Comments on: Olaf the Giant Display

By: Bob Michaels

Bob Michaels — Sat, 07 Apr 2007 18:29:28 +0000

You may be able to find an OLAF in the coming NFL draft.

By: dogu4

dogu4 — Sat, 07 Apr 2007 16:52:18 +0000

Could this be an insprirational source for Tom Robbins’ “Another Roadside Attraction”? Could a gaff, especially one for which the provenience is un-verifiable though presumed to be well documented (sorta like the Hollywood special effects guys and PGF), be in fact, not a gaff, but equally un-believable?

By: Loren Coleman

Loren Coleman — Sat, 07 Apr 2007 14:16:47 +0000

I’m not certain I know one person who claims Olaf was genuine. It is, instead, a well-known gaff. However, its present whereabouts and most of its recent history has been lost. The “Olaf” postings here are merely an attempt to track it down, so as to separate it from other “giants” floating around, out there, in the sideshow and carnival trade.

By: Pentastar

Pentastar — Sat, 07 Apr 2007 13:28:51 +0000

Olaf was not a viking. Born in 1335 according to the card. The Viking era was history already in 1335. Olaf was born in the dark ages. Up here in the Nordic countries it’s a common fact that the Viking era was over in the early 11th century. Is it not the same in the USA (and other places)?

It takes a bit more to convince me that Olaf is genuine. And if he was real we would have heard about him here in Scandinavia but we haven’t.

Isn’t it funny how a lot of hoaxers can live from lack of common sense.