{"id":614,"date":"2012-06-05T11:57:40","date_gmt":"2012-06-05T11:57:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.theforestdark.com\/wordpress\/?p=614"},"modified":"2012-07-05T13:32:49","modified_gmt":"2012-07-05T13:32:49","slug":"visiting-schrukfoots-lair","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theforestdark.com\/?p=614","title":{"rendered":"Visiting Schrukfoot’s Lair"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Here comes the latest field trip in the search of the Unknown with the Forest Dark’s first video coverage: North-East Germany is a thinly populated area with many archeological sites. Like in the\u00a0Bavarian Excursion<\/a> the field trip led to a place with a lot of old legends around. There are reports of a ghost named Schrukfoot who resides in a grave mound called “Pierdbarg” close to the Prillwitz Castle in Mecklenburg Vorpommern. The archeological site is in a lush, impenetrable forest. Schrukfoot is like many of his otherworldly companions responsible for accidents and once he forced a woman to work for him, but she could escape. The legends describe him wearing ivory colored clothes and his arms are stiff. There is also a legend about a mysterious treasure, which appears in certain nights in the form of “burning money” (Geldfeuer). Furthermore, there is a lake close to the forest. A legend tells that there is a lost city at the bottom of the lake. Certain people could still hear the bells some days. The city’s inhabitants were punished for profanity.<\/p>\n

These legends are variations of stories we find all over Europe. It is furthermore remarkable that the tumuli, dolmen and stone circles in North-East Germany (Mecklenburg Vorpommern) are similar to Western European archeological sites.<\/p>\n