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And behind the forest are singing........ The deep forests of Finnskogen are hiding inexplicable incidents. The nature knowledge of the Finnish people contributed to the perceivement that they where troll, and today you can find almost endless numbers of stories about supernatural happenings and witchcraft. Some of the places you can visit will make you realize that in Finnskogen another kind of border exists......... |
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The
Cross
in
Röjden:
Still nobody has found the answer to the cross witch carves it selves, dead and brown, to the forest ground. It is a sun cross, and it was discovered in 1850. Scientists have taken tests of the ground, and they have tried to make seads grow in the soil of the cross, but nothing will germ. To years ago 5-6 new crosses where detected.......... |
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The
troll
stone:
Big and heavy it rests upon a circle of small stones on the top of a sheer. It is so big that no human or machine has been able to move it yet, and the stones around it are also unmovable. It is told that a troll put the stone there............... |  |
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The
Birch: The
Finnish
people
where
well-known
for
their
capability
to
cure
diseases.
They
could
exorcise
illness
out
off
people
and
in
to
trees.
A
tree
like
this
is
situated
in
Finnskogen.
A
birch,
grotesque,
ill
and
full
off
horrid
outgrowths.
In
the
night
you
can
hear
howling
and
whizzing
from
the
branches.
You
must
be
careful
and
not
go
to
close,
because
its
diseases
can
infect
you.
Fore
safety
reasons
we
can
not
arrange
trips
to
this
place. | 
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Bekka: An
old
farm
which
has
existed
from
1651
until
it
was
moved
in
1930.
The
place
is
still
haunted.
Some
people
where
on
their
way
to
bury
a
family
member
and
they
decided
to
spend
the
night
in
this
farm.
In
the
morning
they
found
out
that
the
corpse
was
missing. A
horse
was
found
inside
the
house,
witch
had
no
windows
and
a
very
small
door.
To
get
the
horse
out
again
they
had
to
tear
down
the
wall
of
the
house. A nice heard of cows emerged and vanished again without leaving a trace. A
man
called
Vestmin
was
hanged
from
a
tree
by
the
owner
off
the
farm.
He
still
haunts
the
basement
of
the
house.
Do
you
want
to
go
there
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Välgunaho: Now
only
the
foundation
is
left.
This
farm
was
so
terribly
haunted
that
it
had
to
be
demolished,
and
the
people
who
lived
there
had
to
move
away.
Cups
and
saucers
where
thrown
across
the
room,
and
when
the
priest
came
and
tried
to
bless
the
house,
the
coffee
kettle
where
thrown
from
the
stove
and
hit
the
priest
right
in
his
head,
so
that
the
bible
where
tossed
away.
The
forces
where
so
strong
that
the
pipe
of
the
house
where
thrown
over
the
roof
of
the
barn. The Limp Boy: Ola
Porkkala
sold
his
soul
to
the
devil
in
change
of
learning
to
play
the
fiddle.
Three
Thursday
nights
in
a
row
he
walked
to
Kalneskverna
to
meet
the
devil
himselves.
To
this
day
you
can
hear
stories
of
the
amazing
tunes
he
played,
witch
called
famous
people
as
Ole
Bull
and
Henrik
Wergeland
to
come
to
hear
him
play.
When
he
died
the
fiddle
was
well
hidden,
so
that
it
never
again
should
come
between
human
fingers.
50
years
later,
under
the
building
of
the
new
Customs-house,
the
fiddle
was
found
in
a
perfect
condition.
After
a
long
stay
in
Stockholm,
it
is
now
exhibited
in
the
Cultural
Center
in
Finnskogen,
almost
at
the
same
place
as
it
was
found. Finnskogen Turist & Villmarksenter will take you to these places. |
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