What's up with this tree?

[rufrdr]

This tree in my woods doesn't look well. What's it got?

 

[Cowboy]

Looks like bug infestation followed by woodpecker. Then it's got some kind of rot.

 

[rufrdr]

guess it is history

 

[Tailhunter]

It got … dead

 

[Burt Gummer]

Looks like a lightning strike scar that started getting soft and got infested with bugs. Which in turn brings the woodpeckers