We went hiking with friends. Suddenly, we discovered this on a tree. We looked at it from different angles, but we still couldn’t figure out what it is. Does anyone know what it is?

It looked wrong. Alien. Wet, red, and pulsing against the forest floor like something that had no business being there. For a moment, we honestly thought it might be alive in a way we didn’t understand. A parasite? A mutant? Some unknown crea… Continues…