Legend of Bog Hollow

They’d crossed the great divide, to the other side of the ‘Oh My God River’. Our Trolls were struck by the ‘Bridge Too Far’, it set their hearts, to quiver. Yes, their curiosity and their great big Troll hearts; were pounding all a twitter. Well, surely you must see, it’s a bridge; they are Trolls, after all! So go figure! And you must understand the mighty ‘Oh My God River” is so very wide… That when on the bridge… You can’t see… not even close…to other side… Where mists, run so very deep, that your sanity will never again, be found. I ask you? How could a Troll not see this as anything, but absolutely profound! Under the bridge, lies scary Bog Hollow, covered in mists and a smothering fog. There, the Legend says, lies a monster supreme, both ancient and old, in the bog. Scary as all get out… We have always… always been… Very, thoroughly told. Its’ said: curiosity is both a scary and most dangerous thing when it’s on crusade. And the Trolls and Dragon have it a plenty, in great big gobs… and great spades. Late one night, Dragon and the Trolls snuck out of the house, as my story goes… A clean get-a-way… on a moonless night to check this all out… But one by one… The Trolls would go into the mist, and disappear… F.O.R.E.V.E.R!!! I shiver!!! As Dragon was about to be left alone, a truck came careening from the fog and mist. On the narrow bridge the last two Trolls, were thrown into the muck, and the Goop. They came up, covered in mud, until the mist hit. One moment there, the next gone! Dragon worried: OH what was he to do? Well, that was answered, quickly enough. Dragon was bumped by a truck and thrown onto its top! Clinging and screaming! As the truck careened about… Rounding a tight corner…Dragon was flung off. He continued to scream as he flew all the way home. Terrified, near almost to death! He knew the Bog Monster had got them! Little did he know, that the dear Trolls… Had made friends with the monster, and were enjoying the bog’s great ambiance. The story continues… as Dragon got home, he grabbed Grandpa Troll’s big hand. Jumping up and down, he yelled, ‘The Bog Monster had taken his beloved Trolls!’ Saying, ‘He had a great big tongue, a big mouth, and humongous great, green hand! We ran to the spot, with the usual flashlight in hand, and were pulled in the bog! For a fun filled mud bath! … By the Hulk and his lovely, pet Beelzebub Frog. Yep… We’d all found the Monster of Bog Hollow, as we all partied away! The next day the driver would spread the word, that as he passed the bog… The monster had screamed, jumped upon his truck… and tried to take him… Over and down… In the end, he’d escaped by shaking off the monster’s hand. The great story would be passed around, by the local town, of Nodding-Off-Ham, Wanting to keep people away and them, forever, both serene and quite sane… They would perpetuate the legend just the same, and the moral they would quote? “Believe the myths of the Monster of Bogs Hollow, always run the other way.” Especially since Trolls have now joined him, setting up a toll bridge along, its way. Written by Michael & Carol Eastman 6-20-2016 National Geo News: Beezeabufo, Frog from Hell. 75 Million year old Madagascar giant horned frog. Weighed 10 pounds, size of a beach ball, believed to have killed hatchling dinosaurs. An aggressive ambush predator, grabbing anything passing by him. Also called the Pac-Man Frog.