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A woman was recently riding her red BMW through Portland, Oregon when a self-identified high elf began attacking the car with his sword.
After being detained by police, Konrad Bass told the officers that he was a “high elf engaged in battle with the evil Morgoth.”
For those who have also been living within other dimensions and thus haven’t heard of Tolkein, Morgoth is “the character from which all evil grew” in the prequel to Lord
of the Rings.
The police did not buy the ‘elf’ part of Bass’ explanation (although they did verify the ‘high’ part). Bass therefore found himself being escorted to a local institution, sword and all.
Bass may have had the last laugh, however, because elves have been described for centuries. Wikipedia
explains: “In medieval
Germanic-speaking cultures, elves seem generally to have been thought of as a group of beings with magical powers and supernatural beauty, ambivalent towards everyday people and
capable of either helping them or hindering them.”
Resources
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elf
http://www.katu.com/news/local/Womans-car-attacked-by-self-identified-high-elf-battling-evil-259598811.html
Copyright May 22, 2014 by Linda Van Slyke All Rights Reserved
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