October 24 - Troll Alert!

Posted October 24, 2020

Building giant trolls out of recycled wood -  old pallets, fences, even a shed - that's awesome!

Even better: hiding those giants in the wilderness, so that
people can discover them - wow! Awesome squared!

Danish artist Thomas Dambo made six giant sculptures and hid them in the woods surrounding Copenhagen. Each sculpture had a poem that gave a clue to the next one's location, and Dambo provided a treasure map with "X"s marking the spots!

I love that Dambo encourages hiking, enjoying wilderness, and solving puzzles. He repurposes old wood, and he invites the community to help build the sculptures. It's actually more like awesome cubed!

And now an arboretum in Chicago is offering a Dambo Troll-Hunt experience to people in the U.S.! Six "colossal" trolls are hiding in the botanic garden's "far-reaching" forest - and apparently in the occasional clearing:

And a Colorado town has a Dambo troll sculpture, as well!

Wish I could see a Dambo troll! Maybe someday?

Also on this date:

Anniversary of Mars Odyssey achieving orbit

Independence Day in Zambia

Suez Day in Egypt

United Nations Day

Anniversary of the discovery of Ariel and Umbriel

Anniversary of “Women's Day Off” in Iceland

Anniversary of our first planetary selfie

Food Day in the U.S.A.

Recycle Your Mercury Thermostat Day

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