[Twinkie]

Is this tree REAL? Too many tree trunks! Suspicious.

[deks]

Yes. It’s known as a Banyan tree. Those are actually aerial roots.

[JoeProBono]

Older banyan trees are characterized by their aerial prop roots that grow into thick woody trunks which, with age, can become indistinguishable from the main trunk. Old trees can spread out laterally, using these prop roots to cover a wide area. In some species the effect is for the props to develop into a sort of forest covering a considerable area, every trunk connected directly or indirectly to the central trunk. The topology of this structure of interconnection inspired the name of the hierarchical computer network operating system Banyan VINES.

[V_TWIN]

Why yes it is a real tree, KW is also home to some very small deer:

https://www.google.com/search?q=key+deer&biw=1430&bih=880&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiVwPDNkNXMAhUJbD4KHcy_AkYQ_AUIBigB&dpr=1#imgrc=GxqogaarcmhmWM%3A

[N. Theknow]

Is this tree REAL? Too many tree trunks! Suspicious.

The Banyan tree thrives in sandy, poor soil such as we have in abundance in Florida. To support its limbs, it puts out tendrils which eventually reach the ground and then take "root" and become supports for the limbs. Thus you have older Banyan trees that look like the one in which the woman was caught.

Should you attempt to climb one and lose your footing, you can fall and become trapped in the many tendrils/supports of the tree.

[Ellendra]

Yes it’s real. And those aren’t trunks. This type of tree grows aerial prop roots: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Banyan