org mode weirdness

#+BEGIN_EXAMPLE
 |           /¯¯¯¯\
 |          /      \
 |----------        |
 |          \      /
 |           \____/
#+END_EXAMPLE

Go to the end of the first line of the picture and hit return, it turns into


#+BEGIN_EXAMPLE
 | /¯¯¯¯\   |
 | /      \ |
 |----------|
 | \      / |
 | \____/   |
#+END_EXAMPLE