EAST PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WLNE) — Meet Iver Mudslider, the newest of more than 100 trolls created by artist Thomas Dambo from recycled materials.

“This is the fifth sculpture of probably six or seven that I’m making in this project called ‘the Thunderstone,'” said Dambo.

The project takes participants like Karin Primerano on a troll-sighting trek to find that thunderstone.

Karin drove up from New York to add to her growing list of troll-tracking.

“After seeing there three new ones it’ll be 31 trolls and his rabbit and the portals,” said Primerano.

She’s one of the more than four million people from around the world who travel to see these mystical wooden spectacles each year, which makes the trolls particularly attractive for tourism, and well-worth the more than $200,000 investment.

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