[greeneyes]

I remember reading somewhere also that the Fusion Gps Gang had some sort of secure network they were using in their little plot.

What was the fictional story involving a person falling asleep and winding up with tree roots curled all around them?

This swamp reminds me of that.

[No_Doll_i]

I think that was Apache they were using if I remember correctly.

[philman_36]

What was the fictional story involving a person falling asleep and winding up with tree roots curled all around them?
The Sleep of One Hundred YearsSeeds, blown by the winds and brought by the birds, dropped around him, took root and grew into shrubs, and soon a thick hedge surrounded him and screened him from all who passed. A date that had fallen from his basket, took root also, and in time there rose a beautiful palm tree which cast a shade over the sleeping figure.
And thus a hundred years rolled by.
Snip... He looked around and was more puzzled than ever. When he had fallen asleep the hill had been bare of vegetation. Now it was covered with carob trees.

Close as I could get.

[Axenolith]

Ohr (sp?) got a Ham license to facilitate comm...

[TEXOKIE]

What was the fictional story involving a person falling asleep and winding up with tree roots curled all around them?
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Another “long sleep” story comes to mind as well: Rip Van Winkle

https://duckduckgo.com/?q=Rip+Van+Winkle&bext=safari&ia=web

I have a suspicion that Washington Irving used some of the older folk tales to write his story. The summary of it in Wikipedia does not cite tree roots curled around him.