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Road Trolls

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Stock Image of a Troll road sign What is a Road Troll? To start off, What exactly is a troll? A troll is a creature birthed in tales from Norse mythology and Scandinavian folklore. Their characteristics vary based on different accounts but they do share some distinct features. Trolls are said to be giant, monstrous beings, who sometimes have the power to control magic. Some sources claim that their appearances very ugly and grotesque looking, usually with warts and a green skin tone while others say that they look and behave exactly like human beings, with no particularly grotesque characteristics about them. All trolls are said to usually be Hostile to men, and also connected to landmarks which the "haunt", killing trespassers and other people at night. Their haunting of landmarks and leaving at night is also backed by claims that if they are exposed to sunlight they burst or turn into stone. Over the years, the depiction of trolls has changed drastically and in more ...

The Massive Primate, Bigfoot

Bigfoot is one of the more well known urban legends that I'm sure lots of you must have heard about at some point or the other. The legend states that Bigfoot is a large, primate-like creature that walks in an upright position like humans standing at about 7-9 feet tall and there are assumed to be more than one in existence. They are described to be very muscular and covered in black or dark coloured hair. Most importantly, as the name suggests they leave massive footprints which are said to be as large as 24 inches in length and 8 inches in width. These creatures are primarily spotted in North America and are also known by the name "Sasquatch" While there are traces of wild man-like creatures from earlier times it never really formed into the bigfoot legend that we know until around the 1950s. This is because, In 1958, a journalist named Andrew Genzoli highlighted a letter from a reader stating that loggers in California had found mysteriously large footprints in the wo...