Elves from the North Pole - More than a Fairytale?
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Elves from the North Pole - More than a Fairytale?
Christmas elves have featured in Western folktales ever since American writer Louisa May Alcott penned her book 'Christmas Elves' in 1855. Many Americans and Canadians might be surprised to learn that, despite their relatively recent addition to the Santa Claus story, little magical people from the North Pole have featured in Western folklore for more than 1,000 years. And believe it or not, rather than hailing from northernmost Norway, Russia, or some other Old World abode, these creatures were said to live in Northern Canada.
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@Joe Dirt As I mentioned in the video, there are two main stories behind Christmas: the birth of Christ and the Santa Claus story, the latter having its roots in Germany. It's a common misconception that December 25 was a pagan festival which the Catholic Church expropriated in order to appeal to Catholics with pagan roots. In fact, the opposite is true. Every single pagan winter festival, from Yuletide to Saturnalia, lands on December 21-22, the winter solstice. Early theologians of the Catholic Church decided to celebrate the birth of Christ on December 25 independently, due to details in the Gospel of Luke. Some pagan revivalists, like the Roman Emperor Julian, later tried to bump winter solstice festivals up to December 25 in order to expropriate the date of the Christian holiday. For a more detailed discussion on this, please check out my conversation with Alex Dunphy below.
@Joe Dirt Like I mentioned in my previous comment, pagan revivalists coopted the date December 25th in an effort to supplant the well-established Christian holiday. There's no historical record for a celebration of Sol Invictus on December 25th prior to the year 354 A.D.- nearly two decades after the Church, during the reign of Roman Emperor Constantine, decided on the date December 25 for Christmas. Before 354, Sol Invictis was celebrated in Dec. 18th or 19th.
@Joe Dirt I could lay out my position again, but instead I'll just re-post what I wrote to Alex Dunphy below; I guess you didn't read that conversation like I suggested. Here's what I wrote:
I'm glad you like the video, but the part about the Gospels indicating that Christ was born in the spring is just not true. This isn’t my area of expertise, but I watched a video on this subject a while back and thought that the argument put forth in it was pretty compelling (I’ll include a link to the video at the end of this message). In Chapter 1 of the Gospel of Luke, it says that Zachariah (the husband of Elizabeth, who was the cousin of Mary; the future father of John the Baptist) was a priest who belonged to the division of Abijah. The division of Abijah is one of the 24 orders of Jewish priests, each of which was required to carry out priestly duties in the Temple of Jerusalem at particular times of the year. The priests who belonged to the Abijah division were on duty in what is now late September. In the Gospel of Luke, Zachariah went home after fulfilling his duties at the Temple and, in accordance with angelic orders he received in a vision during his service, impregnated his wife, Elizabeth, with their son, John the Baptist. That’s why the Church celebrates the feast day of St. John the Baptist on June 24, John’s supposed birthday, which lands exactly 9 months after John’s conception. Later on in the Gospel of Luke, the Virgin Mary, shortly after her Immaculate Conception, visits Elizabeth when the latter is 6 months pregnant (i.e. late March). This means that John the Baptist is 6 months older than Jesus, or, in other words, that Jesus was born around late December. Here’s the link to the video I mentioned, if you’re interested: czcams.com/video/6ZKidBymj3A/video.html
@Joe Dirt I'm not sure how to explain this any better than I already have. The Catholic Church (and everyone else) knows the approximate date of John the Baptist's birth due to his father's membership to the division of Abijah and the context of the surrounding narrative. The Gospel of Luke doesn't explicitly say "John the Baptist was born on June 24th" (which would be weird anyways, since the writers of the Gospels used the Hebrew calendar rather than the Julian one), but it does give information which enables the reader to come to the conclusion that he was born sometime in late June. From there, we can determine the approximate date of Christ's birth, namely late December.
@Joe Dirt You clearly don't understand what I'm saying. In the Gospel of Luke it says that Zachariah (the father of John the Baptist) was a member of the division of Abijah. That's not according to Catholics, that's according to the Gospel of Luke (every translation of it). From there, we can determine that Christ, according to the Gospel of Luke, was born in late December. That is why the Christian world celebrates Christmas on December 25, not because Christmas is a Christianized pagan festival. Regarding the other stuff, I'm not going to debate theology with you. I just want to defend what I've said in my video, and I think I've made my point quite clearly.
I am watching my lawn gnome for any movement...
Scp-GNOME has breached containment
but you don't have a lawn gnome! what the hell is that on your lawn?!!!
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Awwe😏
Mines always high! They barely move!
I have a friend from Northwest Ontario who has shared some stories of the little people, and they are much as described here. His uncle lived by himself far out into the bush, as the uncle reached old age his family began to wonder how he was able to perform all of the physically strenuous tasks required to survive the area's very long cold winters. And so when a few family members came to stay with the old man for several days one summer, they were amazed to discover that this old man, who was now unable to walk without a cane, had somehow already cut split and stacked the many cords of firewood needed to last the coming winter in his small cabin. As it turned out, the uncle had all the help he needed to survive out in the wilderness, but his helper was not human like you or I, he was one of these elf-like little men. Their tribe's oral tradition goes back many centuries with most of their legends describing these little men as extremely capable, almost magical, not necessarily malevolent, but mostly devious tricksters. Not knowing just what to make of the situation, the uncle's family unpacked the various gifts they had brought, and decided they must leave immediately, but not before reminding the uncle that befriending these beings was regarded as dangerous and taboo. Seeming almost relieved at the news of their departure, the uncle acknowledged their warning and expressed his fear that even though he himself had become accepted by the little men, he could not guarantee the other family member's safety had they decided to stay. From what my friend so kindly shared with me over the years on this topic, it was around the time the first european settlers started coming to north america that the little men decided to cut off all direct contact with human beings unless it was absolutely necessary, and the natives and little men have distrusted each other ever since.
Thanks for sharing, bro. Very interesting! In Austria / Germany we have legends, more children´s tales, of 'Heinzelmännchen' who do your housework, if you are of pure heart. Never thought there could be something to it ... sounded too cool ;)
Excellent story, tales of these little people extend to southern Mexico from what my family (Third Generation Americans originally from Mexico) has said.
Never underestimate the wee folk.
I worked with an Inuit woman. I sneezed once and said,"God bless all the wee folk I blowed away." She looked at me in surprise and said, "How do you know about them? They would come to our village and steal our fish."
The Irish have a bunch of folklore of little people. Not just leprechaun but men with pointy ears and hats like gnomes. They have the ability to disappear and freeze time. People are told not to bother them because they are mischievous and can curse you.
Redcaps too. Seelie is Summer Court, Unseelie is Winter Court, Midseelie is Court of Iron and then their are the Wild Sidhe (pronounced Sidhe)
Tolkien esque Elves are real
The Sidhe are real.
Sidhe magick is something many with common sense DON'T mess with. I've seen people laugh and shrug at Divine and Demonic magick. But the Sidhe...They NOPED out.
Sidhe magick can take away the water. This means Sidhe magick takes away the ability to feel sexual pleasure. It can sterilize you. It can take away you getting pleasure from food or drink. It can make nature burn you just by touching.
Oh and the Sidhe are in everything and every realm.
@@unokitsune esque? eski = aska = ash tree as well as ashes (al aska, eski mo)
en.wiktionary. org/wiki/aska click a bit further also, on askaz and askar
@@unokitsune The Sith in Star Wars, sid-ereal (aerial?), maybe more.
@@hongry-life Yeah the Sith and Jedi are real but are in different Universes. Earth Humans largely don't have a way to get there at this point in time.
Sounds like dmt elves
I’m Native and and can recall stories of what are called “little people” in our culture.
Midgets they're called
There are many names for them, pukwudgie, moon eyed people, and others.
I live on a reservation with my wife. She’s from a Kumeyaay tribe, and their little people are called the wepoo (I’m not sure if that’s how they spell it).
Bunker Sieben Closest thing I know is the Hobbits that (coincidentally) lived on New Zealand, but other than that I haven’t heard of short statured races/dwarves existing elsewhere.
Bunker Sieben Sorry I meant archeological evidence of short statured peoples. The stories of Dwarves and elves are everywhere in folklore as I know. But actual physical evidence of Short statured people I know of are in New Zealand
I'm Native American / Mohawk Brantford 6 Nations.
The Existence of Little people is common knowledge.
Sasquatch. Thunderbird. Giant wolves. All very real.
Puckwudgee?
I believe in every single one of those creatures..🙂
@@dubuyajay9964 Yup. Are you Algonquin?
@@truman5838 No. Just heard about those very dangerous creatures.
Thanks TRU MAN, I hold native American myths and legends to be much more than fiction.
People in general are very lost about true history.
There have been sightings of little people for a very long time in the Appalachia’s, and also in the folklore of this area.
At 10:50 you narrate that the little people have shamanic abilities and can bring up wind and cold. David Paulides, canam missing project, talks over and over and over about the strange and bizarre weather events surrounding missing ppl in national parks etc. Not just one or two! Dozens! Fascinating!!
And they’re always in clusters
Our world is infinitely more complex and bizarre and misunderstood than any one culture tries to dictate that it is.
I'm very thankful a narrator that sounds like a normal person and not like a game show announcer!! Great video! 😁👍🏻
Lol. You're dam right. That makes him the best for just being normal. Lol
Yup,true
very good
He even has a Canadian accent! ;)
I remember my aunt telling us she saw a little man running through the kitchen as she was cleaning it. We were kids and didnt know what to think of it at the time...
I was recently in Alaska I met a naitive girl who said her uncle was out hunting and got stuck in bad weather he almost died he fell asleep and woke up some time later in a cave surrounded by little people they nursed him to health
He returned to his village and told people what he had seen,the elders were not surprised, he tried to find the cave with some others and could not. Some people believe they can " close the Earth" I heard many such tales,people have found small artifacts in the area. Like humans some of them are bad and will kill you.
@@badas45 if they can open and close the earth, this might explain why so many people go missing in the national parks and wilderness. Tracking dogs follow the scent, which just ends suddenly.
Classic rock Lover or could be the “bad ones” or other “Cryptids” or even gov entities
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Stories of the little people exist to today in Canada's far north. I don't mean "tale's of old", I'm talking about modern day encounters. Rare,but encounters are reported .🇨🇦
The oldest mines found in wales are so small that even a bantam weight man would find it hard to move in them
Not saying its not possible as Ive seen a brownie once myself but they did use small children in mines which could easily explain the size of the mines shafts.
Sorcha de Vere yea could well be also I believe some historians don’t agree with the arrival of the celts as they say they’ve always been there I’m not sure about that as it is mainly believed when they came here the natives who ever they where? We’re very small
I can't also not exclude child labor.
hongry life no me neither could be child slaves as well
Anyway what is a brownie and where did you see one?
@@Hadrada. A brownie is a type of fairy in Scottish/English folklore. Considered generally helpful if treated right, they are said to do various tasks and chores around a farm while the owners are asleep if a gift of food or cream is left out on the hearth. They are said to be easily insulted, though, and if one ever feels derided or taken advantage of, it will leave your home forever and never help you again.
I grew up here in Alaska, over 25 years ago a friend of mine was very adamant that there were little people that lived above the arctic circle. He and his family were Alaska native Indian/ Eskimo and all were always rather adamant that they either witness these little people or heard a lot about them.
I grew up in the Inupiaaq villages up in the Arctic of Alaska. The old women and old men used to tell us little white children as we became friends with the native kids many stories of these "little ppl" I forgot the inupiaaq name, but got similiar stories from elders as we moved to other villages. the best and most interesting stories of these encounters were told by the elders I knew in Tikigaaq (Pt. Hope) Weird stuff. I believe all of it. Very interesting to find this piece. Thank you.
Denny care to tell some of those stories? I'm from Anchorage
@@dw4940 Surely, I could tell you what I have heard. Telling you. I lived in Wainwright, Pt. Barrow and Pt. Hope. As a boy never gave these "legends" much credence until elders in different villages started re-accounting the same or similiar stories. Never went out to play w my friends or Brothers without having in the back of our minds we "could possibly" see something, or the sensation we were being watched. even as an adult- especially in Pt.Hope. Pt. Hope echoes w atmosphere. I think it is the oldest, most ancient settlement in North America. at least that is what they say. I poured hot coffee for the elders at bingo for a year as I worked to pay my way to go to seminary. they were always nice to answer my questions. Many of course no longer w us. I could tell you what I heard. if we could make contact somehow. and from credible testimonies.
I was born in NY, went to school in Florida, am now an Italian citizen. but, I still call the Arctic villages "home".
Cheers from the hills of Rome!
Denny Serino , the first time I heard about little people was on the “ Big Foot Casefile” CZcams channel, I enjoyed the stories so much, I listened to it a few more times, I also tried to find other tales too, but there wasn’t many out there, would you consider to write down your account to be read by Lynn from Big Foot Casefile, she does a great job at narrating tales. Writers can still be anonymous.
There are many stories about the little people all over the world. I am part Native American, African American, and Irish and there are stories like these from all three of my heritages. Scepticism can be healthy in some cases, but we should all keep an open mind about what has happened in our world long ago and also, what may still be going on right around us today. We cannot simply disregard what the old stories tell us as superstition, mythology, or folklore. All legends have a basis in fact. Remember the great Shakespearean quote, ( THERE ARE MORE THINGS IN HEAVEN AND EARTH HORATIO, THAN ARE DREAMT OF IN YOUR PHILOSOPHY ).
So it might not be my wild imagination every time I pass this one bush in my apartment that I feel like something mostly friendly is watching.
Hopefully it/they are happy with the occasional dry cat food I occasionally give a neighbors cat who follows me home.
@@Nirrrina There might be something to what you say! I never believe that there is anything impossible, just look at the strange and wonderful things that scientist discover everyday in space and here on the earth itself. Who's to say that these things aren't watching us all of the time!
@@franksmoakjr9037 Space is a LIE. See my Petri Dish Earth vids. Giants are real and so are little people.....
Interesting!! I just shared this with a friend that lives North of Helsinki, Finland. He says Yes everyone there has heard this!
My wife saw an about 18" little man in an old neighborhood back yard one night, at about 5 a.m., (while she was smoking a cigarette) east of downtown San Antonio Tx.
He poked out from behind the trunk of a large tree. My dog saw it too. He just watched him. My wife could tell he was seeing the same thing.
She described it as a gnomelike. She couldn't see much detail of the face, but the hair was backlit, it was curly/wavy, and brown mixed with blonde. She could tell he had chubby cheeks, and a chubby hand as he was peeking around the tree.
She said she saw him 2 more times, at the same time of the morning, in the short time left us, when we lived there.
Are you sure she was smoking a cigarette?
Very interesting! She def wouldn't be alone in experiences and sightings like this 😏 I wonder if she got a creepy,scary vibe or not. I mean I'm sure it was startling..but it's said that some are good natured and some of them are just down right evil. 😬
@@watcher13th Lame, overused joke. It's interesting how someone who reports a sighting of anything unusual like a UFO, little person, or Sasquatch is joked about as a user of drugs or alcohol . If such things were the product of inebriated minds wouldn't there be hundreds of thousands of sightings a month given the number of drinkers and drug users? Do you see 18" people or 8' hairy man-like beings after smoking a bowl?
Alexander I live in rural south texas and know your wife spoke truth. Some of the littles are good, kind and fun loving. Some are evil, even demonic. Just like human beings.
Remember dad working in Papua New Guinea/West Papua thick rainforest around 40yrs ago. Along with the very young children he saw a very small man about the size of a 4/5 year old. No clothes on except for something covering privates
The kids were screaming & calling out to their friends. He went over and saw it, thought it was a child until this small person ventured a bit closer to a small group of children. Tiny man run off very fast once he noticed my father & another worker.
Has never told the authorities because he didn't want to get in any trouble. Keep it a secrete, only talking to the some locals who knew about them.
He alway's wondered why that little man was wondering closer to the kindergarten children & thought he may have mistaken them for his own tiny people.
Always thought about this incidence whenever the main news had archeologist digging up small skulls in the caves & declaring that came from ancient human's with some sort of genetic disease that affected their growth or something similar.
Would alway's have a laugh at it.
There was supposedly a race of small people in Northern Queensland well into last century.
You can find old photos of the nq pygmies on google
The natives along the Yukon river told me about the little people. Everyone there believes it. All I know.
Natives aren't indigenous.They weren't here to know.
Indigenous people were here before colonists arrived.
Natives weren't here before colonists arrived.
@steve hazard More likely, it was a foreign disease that was brought in and inundated their Immune System, because those People were never exposed before to those organism/toxoids. Why would the Indians scalp a 3 1/2 foot tall person?...They pose no threat to them, unlike what the White Man did, now that deserves some scalping, now doesn't it? Yup, thought so.
Where along the Yukon river?
@steve hazard what's your favorite fire water?
Hammerson Peterson has a fantastic book out discussing that areas people, history and cryptids. I just finished it, fantastic book. Starts out slow but really takes off.
I do come from Iceland (🇮🇸 Islands) and I have to say We have even to this day a Minister of Parliament who represents Fairies ..! The main road that leads from Keflavik Airport (International Airport) to Reykjavik (County’s Capital) goes straight most of the way but all of a sudden it bares off to the left going around what looks like lava rocks on a slight hilltop..? They tried using Explosives to burrow through the rocks, it wasn’t until one person died did they decide to Go Around the Lava Rocks - the strange thing was this area of Highway was a place where most Car Accidents happened and then they brought in a Specialist who Communicates with Fairies 🧚♂️ - She told the Government to get Priests from each corner of the Country (North, South, East, West) - They said Prayers and placed a Cross at the place- She told them they would have to leave the Cross there for One Year cause They had built on a Sacred Holy Place for Fairies and if They ever wanted to build somewhere like this again They would have to ask for permission (which they hadn’t done b4!) - Sure enough Accidents stopped and They had made her a Minister for Fairies..!!! We’re very superstitious in Iceland and have Huge Respect for Magical things in Nature and I think people forget how large the Land is (If one would place England together with Ireland that would be the Size more or less) but because there is only 350,000 people (yup - not even Half a Million!) - the Landscape is quite large and Icelanders have Huge Respect for the Magic of the Land, People and Sea..!!
Very cool! I’m currently working on a video on Canadian ‘little people’ legends, and some are huldufolk stories from a region called ‘New Iceland’.
@@HammersonPeters - Well that sounds very cool..!! I truly Love all these Folk-Stories they’re great so much fun..!! Love your Stories and Love your storytelling, Cheers.!!
You folks are a strange mixture of Christian and pagan. Christians don't respect the "sacred places" of other cultures because there is only one true God, the Bible is the inspired inerrant word of God, and St. Paul tells us infallibly that the gods of the Gentiles are demons. If it's not the Christian God being worshiped, it's demonic.
God would not bow to and respect the wishes of the fairies, honoring their supposed holy place, so I do not know why you people would do such a thing. What you actually did there is against the First Commandment. It was literally textbook idolatry, having strange gods. You all essentially got tricked by demons into insulting God.
In temagami , the little people and nets are similar. We put food out for them until the last 60 years.
Very interesting and nicely done. Can't understand why anyone would dislike this.
Thanks for watching, and for the kind words!
There is nothing people would NOT dislike...it's human behaviour.
Smaller people use less resources, so that makes sense in such a remote place.
What doesn't make sense to me is the dark hair and dark skin color of Inuit.
@@hongry-life Inuit people only survive in the arctic because their diet consists mostly of sea mammals meat, wild berries and fresh fish, that provide them with vitamin D and A in raw liver and in blubber, rather than absorbing sunlight through their skin and eating vegetables like European people.
@@TheZapan99 Ok. Question is: was this always their natural habitat, or did they migrate from tropical areas? Or was the climate tropical in the past? The pigment in skin is in general for resisting sunlight, like is usual for people in the tropics. Not in disrespect, just curious about history and migrations.
@@hongry-life It is commonly accepted that Inuit are descended from Asian populations of the Bering straight and Kuril islands. They still share most of the mongolian phenotype, with flat faces, black hair and a copper complexion, which are common adaptations to living in the dry desertic plains and altitude plateaus of central Asia.
@@TheZapan99 Ok, thanks. Yes, that must have been the migration path. I do admire the capability to survive in such a harsh cold climate.
Love from a Canadian! Your work and research on the Nahanni Valley and Northern tales is so appreciated. Skrallings were known to live on one of the 4 Borgos islands. I sure hope to see more of the legends of the north and you should put some fiddle tunes you create as back up music. Thank you and keep them coming.
No the Skrælingjar lived on Helluland, Markland and Vínland.
Kinda funny there are tales of little people from nearly every continent
Their relatively small skeletons get trotted out to “ prove” evolution ?
Nah, the only thing that "proves" is their existence. Nothing more.
How did you get "evolution" from my statement?
Brothers Keeper . Was just speculation based on your comment , Pardon the derailment of your comment .
@@michaeltaylors2456 Do not wanna bother you that much, but how would the existence of tiny people disprove evolution? Evolutiontheory does not forbid other hominids or hominid-like lifeforms to exist. Their existence would not disprove evolution. If there would be Sasquatch, Giants and tiny people, they would be the result of evolution like any other lifeform too.
I mean, you did not actually said it that way, but do you really think, people made evoultion up for covering up tiny humans? Makes no sense to me!
An interesting Question would be more Who should hide their skeletons in the first place? For what purpose?
There is no agenda behind evolutiontheory on itself. It is just the lack of undeniable evidence and prove of their existence, that explains the lack of attention, be it public or scientifically. Its more systemic and not systematically desinterest. Has to do about risk, reward and effort to discover things. No one is gonna waste money, energy and precious time to hunt "faeries" or goes randomly on adventure and exploration anymore. Stories alone do not lure scientists from their labs or established fields. This is actual an economical problem, not any conspiracy, which actively is stopping someone from revealing secrets.
Chareidos . I’m saying that these skeletons would be a nice tool to misuse for the Evolution crowd . From the outset Darwin’s Evolution theory has been propped up with a plethora of faked specimens, and hoaxes . From the notable Piltdown/ Java man hoaxes , and the ludicrous English peppered moths to fake dinosaurs, some made from chicken or whale bones . It would not be a stretch to take one of these little being’s skeletons and use to prop up the theory , it’s Australopithecus! etc . There are many different hominids as you say. I say they are created , not born over billions of years from random DNA changes or simple variation within a species , tall short, blue eyes or brown , not a human to an ape , wolf to a dolphin. As far as I can tell DNA, is intent on thing surviving, carefully copying itself , not modifying itself. assuming the organism want to live a DNA change could easily result in death
Cherokee Indians in North Carolina have stories of the Moon Eyed people they displaced when they moved into the area hundreds of years ago. They were very short, light skinned and light eyed. They called them moon eyed because the sun was too bright for them. They tended their gardens, etc, at dusk and by the light of the Moon. These people also went underground.
I bet they had excellent night vision! Excuse me.... have
Sounds similar to the idea of the English Brownie. Not the kind that sells cookies.
Sounds like a place full of albinos.
Fascinating idea. Many of these Native American myths really make me wonder.
@@patrickmcdonald8513 they are right on with their stories....they still watch over the lands all over...The Native's aren't stupid and the stories are not myths but people rather just listen to the crap that was fed to us
Written mainstream history is trash. I love hearing old world oral narratives.
Wonderfully done my friend. GOD Bless !
That's right !
Agreed..👍
There are dwarf stone cuttings and homes in stone worldwide with thousands in italy.
Pics?
There is a third Christmas story that is not talked about here that has more relevance to Santa Clause. St. Nicolas. A generous man that helped the poor by bearing gifts anonymously to them. The name similarity between Santa and Saint, and Clause and Nicolas is a more likely origin of the tail of Santa
That's a good point. Saint Nicholas is another element of the Santa Claus story that deserves mention.
When did a Roman Catholic do anything for the world ha Christmas is pagan religion that worships men. The end not because someone did good to anyone all I can remember is them burning us alive crucifying us trying to take our bibles from us.
Hammerson Peters the entire origin of Christmas comes from the gods of Greece and the Romans after deciding they needed our money more than they needed us dead although killing us while getting charity to help them seemed good also. So what have they actually done they fooled people into giving them money then turned around and killed them, when they didn’t worship them.
Sorry but santa = satan
Marisa exactly 👍🏼🤦♀️
Another astonishing presentation in Arctic history and ethnography! You cram in an abundance of little-known and seldom-taught information. I taught Canadian History and Geography for years--so I know good work when I see it. Don't stop now, my friend!
I saw a short green bipedal man wearing clothing run across the highway in front of me extremely fast. It was in Texas. I definitely considered it to be the little people. It was very interesting. I had an experience a few days before that when I went down there to visit where a horse that was on the property we were visiting had his hair braided. I don’t know if it was bigfoot or the little people. Someone told me it was the little people. Lots of reports of them from Texas.
When and where did this happen? Was the creature hairy?
JackAlope ! September of 2018 I believe...It had a high hairline. I could see hair starting towards the top of his head and coming off the back. Not long hair but not short hair.
@@MrDuffy81 I meant was it covered with hair like a mini Sasquatch? About how tall? What part of Texas?
I was doing 80 miles an hour. It was just north of Plainview Texas. If it was wearing some sort of closing with a belt or a sash around its waist. I got a profile view of it. It was maybe 100 feet in front of the car and it ran across the highway about as fast as I was traveling up the highway. It’s arms and legs were a blur. I could distinctly see the brown clothing with a darker belt around it. I could see a triangular pointy nose. Round head.
JackAlope ! The green guy was about 3 to 3 1/2 feet tall. My only Sasquatch sighting with my own eyes was a juvenile Bigfoot in Colorado. It was on all fours.
My sister went to college in Wyoming and told me about the little people in the mountains. People would come back to their vehicles after hikes and find little foot prints around their vehicles and camps . signs of tampering . she said people also leave supplies for them. It blew my mind that she didn't immediately fly me out to go on an expedition to uncover this mystery.
Probably smart. You don't mess with these people & always always be polite.
@@Nirrrina agreed. This kind of put a damper on my idea to go investigate... . 🔎
Thank You for such a delightful fact based historical story.
History is fascinating when not skewed by governmental meddling and religious fiction.
Thanks for watching! I'm glad you liked it. There are quite a few religious stories in which I very much believe, though. I wouldn't call them fictional.
If you study the scripture properly, and not the evil Catholic version, it refers to each and every kind of these cryptids and the battles, and woes ancient man faced because of these things.
As a Christian, i agree that the incorrect interpretation of the Bible and God's word, as well as all the pagan religions, have all contributed to the insanity and slaughter of the past. None are innocent. Lol and by the past i mean up until yesterday...... still going strong!
All the best.
Dick Richards you should look into the amount of people who died due to Christianity
@@laras8911 You should look up the amount of Christians killed, because they are Christians. As of late, in the 21 century...on average only 80,000 a year are killed. Most persecuted people in history. Even the Jews slaughtered more Christians that the Germans did. Don't get me started on the the Armenian genocide. Your parrot statement is proof of your education in the topic, just like this thread about biblical fiction.
So you believe in legends but not in the Bible? Its thousands of years old and had a huge impact on western society. Christendom today, especially Catholicism, has become mixed with pagan religions and is nothing like what early Christians practiced.
In New Zealand they're called the patupaiarehe and pakipakiha, similar stories of Europeans finding small coffins with fitting skeletons. There's even a couple newspaper articles along with pictures to boot
I swear to god, when I was a child, my cousins lived right on lake Ontario, in Oakville, which is 30 min away from Toronto. We would spend every weekend there, and my cousins had a small balcony off of their bedroom with a tree against the balcony. At night, we would see these small, 2 ft little men that would sit in the tree and watch us. I wasnt scared by them, just perplexed!
I love that! And I believe you. Up here in the north of Sweden we have lots of stories of little folk. Never seen any myself but my fathers grandmother talked about them as nothing unusual.
I encountered 2, 9-10 foot Dogmen in NEW LOWELL Ontario, beside Base Borden, in Oct.2016, one of the 3 worse nights of my life. I was helping a friend harvest his weed crop, and these things came out of like a portal. I heard a loud electrical SNAP with a bright blue light in the woods where the Old indian and Pioneer cemetery used to be (one of the guys i was with said it was the old cemetery that they came out of), and when it happened i heard the thing fall hit the ground and then started bluff charging us repeatedlyfor 2 hrs until we left. They ran soooooooo fast it was completely insane. Fastest thing ive ever seen move, supernaturallly fast 100%. There was 4 of us together and the dog when it happened. 2 of the 3 other guys got a clear look st them as well. My one buddy denied it, and the rest of us weren't impressed with him acting like nothing happened like a nutcase. Weird how somw ppl act. Scared us half to death needless to say.
So i don't doubt you for a moment.
@@dick_richards oh, I dont doubt u at all either; there must b a portal near where u were. If u want more understanding about what u saw, I suggest reading or watching on youtube about the Skinwalker ranch. The exact same thing u describe with the portal happened there, but with bigfoot coming through, amongst other things. I am curious as 2 how the dog reacted to them? I also had witnesses; alot of strange things happened in that house right on the lake, and right next 2 the house was a park on the lake aswell and around that time, my 16 yr old cousin and 25 yr old aunt were there at sunset. They witnessed 1 of these little men come out of the water onto a spit, then dive back into the water...
Dick Richards I believe you because the portal thing sounds nuts but a scientific team member seen the same thing in skinwalker ranch in Utah USA
Kimberley Vanderlinden this world is a strange one.
hammerson, i subbed a few days ago and have been binge-watching ever since...i'm fascinated by both the history and the mystery of it all.
In search of with leonard Nimoy touched on this topic back in the 70s
Was he reported for it? Did it give consent? 70's were a different time, eh. Wild, uncivilised...before the mobile phone, even! Not like now where you have to approach topics almost in stealth mode, for fear of them bolting, or defenders racing to their defence when none was needed, and someone ending up in tears, or worse.
I’ve always wondered if the stories of giants was told from the wrong side. If these small tribes existed, and their average height was 4 foot, just imagine what it would have been like to them meeting a Viking, Roman soldier, or someone from the Tutsi tribe (who averaged 7 feet).
Who averaged 7 feet? Where did you get that info?)) 6 maybe, but 7 isn't really a number we see today very often
@@combinemax I remember growing up being told some older African tribes such as the Tutsi were reaching averages of 7 feet, and that 6 feet was not common, as they were taller.
@@squeakD sorry, I was talking about Vikings and Romans, kinda missed Tutsi part. Them being tall seems to be much more reasonable
This reminds me of the story of Rip van Winkle and the small people who were playing 10 pins in the mountain. They told him they were Henry Hudson and his crew! They also liked to have "fun," and certainly had fun with poor old Rip.
Cool video.
I spent a lot of time in the woods in north Georgia hunting and scouting.
I camp at night, usually with my hunting partner but sometimes alone.
Both my buddy and I have had encounters from sasquatch in the dark.
They made it clear they wanted us gone but didn’t want to hurt us although by their displays of throwing large rocks and snapping trees and deadfall logs like toothpicks it was obvious they could have easily ripped us apart in one swipe.
I think a lot of how these creatures treat you is by how menacing you are at heart and they can sense it.
My buddy and I have talked many times about our encounters and both have agreed that we would never, ever, ever consider shooting one of these creatures just to kill it to prove their existence to others.
I’d much rather know they exists myself regardless of what others think.
I’ve seen their tracks many times and have talked with native Americans who have had similar experiences with these creatures and we discussed respect and how these creatures can sense your demeanor and intent.
I firmly believe that they are in tune with senses that we humans have long since evolved away from using.
The way I’ve seen their tracks appear and disappear as if they can vanish and appear at will is very perplexing.
Knowing these things exist is not going to stop me from enjoying my time in the woods and Id love nothing more than to interact with these creatures.
Hopefully without getting my limbs ripped from my body..lol.
My mother's father's mother was from the native tribe in Nova Scotia and they have the "Otter-Face Man" as one of their totems for integrity. I'm guessing it was because only those who were trustworthy were able to see/make contact with them. I think you're right, they can sense intentions and move within spheres we no longer can sense.
We used to live in Hawaii and they have tales of little folks called Menehuni's. All the bad stuff gets blamed on them. I just think it's no coincidence that many cultures thousands of miles apart have stories of "little people" that date far back before travel was common. Something of a wonder.😎🌋
We have them here in Australia as well.
In the Isle of Man we have stories of little people. They’re usually called fairies - or “Themselves” - but they aren’t the kind of Disney fairy with wings and sparkle! These guys can be malignant, or helpful, depending if you’ve offended them or not. They look somewhat human, but small. However, there is also The Glashtin, who are tall and blonde and silent.
Didn't they have a talking mongoose story about that island too? Very freaky place this island of Mann. Even the name Mann = Man is kinda odd.
Podcast Fan Yes there was a story of a talking mongoose. Even Sir Arthur Conan-Doyle travelled to the island to investigate. The Isle of Man gets its name from Manannan MacLir who was a warrior king in Irish mythology. The Isle of Man was closely associated with Ireland until the coming of the Vikings when the island fell under Viking rule. The Manx parliament, The Tynwald, was founded by the Vikings and is the oldest continuous parliament in the world. Tynwald is an old Norse ((Viking) word meaning “meeting place of the assembly.”
soooo coool!! i mean. i spent a minute in AK..and while i had no encounter with the lil people....
i did spend a very cold neg 20f night out no tent north of the circle and woke to a crackling buzzing sound.. the lights had come down into the valley and moved about and "spoke". now all the white folks i told laughed at me. my Native Alaskan Dine friends listened and explained how lucky i was...its as rare as seeing one of the little men they said! i asked about what lil men and they told me about what sounded like a leprechaun who plays a mortal trick .. that you should NEVER follow him no matter how much you yearn to as youll follow him over the horizon and then hell loose you left standing to die of frost ... any how thats what they told me and i can recall. from 20 years ago.
These being live in many places. In the back country of the Cascade Mountain Range. All alongside the north American Pacific coastline.
More things in heaven & earth....
We do not talk about them after the sun goes down.
When I was a kid my mother used to tell me stories about the headless Valley, 60 years ago
i absolutely adore the work you’re doing. Definitely going to get the books
The arctic circle cultures are all related ; From the Sami in Scandinavia and Siberia to the first nation tribes in North America . I'm not surprised that similar legends exist in both areas .
Not really. They are all distinct people and the people of the arctic belong to many ethno-linguistic groups. In Northern Europe they are North Germanic, Finnic, Samoyedic and Slavic. In Asia are Samoyedic, Ugric, Turkic, Tungusic, Chukotko and Inuits. And in North America they are Inuits, Dene and Cree.
North Germanic and Slavic people are Indo-Europeans. Finnic, Ugric and Samoyedic people are related. Turkic and Tungusic people have some relations. Chukotko and Tungusic are possibly related. Na Dene and Cree are related. Inuits do not appear to have relations to any other group.
I am absolutely fascinated by these Skraelings. Instantly I thought about the Menehune of Hawaii. No doubt they are part of the same ancient race. Even "Nahanni" sounds Hawaiian. I'm curious and a lot close to the Nahanni valley, but Kaua'i ocean beckons me - the Menehune have called to me before. :D
@Amy Roberts I would say monsters if there are bones of them they ain't demons for angels fallen or not do not have bones being spiritual not physical.
Thank you so much for such a well-researched and interesting piece. Very well done, and I will definitely check out the book
My uncle is an Indian shaman in Alaska. I need to ask if he's ever heard of any of these stories. Fascinating video. 👌🏻🙏🏻
Those small people have been sighted on Vancouver island as well...
Yes, and they grow magic mushrooms there to.
@@DJames-ll1cd ah yes, the ad hominem ridicule of those who believe they know what reality really is :)
Jeff Devine haha, I agree!
People who think that they know everything are the ones who know nothing :) like D. James.
We live in a very mysteries world and the mainstream media aren’t close to doing it justice! If one looks up The Smithsonian and what they have been doing in the dark so to speak, we could have been enlightened over 100 years ago about giants, uknown creatures etc. Things will eventually be uncovered and that’s all thanks to honest souls and adventurers :)
I lived in Victoria bc for 25 years lol
Dude, where and where can I find these stores? I've lived here my whole life and I gotta do more exploring!
The Native American people say that the little folk taught them how they dress and farm. West Carolina college when it was being built found small people remains but it was played down because the building effort would of been stopped due the interest of historians and archeologists so the staff buried the remains elsewhere in a hush.
How do you know this if i may ask?
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I've heard something about this before
Patrick Shelton listening to little people legends from the older ones. A teacher at west Carolina college had a skull on his desk and another teacher ask him what it was and he replied, it’s a child’s skull that was found building this college. The other teacher told him, this isn’t a child’s skull. It has all its adult teeth.
Crystal Davis we have those legends in Kentucky as well. Also, I am descended from Eastern Natives and I had all my adult teeth by the age of 5 and wisdom by 8. Several dentists have independently confirmed my teeth are Native in shape and I have had 3 sets of front teeth & an extra molar. My daughter has had 6 sets of canines and an extra tooth. Supposedly acquiring extra teeth growth as they wear down is an adaptation from eating maze.
Rebecca Mæd I’m part Cherokee. They also spoke of 3 foot tall doors at west Carolina college. And the bones of the small bones were adult. You can believe the mainstream narrative if you want. But remember. The mainstream leads to hell. Are you following the herd just because there making the most noise?
This is so beautifully illustrated, it greatly adds to the narrative!
In Hawaii, "Menehunes" were/are considered magical folk who can do prodigious physical tasks overnight, such as dig an irrigation trench through a lava mountain/hill. They were/are described as "little people," standing not much more than a Meter tall. Were the "Menehunes" real? They were/are. Are they little people? Only socially. The second wave of Tahitians who arrived in Hawaii regarded the earlier travelers as lower class, but they were normal sized folk. It's been suggested that non-native writers didn't pick up on the social/class differences between native Hawaiians and depicted the "Menehune" as little people.
There's a surprising similarity between the British Garden Gnomes and the Norwegian Nisse. They both wear pointed red hats. Modern belief ascribes them both to extra-dimensional beings which just means they exist mostly outside the ranges of human senses which are actually very limited.
It could well be DMT that makes them visible as some people do see them. They are not demons. They are quite benign and can be helpful, but don't annoy them. In Norway in the countryside they put out a bowl of rice pudding at Christmas (rice pudding is their Christmas pudding) in the barn for the farm Nisse and he helps look after the livestock for the coming year. Forget it at your peril!
In india there are entire cities under some temples. Interestingly enough the people are encouraged to pour water over a Lingam for blessings. The water that runs off of this shrine flows down into these cities Nd the amount of water that gets poured over the lingam on a daily basis could be enough to support a small community. Ontop of all this, the cities under the temples are all built for "small people"
I was told that these temples were built due to the fact that when ancient India was expanding and they cut into the jungle to expand the builders would happen across these small people and their communities and then they would make arrangements to be able to accommodate these small people and the small people would also sometimes help with the construction. This is why there is sometimes some unexplainable architecture. These small people would use their technology to help the humans to melt and mould rock as well as help to carve some of not most of the stone work. Apparently they were very good at this. . .
This is the conclusion I've come to.
Good to hear I'm not crazy for thinking this way.
They are outside of our frequency.
Just like dogs can see and hear things we cannot.
Was the story exported by the Great Heathen Army when they set up the Danelaw?
A very *very* interesting thing about pygmies of the north
Yesterday, I was watching a cryptozoology documentary about the cryptid hunter, Frank Graves, adventure in the more remote areas of the Yukon in Canada. While he was there, he learned of Nuk Luks, which are small, primitive bushmen. They didn't appear to be particularly magical or spiritual, since, as a story goes, a woman saw one earlier in the day, went home, saw the same person outside of her home, and went out with her children to see if they could get a better look, only to find that it had went back into hiding in the forest. If a parent would let her children be near, I don't think they'd be particularly dangerous
I'm now 100% certain that, at least in the mid 60's, there were barely-contacted (as opposed to non contacted) pygmy tribes
I sense it... the dwarves in Valinor, probably descended from Gimli. The oral tradition may have also described the elves, but over time, the two were mixed and the name "elf" describes that of the dwarves, and they're probably still somewhere in Northern Canada, forging and crafting things. But hey, that's just a theory!
I've got to get that book these stories have me ready to pack up and go north
If you think about it, there is a possibility that such "little people" exist all around the world. If they live underground and are indeed rather short and small, hiding would be easy. A person roaming the woods would think a fleeing little person was just some small wild animal since those little people would probably be dressed in animal skins. Being so small, they could live on rather minimal food so pretty much any decent sized wooded area would probably be able to support dozens of them or more. Little people, in this regard, are more likely to be able to hide in modern times than some potentially unintelligent giant ape-like bigfoot. If someone sees something large and hairy in the woods, they will probably think "bear", but, such a large thing would need a lot more food, thus, a lot more area per individual, which also makes procreating a lot less likely.
Lol Bigfoot is anything but unintelligent. He's gonna get you now crazy
The Carpathian Mountains have similar traditions.
The Cherokee Little People were Real, they have found their Tunnels and their Graveyards--several Indian Tribes out in the Western States Claim that they see them sometimes--Supposedly they Love Tobacco, Salt and Peppermint candy...
What is a fascinating rabbit hole to go down is the Pygmies battle with the giant cranes!,I'm a collector of old maps and I was very pleased to run across your channel, thank you for taking the time to enlighten those who care to listen.
Any tips on where to find older maps AND how to read them?
Lady Frederick , many older maps can be found online, also you can get reprints of most of them I just had a copy sent to me of a1516 Chinese map of the world, Latin is pretty easy to translate on the web, happy searching!
David McCain Thanks!!
And they lived in the Mountain, I guess one of them must have been named Thorin Oakenshield. Lol
My mother is from Kilimanjaro, Tanzania and they tell of little people who were native there before the Chagga people arrived. These little guys were cannibalistic and did not get along with the chagga when they moved there. They say these little people migrated to the congo and make up the little people found there.
When I had worked in the Eastern Canadian Arctic at a place then called Broughton Island ,
some of the local Inuit had told me about some of their ancestors .
These ancestors were supposedly very small but yet very strong .
I believe that they called them the Too-lee or Too-lay ?
Thule, pronounced as you described tooley
These days whenever I hear discussion of elves, Terrence McKennas experience of them being the weavers from behind the vale comes to mind.
May I just say thank you so very much for sharing your knowledge, many blessings to you & your family ♥️🙏🐾
Could this video be a 16-minute promotional ad for a sci-fi book?
Nope, I don't write science fiction.
I just watched a Dave Paulides video, so I'm ready to believe anything now.
LOL :)
Very well done. Excellent narration. Thank you.
My late wife was Dene. Love this!
Thanks so much, this was fascinating to say the least.
Thanks for watching! I'm glad you enjoyed it.
I thought the title said "Elvis from the North Pole" and tbh Id a lot more weirded out by that
Same here
Yeah, I tripped out on that too.. he's 86 or 7 and eating BEEF BBQ IN KC MO. last I heard
Really? I would watch the heck out of that movie! Once. In fully jammy mode. Pop/Hot Choco, Chips/snacks, etc, all snuggled up, comfy and warm, on the couch, on a snowy, blustery outside, glad to inside Sunday sort of a day. A silly, just right for a day where lazing is the tempo, sort of a movie. It could have been a classic... of sorts... makes you want to cry, doesn't it? I wonder if it would have grossed more than Jail House Rock? Alas, we shall never know...but people will always be open to speculation...perhaps what you saw actually does or did exist in some dimensional bifurcation ;) ... sorry I'm just having a load of fun with the idea of "Elvis from the North Pole" . Come to think of it...doesn't that sound like some weird funky 70's concert that "The King" might have actually done, or at least if not actually at the NP, some kitschy sort of thing from Lake Tahoe, or Las Vegas all glitz and glamour.
Back to you Un Pingouin de Sophistique. :)
I hope the "weirding" thing is better ;) Cheers :)
Me too
This is my favorite CZcams channel!!!
Iv given this video 3 different clicks, just because I keep reading it Elvis from the north pole. It gets me everytime.
my friend this was fantastic I stumbled across it and was pleasantly entertain from start. I would love to know more about you and some of your adventurous
This is where we get gnomes, which are quite terrifying and sour faced beings.
Thanks i really appreciate your videos.
I just ordered your book about the Nahanni Valley last week. I didn't realize your the same person till now haha awesome!!
Thanks so much for your patronage! I hope you enjoy it.
Excellent video! I salute you in going were no man has gone before, or being willing to discuss things Western knowledge is so reticent to discuss.
Yes the Sami from Lapland are the inspiration for Santa's elves, their clothes are just like elves clothes. They have always been reindeer hearders. Need I say more? Oh yes, they only grow 4 feet, elves.
My grandmother was Full blood Kiowa. The Kiowa are a Native American tribe that roamed the Great Plains of the US. She told me stories of “little people” who were very spiritual and could hide from humans by way of fog and would speak to each other in whispers concealed in the wind. My father said that we fished in an area where they resided and at first they were weary of him but after a while they accepted him let him fish.
My grandmother also told me of the evil “little people” that could shape shift into animals and terrorize humans.
That's crazy and awesome! Thanks
I'm from Ireland where our little people, the leprechauns & fairies are world famous. Even our President is little.☘🇨🇮🧚♂️ 🇨🇮🧚♂️🇨🇮☘
Very good video and information Mr. Peters! I really enjoy your narration. Looking forward to ordering your book "Legends of the Nahanni Valley." Thanks and cheers from Michigan USA.
I'm glad you enjoyed it! Thanks for watching. I hope you love the book.
Robert Clymer 👋 from Detroit
@@ladyfrederick788 Hi there! I am in Westland, Mi. I really enjoyed Hammerson Peters video but there is a lot more to that area that was not shown in this video because of the time difference. There are Underground Military bases and alien activity, and people get adducted from that area and are never seen again.
Robert Clymer Interesting 🤔 I’m in Redford, so we’re next door. Have you heard of the Harry Bennet castles? I’ve been trying to find the locations. I think there’s two or three
@@ladyfrederick788 Hi there Lady F.! Yep right next door pretty much. I have not heard of the Harry Bennet castles but I can do some research and let you know what I find.
If Gengis Kahn caught leprosey, he'd be a leper-Kahn.
Lol
Hardy har harr
a gengis khan with a funk is called a chaka khan....
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This show is Elf Approved!!
Thank you for sharing this Hammerson. Totally fascinating. ❤️
Thanks for watching! I'm glad you enjoyed it.
AWESOME!!! I live in North East Ohio and am very familiar with the giants that had roamed this area - skeletens, grave yards - HOWEVER - I had never thought about "the little people" - HOW COOL!!! I subscribed and will most certainly be giving your videos some views - a welcome change from mass msm brain washing - looking forward to reading your books
Fascinating!
Very great production!
Very interesting. Thanks for sharing
Every now and then, the inhabitants of the inner earth reveal themselves...
If they have the ability to influence and manipulate water, earth, air, fire, and dimension... then they are true Masters of The Elements.
I also believe that a huge part of “the secret to their powers” relies on the use of sound frequencies, vibrations, and certain harmonics within the infra / ultra sound ranges. Yet, there have also been the occasional reports of people hearing the hum / pitch of certain frequencies (and even music) before, during, and/or after their encounter(s).
This is essentially the foundation of taoist magic. Learning to raise your internal spirit in varying levels of energy/frequency to affect the elements. Affecting these elements is also tied to your own internal emotions i.e. courage linked to fire.
@Jeffrey Kelley yup
You know who else acts secretively? Demons.
These beings are Fallen Angels. So yes they would use occult practices and know all about light and sound frequencies
Many cultures around the world have elf like creatures in their folklore.
So happy I found this channel.
Excellent video love it thanks
Thanks for watching!
Usually the people who tell stories about little people are just big people 🥺
Inuit are shorter and thick to conserve heat. Tall lanky people have more surface area and dispell more heat.
Of a type with hidden people and other legends of the north like Pine Tree Mary, and all of a universal type with parallels worldwide. Of a kind many the most haunting tales folklore has to offer.
Just came across this video. Very fascinating and intriguing .