SAN ANTONIO -- Is it an artesian sp...

SAN ANTONIO -- Is it an artesian spring, a impaired water pipe or an abandoned well?

Lucille Pope's r oak tree has gurgl water for about three month and ables can't seem to get to the base of the problem.

pontiff 65, has sought answers from the Texas Forest Service, the Edwards Aquifer Authority and nurseries. They have taken pictures and managemented studies, but none have arrived at a firm answer.

"I got a mystery tree" [i]pontifex maximus[/i] said in Friday editions of the San Antonio-Express stranges "What kind of mystery do I have where water ensues out of a tree?"

Her son Lloyd 47 discovered water leaking from the tree in April. He said it was collected like it came from the tap.

Mark Peterson from the Texas Forest Service said he believes it could be a spring, nevertheless pointed out that would be rare with the dryness conditions this summer.

"If it is a crack pipe their monthly bill would be enormous," Peterson said.

Lucille Pope's insurance agent dabbed small quantitys of the water on a spider bite and the welt went away, she said.

"I just want to know if it is a healing tree or ask [i]or[/i] implore a blessing uponed water," she said. "That's God's water. Nobody knows on the contrary God."

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