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  • Опубліковано 14 січ 2016
  • BBC Earth journalist Melissa Hogenboom investigates the connection between Iceland's unworldly natural landscape and Icelandic cultural beliefs around ancient mythical beings.
    This film was created by Gunnar Kenradsson and Pierangelo Pirak for BBC Earth www.bbc.com/earth
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КОМЕНТАРІ • 210

  • @DN4E
    @DN4E 8 років тому +74

    "Are we there yet ? Is it far ? This is scary ! Are we there yet ?"
    City girl in the wild

    • @evanabbott2737
      @evanabbott2737 3 роки тому +2

      Hahaha

    • @byronconrad6468
      @byronconrad6468 2 роки тому +1

      i dont mean to be so offtopic but does someone know a method to log back into an Instagram account..?
      I was stupid forgot my password. I love any help you can give me!

    • @rowenkane5197
      @rowenkane5197 2 роки тому +1

      @Byron Conrad Instablaster :)

  • @Mongalz
    @Mongalz 8 років тому +31

    Ok, I'm in love with the cameraman! Those shots were stunning!

  • @kerianhalcyon2769
    @kerianhalcyon2769 6 років тому +49

    I like to think that at one point Trolls could have been real. Whether they were the massive creatures from Lord of the Rings or folklore or if they were simply large apes or hominids that once wandered across the planet is a different question, but it's nice to believe that there's still something mystical about our planet beneath all of the cold, hard logic and calculated facts.

    • @ryanpedersen5722
      @ryanpedersen5722 4 роки тому +2

      Nephelim mate

    • @The81florie
      @The81florie 4 роки тому +1

      My mom and dad saw a troll digging through some trash my parents had thrown out to the front of the house. The things was very pale and long faced that way they’re depicted in cartoons.

    • @Oddn7751
      @Oddn7751 3 роки тому +2

      There's indigenous tales of giants in all continents. Just like dragons and the world flood, they're things that have only survived in tales but there's too many examples of legends about them to completely disregard them.

    • @daveconrad6562
      @daveconrad6562 2 роки тому +2

      @@Oddn7751 excellent point, seek and ye shall find

    • @chrisw5742
      @chrisw5742 2 роки тому

      @SeeNoEvilHearNoEvil See my Petri Dish Earth vids....

  • @GH-cy6fh
    @GH-cy6fh 4 роки тому +5

    I don't see why it's so hard for people to believe this stuff. I grew up near the mountains and I always thought they were "alive" when I was a kid. When I learned about land spirits it made complete sense.

  • @AxelÞór
    @AxelÞór 8 років тому +9

    Thank you for doing the subject matter justice. A well made short documentary that could easily have been a full length one if you had included elfs, ghosts and monsters.

  • @EoThorne
    @EoThorne 8 років тому +12

    That last part. I'm impressed.

  • @believernumber9
    @believernumber9 4 роки тому +2

    That sense of the landscape being alive seems to be making a comeback worldwide.

  • @EasterWitch
    @EasterWitch 8 років тому +57

    This was really nice.
    I think it's fun that old superstitions still has a strong hold in the Nordic countries.
    Even in our family home in Sweden we had a grass tuft that we talked about as if it were a living troll. When we were burning the grass every spring we would make sure not to set fire to it, and in the summer we would cut its "hair" so that it would be able to see better.

    • @oligultonn
      @oligultonn 6 років тому +4

      LiquoriceLover I’m a native of Iceland and I have seen some strange large wool people in the mountains. They were big fuckers like 230-300cm tall. They had dark hair and giant noses. When they smelled me out and looked at me I ran and yelled the other directions.

    • @r.chamaemorus8025
      @r.chamaemorus8025 6 років тому

      GD_King_Olav Trolls?

    • @oligultonn
      @oligultonn 6 років тому +1

      Wosedav Josedav I believe so. It happened at a place called Hafravatn which is a 20 minute drive from Reykjavík.

    • @r.chamaemorus8025
      @r.chamaemorus8025 6 років тому

      GD_King_Olav, which year? During the last decade, earlier or recently?

    • @oligultonn
      @oligultonn 6 років тому +4

      Wosedav Josedav It happened on 12th of December 2017 and I wanted to experience -20°C because it was only -15,3°C in Reykjavík. It was -21,3°C when I saw them and I it was very weird because they had a lot of exposed skin. They were also wearing wool clothing which was badly sown together and I heard no language only one grunt. I’m never going back there.

  • @0xHalox0
    @0xHalox0 6 років тому +4

    I like that Icelandic people coexist with interdimensional beings.

  • @hahahadracula
    @hahahadracula 8 років тому +35

    damn I wish I had the money to go to Iceland...shame I might never see it.

    • @andrewrobertsmith7367
      @andrewrobertsmith7367 5 років тому +1

      hahahadracula, You might, but you certainly won't see any trolls.

    • @terrylucas630
      @terrylucas630 4 роки тому +1

      It’s like $350.00 round trip. Not very expensive flight I have no idea about lodging though. Lol. Hope you are well great vibes to you and yours😎

    • @ladyboywonder9139
      @ladyboywonder9139 4 роки тому +1

      hahahadracula put your mind to it, you can do it

    • @oliveriosteinn
      @oliveriosteinn 2 роки тому

      Its s cheap flight but when you get there mostly everything is rather expensive like shopping and going to resteraunts.

  • @MosnoAlMoseeki
    @MosnoAlMoseeki 8 років тому +34

    That was enjoyable, I really liked the ending when the camera man kept finding all those faces in the stone! Very nice, thank you for sharing guys and gals :D

    • @matthewjames2649
      @matthewjames2649 4 роки тому

      Medusa turn things to Stone Waz real..

    • @levelwithz3779
      @levelwithz3779 4 роки тому +4

      Mudfossils. The Mythical Legendary Creatures of old actually did exist.

    • @BrettonFerguson
      @BrettonFerguson 4 роки тому +2

      "the ending when the camera man kept finding all those faces in the stone" It wasn't just the ending, they had them throughout the video. Maybe you didn't notice until the ending.

  • @MrEnte3000
    @MrEnte3000 8 років тому +208

    I think you'd be more successful if you'd hunt them on the internet.

    • @earthunplugged
      @earthunplugged  8 років тому +27

      +MrEnte3000 You're right MrEnte3000. We hope you enjoyed the video.

    • @beaverhausen1000
      @beaverhausen1000 5 років тому +3

      LOL

    • @noturbuisnesssolo3881
      @noturbuisnesssolo3881 4 роки тому +1

      😂😂😂😂😂😂

    • @lukehakaraia791
      @lukehakaraia791 4 роки тому +2

      As there were giants in the earth ; in those days : Truth !

    • @viciousvq1824
      @viciousvq1824 3 роки тому +1

      @@earthunplugged Investigate the Elf/Duende/Knomes.. Saw some In Mexico, pretty Creepy

  • @gazellecarlson6543
    @gazellecarlson6543 4 роки тому +32

    at one time, giants walked the lands

  • @Kronikalrag3
    @Kronikalrag3 4 роки тому +2

    Just imagine the moment you were looking for trolls thinking it's just a myth.....and then you actually find one.

  • @cheri_inspired
    @cheri_inspired 8 років тому +39

    I'm not a quantum physicist- but the idea of Trolls and Elves (people from another dimension or world) coming though dimensional doors is intriguing~ that would account for strange interaction with electrical machines/devices

    • @JAYDUBYAH29
      @JAYDUBYAH29 8 років тому +4

      No, everyone knows that a unicorn created the phenomenon....

    • @heliosgnosis2744
      @heliosgnosis2744 7 років тому +3

      Unlike what most know, we do have historical accounts of the unicorn actually existing, but sadly humans killed that animal off about 8-9000 years ago, but from the history we know it is a account and not a myth that they did exist in India and where valued for every part of their bodies and skeletons for use in medicine and potions etc, thus why we do not have remains, for they were over hunted by a people whom believed in using every part of the animals they killed, unlike how our people do things today and only use certain parts. fascinating none the less to find out it was not a myth, and it goes to show the truth behind the saying "Within all myths there is truth"

    • @JAYDUBYAH29
      @JAYDUBYAH29 7 років тому +3

      Jonathan R. absolute and utter nonsense.

    • @andrewrobertsmith7367
      @andrewrobertsmith7367 5 років тому +1

      Jonathan R. And not one Unicorn died of natural causes or from attacks by predators. None was missed by those pesky humans. Bullshit!!! No evidence of unicorns I'm afraid.

    • @jackdaxter5886
      @jackdaxter5886 5 років тому

      Just to tell you some truth, dimensional doors did existed but they were close in the 1980's and some creatures are still out but hidden to humans until the nights. 90's still had a lot of manifestations, today only teens at night loose their mind and the mountain calls them. They walk and get lost until they find them roaming in the wild not in their mind.

  • @eddeewhat5553
    @eddeewhat5553 4 роки тому +4

    There’s a movie by the name of Troll hunters here on UA-cam. I enjoyed it. I personally believe there is truth in stories such as this

  • @livelybubbs6242
    @livelybubbs6242 3 роки тому +3

    If you’re driving around the country, and you end up in some tourist trap with some important piece of our natural history (like the geyser, the falls or even the blue lagoon) just keep in mind that if they say they believe in elves, trolls or any other mythical creature most foreigners think of when they hear Iceland..... they don’t. Maybe few do, but this isn’t as common as you’d think. Trust me, I am Icelandic

  • @cut3554
    @cut3554 4 роки тому

    This was beautiful. Thank you.

  • @sumitbasu
    @sumitbasu 8 років тому +12

    very informative and adventurous description

    • @earthunplugged
      @earthunplugged  8 років тому +5

      +Sumit Basu Thanks for the comment Sumit!

  • @WoM
    @WoM 8 років тому +6

    Great little video. We highly approve ;)

  • @tommcqueeney6774
    @tommcqueeney6774 2 роки тому +1

    Don't step in a troll pie!

  • @fartx211
    @fartx211 8 років тому +4

    Oh I get it. The guides are the ones who troll the tourists with rocks.
    Well played, Iceland.

  • @MrZippidydoodahh
    @MrZippidydoodahh 8 років тому +5

    Beautiful beautiful video.

  • @al145
    @al145 8 років тому +2

    All that lava rock is so dark, it's unlike any beach I've ever seen.

  • @returnoftheyak
    @returnoftheyak 8 років тому +4

    Top work guys

  • @TT-rf6sy
    @TT-rf6sy 4 роки тому

    I loved this!

  • @Ladyofacat
    @Ladyofacat 4 роки тому +1

    This was lovely 💙

  • @airahfuji
    @airahfuji 5 років тому

    Beautiful landscape!!! I think they succeeded in showing the best scenic spots, yeah

  • @DaddyKratosOfTheShire
    @DaddyKratosOfTheShire 2 роки тому +2

    There is a piece of truth in all legends

  • @LasVegasPromoterguy
    @LasVegasPromoterguy 8 років тому +3

    I can't believe they actually found one.

  • @TheJustVice
    @TheJustVice 8 років тому +6

    at 9:13 was so adorable :)

  • @jestione
    @jestione 6 років тому +8

    Australian aborigines tells of many stories or legends to describe all that is natural in their land. Be it for learning or just understanding I like it for the respect and connection you walk away with.
    Pretty much like the Icelandic do.

  • @somethingbright4268
    @somethingbright4268 4 роки тому +1

    Trolls were giant's way way back in history

  • @solarangel102
    @solarangel102 5 років тому

    lovely

  • @Wildtotarda
    @Wildtotarda 8 років тому +1

    fun video ! anyone know the music used ?

  • @CaptainAutism123
    @CaptainAutism123 4 роки тому +2

    This made me think about the Yule lads cause their mom Gryla is thought to be a troll

  • @tommcqueeney6774
    @tommcqueeney6774 2 роки тому +1

    They're all in Pacific Northwest hanging out with Sasquatch

  • @NurseArielPhysiotherapists
    @NurseArielPhysiotherapists Рік тому

    Amazing, so beautiful country 💓🇵🇭

  • @noway905
    @noway905 Рік тому

    And to think I could have had a 12 minute nap...

  • @blehmeh3790
    @blehmeh3790 2 роки тому +1

    You are not ready to see them.

  • @DonZHawthorneIII
    @DonZHawthorneIII 4 роки тому +5

    Tbe Bible tells of the Giants, I don't know why this would be hard to believe

    • @doxit.7313
      @doxit.7313 4 роки тому

      @SeeNoEvilHearNoEvil The bible is fake, so a fake book speaks about mythical creatures, such a coincidence

    • @stalkingafemcreep5114
      @stalkingafemcreep5114 2 роки тому

      Probably because it's in the bible

  • @wastedangelematis
    @wastedangelematis 8 років тому +2

    wow

  • @returnoftheromans6726
    @returnoftheromans6726 Рік тому

    I believe that there were such a thing as trolls. Being from Norwegian descent, I am well aware of the stories of my ancestors, and how terrifying these creatures were. I think trolls were a type of species of giant. You had the trolls of Norway/ Scandinavia, the giants of the Americas, and orcs, goblins, etc. of Europe. They were all basically the same, each of a different build and were killed in the Great Flood.

  • @rolandosalonga3860
    @rolandosalonga3860 8 років тому +1

    now you got me wondering miss hunter. =)

  • @TheRightsMoves
    @TheRightsMoves 8 років тому +3

    Go to Iceland if you ever have the chance! This place will blow your mind!
    I made a video on my youtube about my travel there, maybe it can motivate you to go there! And it will change your ideas about trolls and Elves when you are back!

    • @andrewrobertsmith7367
      @andrewrobertsmith7367 5 років тому +1

      TheRightsMoves, I've been many times and I think you people are even crazier than before I first went.

  • @milesdyson5211
    @milesdyson5211 4 роки тому +2

    5:19 they are lureing her into the forest ?

  • @vatz1281
    @vatz1281 4 роки тому +1

    Fossilized Trolls

  • @tylergarrin9026
    @tylergarrin9026 Рік тому

    hello is anyone here its been 4 years since someone left a comment this was a descent upload i have a question or two but im not going to ask unless i hear back from someone here

  • @al145
    @al145 8 років тому +4

    What is her accent? I can't place it. I love this kind of thing, though, folklore is fascinating.

    • @Broccoliclown
      @Broccoliclown 8 років тому

      Dutch i think she said

    • @MikeGreenwood51
      @MikeGreenwood51 6 років тому

      She may be Dutch but her accent is not. I would say middle to west middle south English. With a little bit of Icelandic.

    • @andrewrobertsmith7367
      @andrewrobertsmith7367 5 років тому +1

      I think she's half troll.

    • @scottjustscott3730
      @scottjustscott3730 4 роки тому

      That's a west country accent. Unmistakable. I should know. I'm American.

    • @markchick634
      @markchick634 4 роки тому

      @@scottjustscott3730 Country?You never met anyone country if You think she is.

  • @Racer-M
    @Racer-M 4 роки тому

    Ooh I know!.. rocks and ice...

  • @tulockthewerewolf9744
    @tulockthewerewolf9744 4 роки тому +1

    I would love to live in Iceland

  • @earthboundmisfit5112
    @earthboundmisfit5112 4 роки тому +2

    I want to go troll hunting 😟

  • @unalunaelvishwitchfae4250
    @unalunaelvishwitchfae4250 4 роки тому

    💖💖❤❤

  • @generalrodcocker1018
    @generalrodcocker1018 6 років тому +14

    Iceland needs more trees

    • @TommyBaysMusic
      @TommyBaysMusic 4 роки тому

      They have all been knocked down by the trolls being chased out of their territories.

    • @user-tp9jq4wp4f
      @user-tp9jq4wp4f 4 роки тому

      When there was Vikings they clip them of we had 1m Trees long time ago when Vikings

  • @marywalk7306
    @marywalk7306 4 роки тому +1

    I see faces in the clouds.

  • @FablesAisothops
    @FablesAisothops 3 роки тому

    How did I end up here

  • @williammartinreyes5286
    @williammartinreyes5286 3 роки тому

    Also happens to my country. They will build a bridge, but an unknown force are flipping their big machines and big digging equipment in the morning But no sound at night.
    So the government decided to cut the highway and build arround just to avoid that area. Some say elves did it.

  • @MrKrobbie
    @MrKrobbie 8 років тому +2

    Pareidolia can be powerful in superstitious people

    • @MrKrobbie
      @MrKrobbie 8 років тому

      Great vid by the way

  • @tommcqueeney6774
    @tommcqueeney6774 2 роки тому

    Those aren't rabbits they're little people in disguise

  • @wabbitnred3609
    @wabbitnred3609 4 роки тому

    ACCORDING TO THE "THREE BILLY GOATS GRUFF" THE TROLLS LIVE UNDER THE BRIDGE. TRY LOOKING THERE .

  • @vincentpescus2827
    @vincentpescus2827 5 років тому +4

    BBC sending an Elf to find about the Trolls...? Clever!

  • @michaelkane2470
    @michaelkane2470 4 роки тому

    I believe

  • @charlesodonnell2993
    @charlesodonnell2993 4 роки тому +1

    Isn't this akin to cutting a person apart to find their soul?

  • @angelamarial.6851
    @angelamarial.6851 3 роки тому

    Good luck I won’t expect u back anytime soon!!!

  • @cjmcpherson7877
    @cjmcpherson7877 4 роки тому

    They taste like a mixture of beets and oysters.

  • @rustynails4597
    @rustynails4597 4 роки тому

    At 5:32 something to the right, on ground, behind her.

    • @marccline5475
      @marccline5475 4 роки тому

      It was your imagination. On the ground. Beside her. Look!

  • @immrnoidall
    @immrnoidall 4 роки тому +1

    ummm,,, those "trolls" look a lot like rocks to me.

    • @vatz1281
      @vatz1281 4 роки тому +1

      Yea like the dinosaurs fossilized if you think about it

    • @dereks497
      @dereks497 4 роки тому

      They come in and out of our reality as they please. In order to see them you would have to surprise them, maybe put it in slow motion and look for colors and shapes that quickly dissapear when the camera hits it

    • @returnoftheromans6726
      @returnoftheromans6726 Рік тому

      In Norse mythology, trolls could not be touched by the sun. If they did, they burst into stone. A valuable weakness to know.

  • @kylie1ism
    @kylie1ism 2 роки тому

    Kirsten Stewart has a doppelgänger

  • @Dxco31
    @Dxco31 8 років тому +10

    If you want to hunt a troll, just go to youtube coment

  • @smileymoji3417
    @smileymoji3417 4 роки тому

    Hold the camera steady for the love of trolls.

  • @meganperreault5191
    @meganperreault5191 6 років тому

    This is a beautiful film but it reminds me of the people searching for the yeti and in the end of the film the guy finds a piece of poo, and he licks it. Says definitely it's definitely yeti poo.Yes it was a documentary.Or it was chuppacabra .

  • @dansumigawa1414
    @dansumigawa1414 4 роки тому

    People saw something! Then the stories come!

  • @markdrouin8094
    @markdrouin8094 5 років тому

    Uhhhhhhh lots a lot like a big rock .

  • @NautilusNews
    @NautilusNews 4 роки тому +1

    You're far more likely to see something worth while on my channel.

  • @Seawolfaka
    @Seawolfaka 4 роки тому

    Falling ice and the tails of fools who dared to investigate

  • @samherrera465
    @samherrera465 4 роки тому

    Colo bigfoot has several pictures of little people

  • @thomasfarmer1730
    @thomasfarmer1730 4 роки тому

    They're on a different dimensional level to us...is this correct?

  • @earthboundmisfit5112
    @earthboundmisfit5112 4 роки тому

    I’ve seen pictures of real trolls. They really are still out there.

  • @rusty6583
    @rusty6583 4 роки тому

    I think my sister is really a troll!

  • @kim-nijaviktoriaannasveins356
    @kim-nijaviktoriaannasveins356 5 років тому

    Er frá Íslandi from iceland 😁😁

  • @alanbirk2203
    @alanbirk2203 5 років тому

    Wait , attoll tutd ,they must exist.

  • @dansumigawa1414
    @dansumigawa1414 4 роки тому

    There is a source of allthe old

  • @meganperreault5191
    @meganperreault5191 6 років тому

    Oh there is the former pan president for Europe, I was like okay where is he.

  • @branchsnapper2228
    @branchsnapper2228 4 роки тому

    Fit

  • @joshuadaltilia8480
    @joshuadaltilia8480 4 роки тому

    Nice looking woman who's doing the troll hunt

  • @adamkallin5160
    @adamkallin5160 10 місяців тому

    These creatures won’t hang around human cities so modern people will never see them. They live in the desolate forests. Scandinavia has a lot of forests.

  • @halheywood3910
    @halheywood3910 6 років тому +5

    Smokin good green in iceland . .ja!

  • @Mrmudbone_gaming
    @Mrmudbone_gaming 8 років тому +7

    Moral of the story, do not do drugs kids.....

  • @MirnaBartolich
    @MirnaBartolich 8 років тому +1

    ..

  • @lilascharm
    @lilascharm 4 роки тому +1

    Check out Woodward TV about trolls. The Bible and Norse Mythology are closely related. There's truth in both. People should read the Bible. There's truth and mystery.

  • @pokemoninthevalley321
    @pokemoninthevalley321 2 роки тому

    2:31 Bigfoot?

  • @SIC66SIC66
    @SIC66SIC66 8 років тому +1

    Crazy people......

  • @mariepeterson9295
    @mariepeterson9295 4 роки тому +1

    TROLL'S ARE REAL AND THEY ARE DEMONIC 🧐 NOMBS ALSO ARE REAL AND DEMONIC 👋

  • @bobbyh.3911
    @bobbyh.3911 4 роки тому

    Damn...not one live Troll. I really thought the BBC Earth Division would ferret one out this time, too.

  • @stalkingafemcreep5114
    @stalkingafemcreep5114 3 роки тому

    Bigfoot Colorado believe s in this he's nuts

  • @beth4893
    @beth4893 Рік тому

    This chick is actually putting feminism with trolls.

  • @marccline5475
    @marccline5475 4 роки тому

    I bet the christians and catholics just laugh and laugh and laugh at the troll and fairy hunters.

  • @Deeznutz002
    @Deeznutz002 4 роки тому

    Norway / Russian boarder.

  • @egotisticalgiraffe6130
    @egotisticalgiraffe6130 5 років тому

    G T F O !

  • @ranmaruthompson930
    @ranmaruthompson930 4 роки тому

    Dry search Documentry, just to make fun of creatures that people seen through out history.