The claw marks are from a bear climbing to the top of this beech tree to get the beechnuts.
The claw marks are from a bear climbing to the top of this beech tree to get the beechnuts.


The claw marks are from a bear climbing to the top of this beech tree to get the beechnuts.
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Are you sure that is not early stages of Beech Bark Disease?
https://c8.alamy.com/comp/C7KWNB/beech-bark-disease-on-american-beech-tree-fagus-grandifolia-in-the-C7KWNB.jpg
If you look carefully, you can see the set of claw marks in a regular pattern all the way up the tree.