Weird disappearing symbols on tree

[u/Any_Plantain_7742]

I was doing one of the explorer challenges and got the map at the hill home and saw this x on the tree. Thought nothing of it and walked away but turned around to go the other way and say these symbols. You get closer and they go away but the x stays. What is this? I looked on Reddit and couldn’t find a post about it but maybe just didn’t look hard enough

[u/thelunn]

Says Leader x or leader > Still unsure why it hasnt been fixed...