According to the following video, most of the mountains on Earth, especially the Mesas, were once giant trees that were cut or destroyed before they turned into stone.
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How did the so called Devil's Tower in Wyoming look in the past, and how did it form?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Devils_Tower
If it once was a giant tree, was it cut, how was it cut, and who cut it?
How did the petrification happen?