Trolls

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The Troll is a fearsome member of a mythical anthropomorph race from Scandinavia, mostly Norway. Their role ranges from fiendish giants – similar to the ogres of England – to a devious, more human-like folk of the wilderness, living underground, in hills, caves, or mounds depending on the type of troll (forest or mountain).

The forest type sometimes likes to hide or hibernate in deep springs or rivers. The mountain troll mostly likes to house in mounds or hills. In Orkney and Shetland tales, trolls are called trows, adopted from the Norse language when these islands were settled by Vikings.

Trolls were most famously sighted in Imjarvi, Finland, 1970, by farmer Esko Viljo and forester Aarno Heinonen when they were skiing when they encountered a strange reddish mist. The men saw a flying saucer emerge from the fog and emit a blindingly bright beam of light before they lost consciousness and awoke on the mountainside. The later recalled seeing a "troll-like being." Both men later required medical treatment for sunburn -- and doctors believed they'd been exposed to radiation. Heinonen later recalled having been in a strange room surrounded by aliens. The trolls told him that a device had been planted inside his head to facilitate future contact.