Nope - this is not a clickbait title, this is a real thing. Near Stavanger on the west coast of Norway there is a rock formation that famously looks like.. well, a Troll's nether-region. Just an hours drive from the centre of Stavanger and a short 2 kilometre hike and there it is, in all its glory. However, there's a problem ... its been cut off! Rumour has it that local farmers have strategically placed dynamite at the base of this thing and have taken it upon themselves to castrate the popular hiking destinations end point.
So to speak.
The story goes that the farmers in the region weren't all to excited about the hiking tourists in the area searching for this thing... quite understandably. So they thought by cutting the thing down - that would put an end to the people in the area, however now that the story has been spread across local media there are more people going to see it than ever. Myself included..
The local community is now raising money to erm, raise it up again. The first attempt was a fail as over 100,000 Norwegian Kronors have been raised for a helicopter to come and lift it up, however it was too heavy so the planning continues.
Brilliant.
It is a public area and hiking there is completely legal - and I recommend it if you're in the area. Just search for "trollpikken" (literally, troll d*ck in Norwegian) and there it is on google maps! The hike itself is beautiful, and I hope you enjoy the pics below!
Here is a before pic when it stood proudly for all to see:
Current pictures from my hike:
And it's present state...
Happy hiking :)
Josh
Youre actually riding a giant cut off troll dick in the last pikk-ture. :)
Haha yeah... sometimes in life you kinda "check in" on where you're at and realise what you're doing is ridiculous. This is one of those moments..
Gotta be the feminist movement out doing there duty
xD
Nice pics! They now have 'raised' 222 000 NOK (https://startskudd.no/prosjekt/trollpikken-skal-gjenreises--reerect-the-rock/8fa34063-5ee2-49b2-a3a8-74c39680fa37) to erect it again. As a Norwegain I had never heard about Trollpikken before it was mutilated...
This is sometimes why art is stolen and "recovered". To increase the value. Fraudly, but effective. It's close to marketing I would say, as the act itself only generates marketing.
My guess is that @joshstinton would never have been sitting on the troll dick if it wasn't mutilated :)
great posts and great pics ! you got my follow :)
Thanks mate!
How could it be cut off? There is no way to fit the equipment
Giant lazer
lol :))
viagara has a warning "If erection lasts more than 4 hours ..."
No one said anything about dynamite!!!!
Hahaha
Its ISIS, castrating the norwegians figuratively.
Ay cool I was reading about this the other day. Some dicks(pun intended)vandalized it! Apparently our government is going to re-erect it asap! Cool pictures too, especially the one looking up the river running down the hill(:
It was such a great place for a hike... and a bit of a laugh as well.. haha yeah I hear so far they've sent a helicopter to lift it up but it was too heavy so the plans continue. So funny
Yeah I can imagine! Do you live here or just visiting? these pictures make me wanna go into the forest so bad, but here I am stuck in an office until friday.
And hahaha that idea sounds very typically short sighted, I mean it's just a huge boulder, who would expect it to be heavy :o :p
I'm visiting now but certainly interested in making the move! Haha yeah so many funny angles to this story... :)
haha, this place cracks me up. They did a slow-tv thing on this - they called it "The raise of the Troll Dick, minute by minute"...true story.
Thank you!!