The Elves of Iceland | Explorer

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many a culture is home to a mythical
beast an elusive creature that thrives
in the imagination if not verifiable
reality the Scots have Nessie
monstrously hiding in its Highland Lock
Nepal has the abominably unverified Yeti
even New Jersey has its own devil
roaming the Pine Barrens hell-bent on
scaring the bejesus out of unsuspecting
campers and here in majestic Iceland
there aren’t the elves don’t want to
cross especially if you happen to be in
two sub Arctic tunnel construction the
look of a journalist trying to remain
open-minded surely the government body
overseeing Iceland’s infrastructure
projects can’t take all of this alpha Sh
seriously as a government policy or
possibly government custom to take into
account potential elf habitation when
putting in roads and that sort of thing
we are not going to look at a line for a
road don’t think maybe their heirs they
were they were there it’s it’s more like
if something comes up and come up it has
in 2013 the government allowed a new
road to be delayed by apparently
invisible elves inside one giant rock
after the elves gave permission yeah I
mean our lady who told us that this was
probably a chapel and they were Alps
living there she said belief in unseen
Rock dwelling elves has been around
since the Vikings arrived in this
country over a thousand years ago
apparently Norse beliefs die hard
because an elf lady and taxpayer kronor
to move a 70-ton Boulder is no big deal
in this Icelandic government department
it’s nice to sort of think about hidden
people somewhere into the rocks and
everywhere
I mean it would be really really nice if
they were there
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