On the popular anonymous web forum "4chan", an intriguing post appeared by a certain resident of Germany. According to the unknown German, he recently installed a camera trap in nature that reacts to any movement and serves to monitor wild animals.
What got into the lens of a forest camera a few nights ago struck the man to the core, making him shudder from the surprise of such a picture. One of the received photos shows a wild boar, on the back of which … a mysterious humanoid creature with glowing eyes sits!
Our hero came to the conclusion that his camera accidentally shot the so-called Dirk - a little-known god from German-Scandinavian mythology, who is something like a Russian goblin. Derk, according to local legends, lives in the forest, carefully protecting plants and animals there.
It is argued that this deity is neutral towards people. If a traveler or hunter behaves respectfully in nature, without taking more from the forest than he needs and without violating the order established here, then Derk does not touch the person and can even help him in his business, say, bring him to a mushroom clearing, take him out of the thicket etc. However, if you dare to offend a deity with your disrespectful attitude towards his possessions, you will certainly face severe punishment. There are urban legends about German poachers who are found killed and then gutted by whoever and how.
In German-Scandinavian myths, there are several colorful characters who ride on boars, as if on horses. For example, Freyja, the goddess of war and love, rides the war pig Hildiswini when she is unwilling or unable to use her cat-drawn chariot.
The anthropomorphic creature in the mysterious frame of the German has a thin body and a large head with an incomprehensible hood, like a snake. The supposed god is staring straight into the camera, his dark mouth wide open. Some users of the World Wide Web have even considered something that looks like a spear in the humanoid's hand.
Some commentators believe that it really was Darc or, perhaps, the aforementioned Freya, who is often portrayed with a spear in her hand. According to others, we are faced with a mutant, alien, ghost or creature from a parallel world. Still others are sure that we are talking about photomontage and hoax.
Finally, there are individuals who assume that this is all a pareidolic illusion. Say, the branches on the tree have formed in such a bizarre way, and the “shining eyes of the entity” are nothing more than glare in the camera lens. It just created glare in a dark forest, skeptics do not explain, because such a trap itself does not have a photo flash …
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