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Woodside, California – 9 July 2025
1. Drone video of Filoli historic house and garden +MUTE+
2. Various of giant wooden troll named Sofus Lotus at Filoli
3. SOUNDBITE (English) Kara Newport, Filoli CEO:
"Welcome to Filoli. We have a troll’s exhibit that’s here. These are an art installation by Thomas Dambo, who’s a famous international artist who makes these giant trolls out of recycled pallets. They’re amazing. They look like they’ve sprung up out of the land and they’re here with a special environmental message."
4. Various of giant wooden troll named Kamma Can
5. SOUNDBITE (English) Kara Newport, Filoli CEO:
"And the trolls are nature keepers. They help tell the story of the land. They help protect the land, they help protect nature and each of the trolls we have here at Filoli are unique. There are six of them. Each of them have a different personality. Each of them have a story to tell."
6. Various of giant wooden troll named Ronja Redeye
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Gadstrup, Denmark – 15 July 2025
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SOUNDBITE (English) Thomas Dambo, troll sculptor:
"The Troll Save the Humans is a part of a project that I’ve been doing the last 12 years, where I’ve built 170 giant recycled troll sculptures that I then hide around the world. And six of them is in a park in California."
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Woodside, California – 9 July 2025
7. Various drone shots of troll named Rosa Sunfinger +MUTE+
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Gadstrup, Denmark – 15 July 2025
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8. SOUNDBITE (English) Thomas Dambo, troll sculptor:
"But then there’s these six young trolls, they want to save the humans. So they do this by teaching them how to be better humans, be humans that don’t destroy nature. So in this way, they hope to then save them from being eaten by the older trolls."
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Woodside, California – 9 July 2025
9. Various of giant wooden troll named Basse Buller
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Gadstrup, Denmark – 15 July 2025
+VIDEO CALL+
10. SOUNDBITE (English) Thomas Dambo, troll sculptor:
"I’ve been in 22 countries, including 21 states in the continental US. So I’ve been in many, many, different places, like in the mountains and in the jungles and in the grasslands and in forest and in like multiple different places."
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Woodside, California – 9 July 2025
11. Various of giant wooden troll named Ibbi Pip
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Gadstrup, Denmark – 15 July 2025
+VIDEO CALL+
12. SOUNDBITE (English) Thomas Dambo, troll sculptor:
"My exhibition now has four and a half million visitors a year globally, and it’s all made out of trash together with volunteers. And that is such a huge proof of concept of why we should not throw things out, but why we should recycle it and see it into a second life and a third life."
ASSOCIATED PRESS
Woodside, California – 9 July 2025
13. Various discarded items used in troll sculpture
14. Rick and Gail Tutt looking at Kamma Can troll
15. SOUNDBITE (English) Rick Tutt, Filoli visitor:
"I used to be in the construction trades and I owned a cabinet shop and I look at all the intricate work and I think of how much went into all of this. It’s tremendous."
16. Giant wooden troll named Sofus Lotus
17. SOUNDBITE (English) Gail Tutt, Filoli visitor:
"Trolls are magical. I mean, fairies and trolls in the forest. Reminds me of magical places."
18. Visitors looking at Kamma Can troll
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Thomas Dambo’s giant trolls want to show humans how to live better – without destroying the planet.
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