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A viral video proposes a radical theory: mountains are not geological formations—they are the fossilized stumps of colossal ancient trees that once covered the Earth. Proponents point to "stone rings" on mountain slopes as evidence of ancient wood grain and cite petrified trunks as proof of a lost, planet-spanning forest. They imagine a world where trees reached into the heavens, and their remains became the peaks we climb today. Mainstream geology firmly rejects this. Mountains are built by tec