Boulder Goats Gruff

This kinda cracked me up.

Boulder bikers, joggers confront bridge trolls

'As if Boulder didn't have enough to think about, what with attempting to singlehandedly stop global warming and the war in Iraq.

But now the myriad joggers and the bicyclists of this fair city have a problem that many might have previously believed confined to Scandinavian legends and fairy tales.

Bridge trolls.

According to reports from the Boulder police, several joggers encountered a modern-day variety of bridge trolls in a park near the intersection of Foothills Highway and Colorado Avenue shortly after noon on July 7, although the trolls may have taken it a step too far when they challenged an off-duty Boulder County sheriff's deputy.

Police said they came across the encounter about 12:27 p.m., in which the off-duty sergeant was faced off with Robert Hibbs, of Boulder, both armed with broken golf clubs.

As the police officers took Hibbs, 19, into custody he allegedly insisted he was a troll and claimed the bridge as his own, reports state.

Several witnesses noted that Hibbs and companion Bradley Boville, 19, were confronting joggers and bikers attempting to cross the bridge, demanding a dollar. '