GERMFASK, MI – Color season is winding down in the Upper Peninsula, but “Benny the Beard Fisher” will welcome visitors to the Manistique River shore all winter long.

Benny the troll is an art installation along the riverbank at Northland Outfitters in Germfask. He’s also a troll character in a children’s book by Danish artist Thomas Dambo.

In the two years since Benny was built, the 14-foot-tall troll sculpture has become a popular roadside attraction in the heart of the eastern U.P.

“He’s aging a little bit but he’s looking pretty decent,” said Levi Brady, who owns the campground and livery business.

Some of the other Dambo trolls in the Pacific Northwest seem to be wearing more rapidly than Benny, Brady said.

“We’re hoping that he lasts quite a while. It was a big undertaking to get

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