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TVgeek Great Old One Joined: 15 May 2002 Total posts: 804 Location: Twin Cities, USA Gender: Male |
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The photo looks to be "breath fog" that was lit by the
obviously powerful flash. Too bad, though... cool photo!
Being a Finn-American and coming from a Finn community
(my first school was the Kalevala School) I have mentioned
several of the odd-small-town-occurances in other threads.
If something out-of-the-ordinary happens -- it is noted
but not talked about later. The neighbor's clocks all stopping
when someone dies is a good one. Children telling stories
about events that happened before their birth are another.
That these things happen, in themselves, is not that uncommon.
The reaction of the "local folk" to them is what has always
struck me as odd. Very "keep-it-to-yourself" people, they are.
I have wondered if I was adopted? 
FWIW--
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| Mighty_Emperor Divine Wind
Joined: 18 Aug 2002 Total posts: 19943 Location: Mongo Age: 42 Gender: Male |
| Posted: 06-07-2005 16:44 Post subject: Re: Freaky Finland |
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| Emperor wrote: | As part of our occasional series of guides to odd things to do when visiting various parts of the globe............
| Quote: | Crazy contests fill short Finnish summers
Thu 8 July, 2004 03:12
By Ott Ummelas
SONKAJARVI, Finland (Reuters) - British academic Ian Walker is about to learn a bizarre Finnish tradition the hard way as he prepares to hoist his girlfriend Sarah Hardingham onto his shoulders.
The couple are competing at the ninth world wife-carrying contest. where men carry their women over a 250-metre (820-foot) obstacle course.
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http://www.reuters.co.uk/newsPackageArticle.jhtml?type=topNews&storyID=543342§ion=news |
And this years results:
| Quote: | Estonians snatch world wife-carrying title again
Sat Jul 2, 1:28 PM ET
SONKAJARVI, Finland (Reuters) - Estonia reigned supreme once again in the wife-carrying world championship on Saturday, as Margo Uusorg sprinted home to win the Baltic country's eighth straight title in the offbeat competition.
Forty couples from 10 countries gathered in the remote Finnish village of Sonkajarvi to complete a 253.5-metre-long obstacle course. A man must carry a woman, not necessarily his spouse, through a pool and across hurdles.
The few rules require a minimum weight of 49 kg (108 lb) for the "wife" and state that all contestants must have fun.
Uusorg, 25, completed the course in 59 seconds with friend Egle Soll, 23, clinging to his back in the trademark "Estonian Carry" -- hanging upside down with her legs clenched around his neck.
Uusorg's prizes were his partner's weight in beer and a high-tech mobile phone.
It was his fourth victory, and the third in a row for his family. Brother Madis won in 2004.
"We don't have a secret, we just try to run fast and hope the legs work," said Uusorg, who works in Stockholm as an embassy driver. He warned that the family would be even stronger contenders next year when brother number three, Urmet, takes part.
"He holds the Estonian record for the 800 metres," Uusorg said.
Uusorg and Soll received first prize from the hands of visiting U.S. basketball legend Dennis Rodman, who declined to compete, saying he lacked both a wife and proper training.
"I'm not in shape ... It could hurt the back," said the former Chicago Bulls and Detroit Pistons forward. But he promised to train for next year.
"I'll carry the kids around the house or something," he said.
Some 9,000 people came to view the event, set deep in forests and lakes a couple of hours' drive from the Arctic Circle. It began in 1992 as a purely Finnish contest based on local legend, according to which wife-stealing was once commonplace in the region. |
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| circlebeginning Yeti Joined: 30 Jul 2005 Total posts: 61 Gender: Unknown |
| Posted: 02-08-2006 17:12 Post subject: Anyone know any good Fortean sites in Helsinki? |
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Off to Helsinki in December for a few days...
Anyone know any good weird/Fortean/paranormal type stuff worth a visit? |
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| skinny Roaring Fortean
Great Old One Joined: 30 May 2010 Total posts: 169 Location: Adelaide Age: 42 Gender: Male |
| Posted: 03-07-2013 09:29 Post subject: |
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The Kalevala, Y-gen edition. I find his story less than credible.  |
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