Dede, aka “Tree Man“, is an Indonesian fisherman who has been slowly changing from a human into a tree… or at least that is what it appears.
After cutting his knee as a teenager, Dede began to grow tree like warts that have baffled local doctors and medical experts for over 20 years.
His condition has become so bad that he can no longer carry out even simple household tasks. He lost his job and his wife left him to raise their two children in poverty.
For a while he worked in a freak show as the “Tree Man” to try to make ends meet.
Although he gets some support from his extended family, he’s the subject of ridicule and abuse in his village.
An American doctor has finally determined that the cause of his problem is the Human Papilloma Virus (HPV) combined with a genetic condition that impedes his immune system, allowing the warts to grow unchecked.
 
On April 4, 2008, Dede received surgery in which medics cut off over 4 pounds of warts from his body. Although not completely healed, he can see the outline of his fingers and toes for the first time in over a decade.
Dede has two more operations to go through but is already excited to begin his new life.
“What I really want first is to get better and find a job. But then, one day, who knows? I might meet a girl and get married.”
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We didn’t break free from that pantsy country England by voting! We did it by throwing their stinking’ tea in our American Harbour and why? Because Americans don’t like tea. We like coffee. And Americans don’t like wine. We like beer. Ice cold. Ice-cold-best-in-a-bottle-but-fine-any-way-you-can-get-it-belching. It would make a great movie! Better than that damn Columbus. America was already there, it would take a genius to invent a toilet bowl! wake-up-in-a-pool-of-it-next-day-beer!
Actually DD, American smugglers threw Indian tea for Americans (who liked tea a lot), into the harbour. They did this because it was exempt of taxes and therefore cheaper than their own smuggled tea. The only non-colonial part of this was the decision to waive the tea tax.
Incidentally there is good evidence that without tea, the early US cities would have been wiped out by disease. Tea has the benefit of anti septic qualities that mean that it is safe to drink when the water it is made from is not. That is why the first cities not to be subject to periodic wipe outs due to disease were in the China and Britain. Before tea people would rely on ale but this is not ideal for productivity!
dude.. Americans like watered down, piss warm beer! that costs under 2 dollars… iv tasted your shit before man…. im glad im Canadian! our beer has a higher quality, rich velvety taste that slides down a man’s throat with ease.. yours however does not
is canada even a country?
UH, DD, what does that have to do with this story?
Trish:
Don’t try to make much sense out of Duckie. He seems to be rehearsing here for his soon to be released blog “The Web-foot Monologues”.
I second Ron Shroff: this is old news. It is still gross, though.
What is all that bark like tissue? Is it supposed to be dead or living? If dead, why it doesn’t simply fall off, like a scab? If alive, are they more like skin tumor-like growths?
Would they be contagious at contact? I would guess they are, but I see interviewers touching the stuff.
I wouldn’t get close to him, much less knowing that the desease is HPV related!
HPV is generally sexually transmitted. Most people don’t know they have it, and usually isn’t all over the body like his. His HPV was made worse from the immune deficiency he was born with.
There are more than 100 types of HPV; only a few can be transmitted sexually. HPV is aquired by children (who, incidentally, have not had sex) more often than adults and can manifest itself as one of a multitude of types of different warts that usually go away on their own. “generally sexually transmitted” is incorrect.
this was news about a year ago
Um actually he just went through the surgery so it kind of makes it new again.
really?
How did he put on his clothes?
That a good question
what the deal with this guy
this is the tree man
whoo hoo!
it seems like a parasite kinda to the body
Damn. I’d have comitted suicide long ago had something like that happened to me. It must be tough. Really feel sorry for that guy.
OMG!!! this is too bad. Hope they find a cure for him.
This disease is sexually transmitted, and this guy wants to get married. what a horndog
The way he got this was through a cut on his knee, not having sex. It’s not his fault he has this, so does that mean he can never love someone again? Jeez…
he contracted it through his a cut on his knee but they said part of it is because he has HPV which is in fact an STD, he can pass the HPV to someone else but whether or not he can pass on the tree warts is totally different.
Good i cvould hardly see a human being sooner or later he may enjoyed his full kife of not bbeing tease with otherpeople or ashamed. goodluck.
i saw a show about him and in the end he refused help. im guessing he wanted attention in hopes to make more money, but when that failed dreadfully, he went back for the help. dumbass…
his story is very sad… i feel very sorry and sad for him. i really hope he gets better and he can be fixed.
is he real or is this photoshop doing and how does he wear colthes i really want to know
i bet it is no really it is fake to make money for himself
And how does him get dressed?
how do you jerk off
and canada sucks compared to America even if their beer is better you don’t have all the hot women we have so when you get drunk you end up having sex with your male best friend
dis is so nasty
IM SO SORRY TO HEAR AND SEE WHAT HAPPEND TO YOU I HOPPE YOU GUYS&LADIES GET BETTER SOON GOD BLESS YOU AND SORRY ABOUT THE COMMENT BEFORE
Why would he want attention? Like, he is a tree! Its a sad rare condition that got him.
keep your comments about the image you guys, your arguing about politics and history and which countries beer is better get a god damn life
The display of ignorance on this site is mind blowing!!