Water has been flowing from a "mystery tree" in San Antonio, Texas, for about three months, despite drought conditions this summer. The water is cool and there is growing evidence that it has healing properties.
The water, described as "God's water" by Mrs Lucille Pope, spurts from the bark of a red oak tree in her garden. "What kind of mystery do I have where water comes out of a tree?"
The water-tree was discovered by Mrs Pope's son Lloyd and has now been investigated by the Texas Forest Service, local nurseries and the Edwards Aquifer Authority. So far, no one has come up with a satisfactory explanation as to why a red oak would have water spouting from its trunk in a dry period.
Mrs Pope says she just wants to know whether "it is a healing tree or blessed water". "That's God's water. Nobody knows but God," she says. She remembers that a visitor dabbed a few drops of the water on a spider bite and the swelling disappeared. She is beginning to believe that the "mystery tree" is, indeed, special and that the water has healing properties.
(Sources: Associated Press, CNN, USA) September 2006
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