{"id":1186,"date":"2015-11-21T14:09:00","date_gmt":"2015-11-21T14:09:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mywalkabout.net\/2015\/11\/21\/the-fremont-troll"},"modified":"2022-10-26T06:16:41","modified_gmt":"2022-10-26T13:16:41","slug":"the-fremont-troll","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mywalkabout.net\/?p=1186","title":{"rendered":"The Fremont Troll"},"content":{"rendered":"
A light rain was falling as I mapped out the route. Four miles round trip to the proclaimed “center of the universe”.<\/h5>\n
Started by Scandinavian folklore, and characterized as being ferocious and ugly creatures that hid in the shadows and lived off human flesh, I went out to find the Fremont Troll<\/a>.<\/h5>\n
<\/a><\/h5>\n
The streets are a sweet smell of individual freedom, the pungent aroma of Rastafarian’s. Autumn’s colorful leaves drape the sidewalk as the rain starts to pick up.<\/h5>\n
Bright balloons defiantly sway and fly, letting their beauty brighten the day of those passerby’s.<\/h5>\n
<\/a><\/h5>\n
I cross the Fremont bridge and crisscross quaint coffee shops and art galleries. People are scarce on an early weekend morning, only runners and those hidden under umbrellas. I take a turn up a side street and see a foreboding shadow looming ahead.<\/h5>\n
<\/a><\/h5>\n
With each step closer I take, the eye of the troll never wavers, staying focused on my approach, as if deciding my fate..<\/h5>\n
<\/a><\/h5>\n
“Fee Fie Foe Fum”<\/i><\/b>\u00a0<\/i><\/b><\/h5>\n
The words rattle and hum as I slowly circle the great Troll. Alas, his benevolent nature allows me to live, and I graciously walk home, letting the rain soak me to the bone.<\/h5>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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