‘Ecosexual’ woman gets sappy over oak tree

A B.C. woman who has felt lonely for much of her life has found herself in a fulfilling new relationship — with a tree.

Sonja Semyonova, 45, said that the feelings she experiences with the oak tree are what she has always sought in a human.

“I had been craving that rush of erotic energy that comes when you meet a new partner and that is not sustainable,” she said, according to the Daily Mail.

“The presence I feel with the tree is what I’m looking for but that’s a fantasy with a person,” Semyonova said, “the feeling of being tiny and supported by something so solid, the feeling of not being able to fall.”

The self-intimacy guide moved to Vancouver Island in the winter of 2020 and would go on daily walks during lockdown.

But out of all the trees near her home, one large oak caught her attention and she began having “erotic” experiences the following summer.

“I was walking a path near the tree five days a week for the whole winter,” she said. “I noticed a connection with the tree.

“I would lie against it. There was an eroticism with something so big and so old holding my back.”

The self-described “ecosexual” clarified that she didn’t engage in any physical acts with the tree, and said that the emotions nature stirs up within her aren’t the same as human sexuality.