Just kidding. Photo shop is fun, though. I thought the guess about snow was pretty good, too.
On a sad note, I also remember hearing stories about the root ball tipping back into the hole when the trunk was cut trapping people. I think someone died around here when that happened. Unless someone was warned of that kind of thing, they'd problably never even think about it until it happened.
Nice looking woods, you have there. I have no beech or birch. All oak and cherry with a few maple.