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| Fjord Ferryman at the Museum of Danish History in Elk Horn |
Something weird showed up in Iowa, and for once it wasn’t a rumor or a blurry photo of something out in a cornfield.
It
was a troll.
A
big one.
If
you’ve been near Elk Horn lately, you’ve probably seen it or at least heard
someone mention it. It’s become a thing to take your picture next to it and
post it on Facebook.
They
named it Fjord Ferryman. Sounds like something out of a storybook, which
doesn’t exactly scream “western Iowa,” but here we are.
It
went up at the Museum of Danish America, which makes sense once you think about
it. Elk Horn leans into its Danish heritage. Windmills, festivals, all of it. So if
a giant wooden figure was going to land anywhere in Iowa, that’s one place it
wouldn’t feel completely out of left field.
Still,
it’s something to see.
It’s
sitting in a wooden boat, holding what looks like a tree branch for an oar,
like it’s rowing across… nothing. Just prairie. No water. No river. Just dirt,
grass, and sky. And somehow it works.
When
you get closer, the scale hits you. It’s bigger than it looks in pictures. Way
bigger.
