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Anyone know of any confirmed findings or theories regarding this tree? I dont think i remember seeing it in my normal playthrough

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This topic has probably been discussed many times over the years since the game's release, but I'm interested on hearing your best theories on the meaning of this grave site.

It is located west of Fort Riggs Holding Camp in Big Valley, WE, up on a small bluff. There's nothing to loot and like most grave sites, when defiled, causes the weather to change.
The grave site appears to be marked with a human skull, some kind of animal horns, and two feathered wings that look like they came from a raptor like an eagle or an owl.

While the Valentine Curse was something that was originally planned to be extended, with hints in the game files, the massacre skin art asset, missing animations that suggest that shopkeepers in Valentine possessed purloined native artifacts that could be examined, and that Valentine is cursed because it was built on a mass grave of Native American massacre victims. As it is, that's not in the game, but parts remain of it, such as NPC townsfolk and shopkeeper talk in Valentine, the friendly Stranger Camper in Cumberland Forest that tells the story of the unseen skin depicting the massacre, and the camp conversation where Karen tells Mary-Beth about what she was told by a woman in town.

My theory as to what this grave represents is the "last remaining Indian" reference by Karen in her story, and she also "says "eagle or an owl and a grave site." The only thing that doesn't make sense to me is that the grave is located in a different state, West Elizabeth significantly far from Valentine.

My apologies for the terrible photo (PS4 screenshot).
Was checking out the Landmarks of Riches map while streaming and noticed the very VERY faintest of outlines on the back of the map, when zoomed it it appears to be very crudely drawn trees and pools of some sort. Not sure if this is intentional design, or merely random texture that was added to the back of the map.
In the top right section there’s what seems to clearly be a pool of some sort, (again, terrible photo even with boosted color), highly recommended looking at it for yourself in game.
I may just be grasping at straws here.

So, a small mystery that I have always thought there may be more to discover is the dead man's camp that may appear south of Hawks Eye Cabin (where Arthur meets Francis Sinclair) towards Lake Owanjila. It becomes noticeable when you see the corpse marker on the game map when in the area. The camp doesn't always appear, but it seems to reoccur occasionally even after it has been investigated and pillaged.

The main distinctive feature is the corpse, which has a significant hole in the center of its gut.

The tent is collapsed and has slashes, like the bloodstained tent on the north side of Mount Shann where the Special Miracle Tonic recipe is found, however, it has no blood stains or trails of blood.
It appears to be a fishing camp; there is a string of dead fish hung up on a line. There are camp supplies to loot, but nothing too valuable.

The body, in my pic is burnt, but I think this is a result of a glitch or changed game physics; it seems to catch fire when Arthur approaches because it is too close to the campfire. Sometimes, it does not burn, and you can find a Vulture eating on it.

It seems to be too elaborate of a scene just to be just a non-sequitur.

Any thoughts or ideas on what this camp is about?