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Anonymous
>>401622
That's not just torture, it's actually a method of execution.
Bamboo has a strange life cycle where it may lay dormant for years, waiting for the right conditions, then grow to reach full height in a couple of months.
The biggest growth spurt occurs when the bamboo shoot is just breaking out of the ground. This usually happens during the spring rain season (hence the weather condition in OP's pic). When this occurs, the nutrient rich bamboo shoot can steadily grow several feet over a span of just 24 hours.
Now here's the tricky/sick part. Before the executioners leave the victim, they will often tell her that she can either keep her honor and be impaled by the bamboo, or go easy on herself and maybe someone will come along in a couple of days to save her.
The reason why this is a trick is because while the bamboo shoot is fairly hard, angular, and often sharp, it's really only enough to cause significant discomfort, but can't actually impale someone by sheer growth (sliced mature bamboo is very different). And Bamboo does have a tendency, like all plants, to grow around a steady obstruction.
But if she does "go easy on herself," and let the bamboo enter her body, it will continue to grow into her until the pressure ruptures her insides.
But even if she does survive the bamboo, hypothermia or wild animals (tigers) will most likely kill her anyways.
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