eley Posted July 2, 2013 #1 Share Posted July 2, 2013 And no i dont mean internet ones.. i mean the big green ones that are supposed to be under bridges Has there ever been a shred of evidence for them or are they all just myth and hear say 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gary Meadows Posted July 2, 2013 #2 Share Posted July 2, 2013 Only myth and imagination. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grc Posted July 2, 2013 #3 Share Posted July 2, 2013 Only on the internet, in video games and some old tales maybe. They are not real. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lilly Posted July 2, 2013 #4 Share Posted July 2, 2013 Under the bridge trolls, nope. Internet trolls, yep (we see them all the time). 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rafterman Posted July 2, 2013 #5 Share Posted July 2, 2013 I would guess that the origin of the troll under the bridge was a story for parents to tell their kids to keep them from playing in a dangerous place. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eley Posted July 2, 2013 Author #6 Share Posted July 2, 2013 althought on a serious note i remember there was a few years back a case of a `goblin/ gnombe/ troll` whatever that appeared remember this did anything come of this http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/902014/Creepy-Gnome-terrorises-town-in-General-Guemes-Salta-Argentina.html (should be a video there) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ReaperS_ParadoX Posted July 2, 2013 #7 Share Posted July 2, 2013 Remember this 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BiffSplitkins Posted July 2, 2013 #8 Share Posted July 2, 2013 Hopefully this answers your question.... 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xzenox Posted July 2, 2013 #9 Share Posted July 2, 2013 And no i dont mean internet ones.. i mean the big green ones that are supposed to be under bridges Has there ever been a shred of evidence for them or are they all just myth and hear say Yeah come meet my sister. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
timelord Posted July 2, 2013 #10 Share Posted July 2, 2013 I saw an old guy but I don't think hes a troll 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Q-C Posted July 2, 2013 #11 Share Posted July 2, 2013 And no i dont mean internet ones.. i mean the big green ones that are supposed to be under bridges Has there ever been a shred of evidence for them or are they all just myth and hear say May I ask why you ask? You must think there is a possibility. Why trolls? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rashore Posted July 2, 2013 #12 Share Posted July 2, 2013 And no i dont mean internet ones.. i mean the big green ones that are supposed to be under bridges Has there ever been a shred of evidence for them or are they all just myth and hear say Wee folk trolls? Not too sure about that. But there have been some pretty trollish humans that have lived under bridges. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Insanity Posted July 2, 2013 #13 Share Posted July 2, 2013 I think the living under bridges stems from the fairy tale The Three Billy Goats Gruff and not from Norse or Scandinavian folklore. In Scandinavian folklore they were beings or people that lived away from usual human habitation, were not Christianized and considered dangerous. Depending on the region, their description may be ugly giants, slow-witted and dumb to being almost exactly like people in appearance and behavior, even having a social organization. Some folklore say they can't tolerate sunlight and some even say they will turn to stone in sunlight. There is a Norwegian film by the title Trollhunter or Trolljegeren that does a fairly good job at depicting the trolls in it with how they were described in folklore. There is one scene where a goat is placed on a bridge as bait for a troll, and nod to the Billy Goats Gruff. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
supervike Posted July 2, 2013 #14 Share Posted July 2, 2013 Internet trolls, yep (we see them all the time). That's completely untrue, and I don't like the font you used. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ReaperS_ParadoX Posted July 2, 2013 #15 Share Posted July 2, 2013 This scene Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Insanity Posted July 2, 2013 #16 Share Posted July 2, 2013 That is indeed the scene. Never get too close to a troll. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LostSouls7 Posted July 2, 2013 #17 Share Posted July 2, 2013 And no i dont mean internet ones.. i mean the big green ones that are supposed to be under bridges Has there ever been a shred of evidence for them or are they all just myth and hear say Yes they do.. they make you pay to pass the bridge.... Where do you think they got the phrase Bridge Toll? They just took out the R and put a human troll there in it's place... But Trolls used to protect bridges and you had to pay the troll. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DBunker Posted July 3, 2013 #18 Share Posted July 3, 2013 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ReaperS_ParadoX Posted July 3, 2013 #19 Share Posted July 3, 2013 Yes they do.. they make you pay to pass the bridge.... Where do you think they got the phrase Bridge Toll? They just took out the R and put a human troll there in it's place... But Trolls used to protect bridges and you had to pay the troll. throw the money at it, thing looks mean as hell Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
supervike Posted July 5, 2013 #20 Share Posted July 5, 2013 That's HD? Hmmm. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pallidin Posted July 5, 2013 #21 Share Posted July 5, 2013 I see trolls every time I start to cross a "toll bridge" or toll highway. I would not be surprised if the modern term "toll" is somehow related to the ancient term "troll" 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lava_Lady Posted July 5, 2013 #22 Share Posted July 5, 2013 althought on a serious note i remember there was a few years back a case of a `goblin/ gnombe/ troll` whatever that appeared remember this did anything come of this http://www.thesun.co...-Argentina.html (should be a video there) Never trust teenagers. That was probably some poor little person just taking a sideways walk in the moonlit night with his favorite conical gnome hat on. I loved hearing the child like scream of one those teens... LMAO!!!!! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dragonwind Posted July 16, 2013 #23 Share Posted July 16, 2013 Neanderthals. They wouldn't let humans into eurasia without a genetic toll... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Columbo Posted July 18, 2013 #24 Share Posted July 18, 2013 I would guess that the origin of the troll under the bridge was a story for parents to tell their kids to keep them from playing in a dangerous place. I would guess that the origin of the troll under the bridge was a story for parents to tell their kids to keep them from playing in a dangerous place. Same idea as the boogeyman? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Columbo Posted July 18, 2013 #25 Share Posted July 18, 2013 (edited) Why are we so quick to dismiss something we have not seen or experienced ourselves? Why can't they be real somewhere? Are we so vain to think we are the only ones here? Edited July 18, 2013 by Columbo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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