[Mogger]

But then again, the trees that grow here that are native are probably more resistant to that sort of things.

Happens all the time in northern NH, VT and ME, PQ, etc.

I've heard it in maple, birch and beech trees.

Not so much, if at all in soft wood trees.

[metmom]

Interesting.

We have lots of wood on our property. I’ve never noticed it.

My initial thought about the explosion in the article was that it was a meteorite.