Comments on: Update: Olaf the Giant Images

By: things-in-the-woods

things-in-the-woods — Mon, 19 Feb 2007 20:18:22 +0000

alright- don’t know anything about this story, but hows this… Olaf is a bigfoot corpse brought back by the vikings who visited and settled in parts of north america…

By: Tengu

Tengu — Fri, 16 Feb 2007 22:56:42 +0000

Aww, thats terrible, he sounds great fun.

(not as fun as the very real Guache mummy the BM lost in the 60s…)

By: Darla KnD

Darla KnD — Fri, 16 Feb 2007 03:42:15 +0000

Thanks Doug.

Yes! poor poor Olaf, even if he is a gaff, he is worth preservation.

By: Doug Higley

Doug Higley — Thu, 15 Feb 2007 22:09:37 +0000

Olaf located. He currently resides in the basement of a building in Southern Washington, (I’ll leave it at that for the moment) in storage (!). Unfortunately there was a flood and I understand he was damaged. To what extent I don’t know yet but will be on the phone with someone who ‘has’ him under lock and key. Story developing and as I get info put together, I’ll pass it on. I am also going to try and get the Letter from Grover (at least a copy) and pass it on to Loren if I snag it.

Poor Olaf….unloved and unseen…and waterlogged?

By: Loren Coleman

Loren Coleman — Thu, 15 Feb 2007 15:09:51 +0000

"Viking giants" would have been as extraordinary and as much a wonder as "giants" are today. Some Vikings were 6.5 ft tall and the nobility may have been taller than your average Viking. See this posting on "How Tall Were The Vikings?" But the reality of the heights of Vikings and the whereabouts of this gaff seem rather unrelated.

By: skeptik

skeptik — Thu, 15 Feb 2007 14:49:21 +0000

The “ethnic viking” was generally shorter and more robustly built than today’s Scandinavian.

By: elkie

elkie — Thu, 15 Feb 2007 10:39:14 +0000

I’ve “inverted” the dark/light areas in part of the image so that Olaf is more discernable. However, I can’t for the life of me figure out how to upload the image and send it to you.
I must be having a “stupid” day.

By: Doug Higley

Doug Higley — Thu, 15 Feb 2007 08:02:04 +0000

After my museum closed in 1994, I assume the Giant was taken to one of the other Museums (both using the name Fantastic) in either Oregon or Yakima Washington.
So the last year date I can confirm is 1994. I have attempted to follow up to no avail so far but I have the probable connections to locate him. It will just take a bit of time. A ‘bit’ being not much.
I’ll make some calls again tomorrow.

By: Loren Coleman

Loren Coleman — Thu, 15 Feb 2007 00:20:20 +0000

Please see the “previous posting,” noted above, for what is known and not known about the whereabouts of Olaf the Giant.

By: Darla KnD

Darla KnD — Thu, 15 Feb 2007 00:17:42 +0000

Where is he now?…. After reading this, I did a little research on the net and the “Fantastic Museum – Closed” was the last known place to find “Olaf the Giant”.