{"id":146560,"date":"2026-03-24T02:41:16","date_gmt":"2026-03-24T02:41:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/146560\/"},"modified":"2026-03-24T02:41:16","modified_gmt":"2026-03-24T02:41:16","slug":"giant-trolls-to-be-constructed-in-allegheny-national-forest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/146560\/","title":{"rendered":"Giant trolls to be constructed in Allegheny National Forest"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\tA new tourist attraction featuring three giant trolls is coming to McKean County in Pennsylvania&#8217;s Allegheny National Forest as part of the &#8220;Trolls in the Forest&#8221; exhibit by a Danish sculptor.Trolls spread throughout the world Currently, there are 170 trolls spread throughout 21 states and 20 countries.The trolls are built on-site with the help of volunteers and stand around 30 feet tall.They are made from recycled and reclaimed materials.The trolls in McKean County will be Pennsylvania&#8217;s first permanent installation and should be ready for visitors in September 2027.\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>A new tourist attraction featuring three giant trolls is coming to McKean County in Pennsylvania&#8217;s Allegheny National Forest as part of the &#8220;Trolls in the Forest&#8221; exhibit by a Danish sculptor.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\" aspect-ratio-original lazyload lazyload-in-view\" alt=\"Trolls in the Forest\" title=\"Trolls in the Forest\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/poster-image-2026-03-23t165240-654-69c1a826afadb.jpg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Trolls spread throughout the world <\/p>\n<p>Currently, there are 170 trolls spread throughout 21 states and 20 countries.<\/p>\n<p>The trolls are built on-site with the help of volunteers and stand around 30 feet tall.<\/p>\n<p>They are made from recycled and reclaimed materials.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\" aspect-ratio-original lazyload lazyload-in-view\" alt=\"Trolls in the Forest exhibit\" title=\"Trolls in the Forest exhibit\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/poster-image-2026-03-23t165344-886-69c1a864b0bb8.jpg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>The trolls in McKean County will be Pennsylvania&#8217;s first permanent installation and should be ready for visitors in September 2027.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A new tourist attraction featuring three giant trolls is coming to McKean County in Pennsylvania&#8217;s Allegheny National Forest&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":146561,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[66829,66830,7217,66831,14228,14274,66834,9146,16865,66837,66836,6016,28,30,29,66832,66833,66835,2707,2404],"class_list":["post-146560","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-pennsylvania","tag-trolls-in-the-forest","tag-allegheny-national-forest","tag-country","tag-danish-sculptor","tag-exhibit","tag-forest","tag-giant-troll","tag-help","tag-mckean-county","tag-new-tourist-attraction","tag-on-site","tag-part","tag-pennsylvania","tag-pennsylvania-headlines","tag-pennsylvania-news","tag-recycled-and-reclaimed-materials","tag-tourist-attraction","tag-trolls","tag-visitor","tag-volunteer"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/146560","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=146560"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/146560\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/146561"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=146560"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=146560"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=146560"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}