Showing posts with label Iceland. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Iceland. Show all posts

Tuesday, October 1, 2024

Cryptids: Fjorulalli also known as the Shore Laddie, or Beach Walker

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The Fjorulalli also known as the Shore Laddie, or Beach Walker is a creature seen along the coasts of the Westfjords of Iceland. It is said that locals of the Westfjords will see the Fjorulalli come from the ocean to the shore. It's said that these creatures will breed with sheep resulting in deformed lambs. 

The Fjorulalli is the size of a ram and has brownish-grey fur and either webbed feet or hooves. It seems as if mussels and barnacles grow on its fur allowing it to scrape or jingle as it walks. Making it easy for those around to hear it.


SOURCES:
Cryptid Wiki

Tuesday, October 31, 2023

Ghosts: Mylings



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In Scandinavian Folklore, there are spirits called Mylings. These ghosts are of children who were killed by their parents. They're killed in infancy before they can be baptized. Because these unwanted children were not baptized they are left to roam restlessly. They appear as children with dead and ghastly appearances. 

They usually haunt the area where their parents or mother hid their bodies. They are often mischievous. they will transform into animals that humans capture and then trick humans into and change back into a child running away laughing. Sometimes the children would be hidden near their mother's home. Likely under the floor, dirt cellar, or in nearby woods. Mylings can be heard singing in the dark trying to reveal their death. 

Many tales tell of Mylingar wanting revenge and/or trying to kill their mother by sucking milk from the mother's breast and don't stop until it has sucked out all the blood from the woman's body. Mylingar are mischievous children spirits that like to play pranks on people. They could transform into animals that humans capture but then transform back into a child and run away laughing.

One simple way to give a Myling rest is simply by giving it a name. Many of them were likely newborns and were never given a name. Giving them a name will help them feel at peace. 

They have to try to convince someone to bury them in hallow grounds. The Myling will jump on the back of the person and hope for help. This person will carry the Myling to a cemetery, but sometimes it's difficult for the benefactor to do so. The Myling sometimes gets heavier and heavier even causing their benefactor to sink into the ground or suck the life from the benefactor making them weak. If the person is not able to bury them they kill that person in rage.

Sometimes Mylings will want revenge instead. They will do this by trying to kill their mother. They will suck the milk from their mother's breast and don't stop until they suck all the blood from her. 

SOURCES:
Wikipedia

Thursday, November 3, 2022

1975 Faxaskjól, Iceland John Doe




On Marck 30, 1975 a group of kids was playing just outside the village of Faxaskjól, Iceland. The kids would find two large bones (now believed to be leg bones) and bring them to their parents. Not knowing any better their parents told them it was likely the bones of a large animal like a cow. On July 7th the kids would return to where they found the bones and remembering the leg bones decided to dig where they found them.

This was when they discovered that it wasn't a large animal, but a human. They found a jaw, some footbones and a sock. The children realized what they found went to one of their grandfathers to tell him. They would bring him to the bones and the police were called.

The police were criticized for their unprofessionalism in this case. Instead of blocking off the scene, people were freely allowed to enter the crime scene. Not only that instead of calling professionals to excavate the remains they allowed the children who found the remains to continue to dig them up fully knowing that this was likely a murder. One of the children had a dog at the scene and the dog would end up chewing on some of the bone.

The skeleton was believed to belong to a man in his 40s. It was likely he had died between 1951 and 1954, but it was unknown how he had died. He had been apparently buried in a cement tube (no sign of decomposition in the tube) in an area that used to be a shooting range for the U.S. and British soldiers during WWII. Residents were asked questions and only two came forward stating there was a large mound there between 1952 and 1955, but it was believed to have been to do with construction so no one investigated it. 

John Doe was a man in his 40's and was around 5'8". All of his teeth, but two lower ones were found, he may have had trouble chewing. There were no other pieces of clothing other than socks found with the body, it's believed the socks may be the only thing he was wearing.


SOURCES:

Unidentified Wiki

IMDB2

DV Jan. 13, 2019


Sunday, October 9, 2022

Disappearance of Sveinbjörn Jakobsson

 At 7 p.m. on October 9, 1930, 46-year-old Sveinbjörn Jakobsson, an Icelandic fisherman, took a taxi to a household in Reykjavík, Iceland. He left the taxi without paying and went inside the household. When Sveinbjörn didn't return to the car the taxi driver contacted the police. 

Police would ask residents of the home the taxi driver claimed that he went into. People inside claimed to have not seen him, and he had not been there. Sveinbjörn was never seen again, and foul play was suspected in his case.

The next day he was supposed to return home on a cruise ship. He was a fisherman and was believed to have had a significant amount of money on himself at the time because it was the end of Herring season. 

 His case was the first disappearance to be investigated as a homicide in Iceland. 

Sveinbjörn is a white male and was 46-years-old at the time. He had false teeth.


SOURCES:

Internation Missing Persons Wiki

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