite sure the two spots you indicated are leaves.
if you know the original location, maybe check on street-view / satellite views. Google Earth also has the option to check older footage
I found the exact location for anyone interested: https://maps.app.goo.gl/RtuV3jA3MskYCgvE9
The desire path can be seen on streetview.
very cool! I looked in the city archives, there were building projects in 2011 and 2019 in that area, but there was no documentation about this particular spot, only that the way was too narrow and the surface material not adequate.
https://www.stadt-strausberg.de/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/NSZ-2011-09-Amtsblatt.pdf
wow! way to dig deep!
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Those are just leaves. No local authority would leave twisted metal pole bases ready to slice people’s heels. Surely…
good point! TÜV sagt nein.
I do not think in the mud puddle theory. There is a moat right to the right where rain would drain. There is also no depression for holding any puddle.
I think there is a depression in the treeline and grass and also slightly on the road. I would say that there has been a broken/bend tree/bush laying in the way for over a year and was recently removed. There is no debre left, as the grass was also cut recently by a machine that also could have picked up any leaves.
Could have been tree overgrowth that has since been pruned.
Not once in my life have I seen a tree walk down a path like this
The desire to overtake
…wait this isn’t secretly a minelaying tips community is it?
Maybe shared pedestrian & bike trail? Bikes going around people
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That sounds like it must be a satisfying hobby/quest/occupation.
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If this is in the US I would guess the city put a giant flashing “Share the Road” sign there for a while and everybody had to go around.
Looks like a bike track. Maybe that spot tends to be very muddy after rain, and therefore bikers drive around it?
It looks narrow down further so this would be a natural passing spot
