Cottonwood Tree ?

[Versatile]

Hello, I wtached Jim Zumbo the great hunter while he was in British Columbia. His guide showed him a cottonwood tree at least 3 ft in dia. The tree had a pipe about 3/4 inch in dia. The pipe had a 2 ft stream of water coming out of it.
Surely this was a hoax. I have seen cottonwoods that had a wound and seeped pretty bad so i just had to ask because i was skeptical. Is it just a gag?

 

[Ohiowoodguy]

There was a spring (water, not steel) running up thru the tree.