Elf 'n safety
Posted: January 13th, 2017, 5:37 pm
(In the absence of a Curiosity Corner or similar, hope this is ok here)
Extract from a professional property & development newsletter received today..................
Whatever you think about the planning process in the UK you can be thankful that we only have rare woodland bats to deal with and not elves, yes elves.
A construction company in Iceland has been forced to bow to pressure from elves and uncover a supposedly enchanted elfin rock after highway workers accidentally buried it - infuriating the mythical creatures.
The angry elves were suspected of causing a series of mishaps after the rock was covered over when workers cleared away the debris from a landslide.
Iceland is no stranger to bending to the will of its elfin population. Construction sites have previously been moved so as not to disturb the creatures and fishermen have refused to go to sea because of their warnings.
Sveinn Zophoniasson, who works for the Bass Road construction company, told a local paper that his woes began in August 2015 in Siglufjordur, close to the site of the so-called "elfin lady stone" that was covered with earth following efforts to clear a mudslide from a highway. After the landslide was cleared, the road was subsequently flooded and a colleague of Zophoniasson who came to clear the route was injured. Then industrial machinery began to fail and a journalist who came to cover the growing chaos fell into a mud pool and had to be pulled to safety.
Most planning applications have to now consider the elf factor or effect.
Extract from a professional property & development newsletter received today..................
Whatever you think about the planning process in the UK you can be thankful that we only have rare woodland bats to deal with and not elves, yes elves.
A construction company in Iceland has been forced to bow to pressure from elves and uncover a supposedly enchanted elfin rock after highway workers accidentally buried it - infuriating the mythical creatures.
The angry elves were suspected of causing a series of mishaps after the rock was covered over when workers cleared away the debris from a landslide.
Iceland is no stranger to bending to the will of its elfin population. Construction sites have previously been moved so as not to disturb the creatures and fishermen have refused to go to sea because of their warnings.
Sveinn Zophoniasson, who works for the Bass Road construction company, told a local paper that his woes began in August 2015 in Siglufjordur, close to the site of the so-called "elfin lady stone" that was covered with earth following efforts to clear a mudslide from a highway. After the landslide was cleared, the road was subsequently flooded and a colleague of Zophoniasson who came to clear the route was injured. Then industrial machinery began to fail and a journalist who came to cover the growing chaos fell into a mud pool and had to be pulled to safety.
Most planning applications have to now consider the elf factor or effect.
